Search Results: Canadian Fiction from Bytown Bookery

Toronto,: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771008635 . Black hardboards / gilt lettering on spine. This is a very nice copy, with slight bumping to the spine ends, of this First Edition copy from Awood. The DJ is unclipped with very moderate edgewear. "The Blind Assassin is a tale of two sisters, one of whom dies under ambiguous circumstances in the opening pages. The survivor, Iris Chase Griffen, initially seems a little cold-blooded about this death in the family. But as Margaret Atwood's most ambitious work unfolds--a tricky process, in fact, with several nested narratives and even an entire novel-within-a-novel--we're reminded of just how complicated the familial game of hide-and-seek can be." ; 1.81 x 9.37 x 6.38 Inches; 521 pages .

Toronto, Canada: MacMillan of Canada. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, signed by the author on the front end paper. Blue Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. In Very Good+ condition, a sound binding, bright, unmarked text. The DJ is Very Good with moderate cover edge wear and rubbing. "This is an exciting story that moves between the tensions of power in Ottawa and the mysterious one-third of Canada within the Arctic Circle. "; Thin 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 255 pages; Signed by Author .

McClelland & Stewart. Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Mass Market. Mass Market Paperback with wear, light soiling to the covers, edgewear, Squared with a solid binding and few pages have some underlining and notes on them. Watson charts the destiny of a small, tightly knit community nestled in the BC Interior. " Here, among the hills of Cariboo country, men and women are caught upon the double hook of existence, unaware that the flight from danger and the search for glory are both part of the same journey. In Watson's compelling novel, cruelty and kindness, betrayal and faith shape a pattern of enduring significance. "; New Canadian Library; Vol. 54; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 134 pages .

Toronto, Ont: MacMillan of Canada. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Trade Paperback. 0771596022 . Trade paperback, light staining on spine and spine hinges. Stain on the top right hand cover of cover. Crease on bottom right hand corner. Clean text. "Dan Ainslie, a brilliant doctor working with the miners of his native Cape Breton Island, is forty-two and still deeply in love with his wife. Longing for the son he can never have, he comes to love the young Alan MacNeil, whose father deserted him and his mother several years before. Alan's father's return brings tragedy to those around him." ; Laurentian Library #11; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 244 pages .

MacMillan of Canada. Very Good. 1983. Paperback. 0771597754 . A Very Good Paperback with a sound binding, the pages are unmarked with age tanning. One dog eared page, cover edgewear and rubbing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 308 pages .

Bantam USA. Fine with no dust jacket. 1999. Mass Market Paperback. 077042824X . Mass Market Paperback in Fine condition, a little rubbing on the front spine hinge. "From fat girl to thin, from red hair to mud brown, from London to Toronto, from Polish count to radical husband, from writer of romances to distinguished poet - Joan Foster is utterly confused by her life of multiple identiities. She decides to escape to an Italain hill town to take stock of her life. But first, she must organise her own death..." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 434 pages .

McClelland & Stewart. Good with no dust jacket. 1971. Mass Market Paperback. Mass Market Paperback. Scuffing & edgewear to the covers, previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Tightly bound & squared with some underlining through the book. "A powerful and macabre study of the conflict between beauty and ugliness, hate and love." ; New Canadian Library; Vol. 78; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 125 pages .

Toronto, Ont: McClelland and Stewart. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0771055676 . Black hard boards with silver titles to the spine. In Fine condition, tightly bound. The DJ is unclipped and is in Fine condition. ": In 1779, driven out of his home, Calum McDonald set sail from the Scottish highlands with his extensive family. After a long, terrible journey, Calum settles his family in "the land of the trees" until they become a separate Nova Scotian clan, with its own identity and history. "; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 283 pages .

Garden City Park, New York: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Black hard covers with grey cloth spine covering, silver titles to the cover. Stated First Edition. A soild binding with a clean, unmarked interior. Light spine end and corner wear. The DJ is unclipped with spine end chipping and cover scuffing and edgwear, there is a tear along three quarters of the front spine hinge. Good. Introduction by Mazo de la Roche. Some of the contributors are: Adele Wiseman, Hugh Garner, Pierre Berton, Ted Allan, Robertson Davies, Farley Mowat & Arthur Hailey. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 736 pages .

Harperflamingo. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002005050 . First Edition, First Printing (Number Line) Tan hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition, pages are tightly bound, bright & unmarked. A name plate on the front free end paper and light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped, Near Fine with a crease to the back flap. "Louise Kirk learns about love and loss at an early age. When she is nine years old, her former beauty queen mother “disappears, ” leaving a note that reads only—and incorrectly—“Louise knows how to work the washing machine. ” Not long after, the Richters and their adopted son, Abel, move in across the street. Louise’s immediate devotion to the exotic and motherly Mrs. Richter is quickly transferred to her nature-loving, precociously intelligent son." ; 8.50 X 5.70 X 1.50 inches; 376 pages .

PaperJacks, Limited. Very Good. 1973. Mass Market Paperback. 0773770496 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Squared, tightly bound with an unmarked text. A small water mark to the top of the front cover, cover discoloration. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 192 pages .

Doubleday Canada. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385663161 . Tan / blue Hardcovers in Very Good+ condition with clean & unmarked pages and a sound binding. Light spine end bumping. First Edition. The DJ is unclipped and also in Very Good+ condition with light edgewear. "For twelve generations, the inhabitants of this remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now they are facing resettlement, and each has been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go; the government won't be responsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay on alone. That coot is Moses Sweetland, who refuses to leave." ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 320 pages .

House of Anansi Press. Very Good. 1973. Trade Paperback. 088784328X . Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition. Tightly bound, unmarked with light cover wear and discoloration around the cover edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 134 pages .

New Canadian Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1968. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback with scuffing, edgewear and spine creasing. Previous owner's name written on the inside of the front cover and the front free end paper. A clean, unmarked interior with a solid binding. ; Vol. 12; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 249 pages .

MCCLELLAND & STEWART. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1997. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. 0771086547 . A very nice copy of this First Edtion . A Trade Paperback with a small brown stain on the top of the fore edge. Clean, bright & tightly bound. "This is a novel of interwoven lives in which the world of art collides with the realm of human emotion." ; 0.69 x 8.33 x 5.38 Inches; 340 pages .

Toronto, Ont: Thomas Allen. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936. Linen hardcover. Black linen covered hard boards with yellow titles to the cover and spine. Spine bumping and some wear to the corners, but overall in very good condition. Light rubbing to the covers, with a clean, bright interior. "Folktale, memoir, fiction, literary hoax, "The Yellow Briar" is all of these. Ostensibly the charming remembrance of an Irish orphan who escapes the Great Famine of 1840s Ireland and comes to the New World to seek a fresh start on the streets of Toronto and in the pioneer hinterland of Canada West (Ontario) , the book was actually a fictional humbug perpetrated by John Mitchell, a Toronto lawyer, who first published the tale in 1933. Patrick Slater, the protagonist of the "memoir," is said to have died in 1924 but not before setting his saga down on paper." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages .

Douglas & McIntyre. Very Good. 1989. Trade Paperback. 0888946422 . Trade Paperback in Very Good con dition. Tightly bound & unmarked with light tanning to the interior page edges. "A mother who has always been acommodating must learn anger, must stand up for her rights, a daughter who has lived with rejection and spiritual pain must confront and master the past." ; 7.80 X 5.20 X 0.60 inches; 261 pages .