Search Results: Short Stories from Bytown Bookery

Dell # 3640. Very Good. 1962. Paperback. A smaller sized Mass Market papeback in Very Good condition with a tight binding and an unmarked text. Cover scuffing with edgewear and age yellowing to the pages. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 224 pages .

Dell No. 7746. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Mass Market. Mass Market Paperback in very good condition. Moderate wear to the covers, small crease on the front upper right hand corner. Tightly bound with a clean interior. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 272 pages .

United States: Konecky & Konecky. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1568522363 . A Near Fine grey Hardcover with bright & unmarked pages. Light spine end bumping & tightly bound. The DJ is in Near Fine condition. ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 1.4 inches; 500 pages .

Fawcett Gold Medal, No. D1549. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Mass Market. Mass Market Paperback in very good ++ condition. Just in wonderful condition, with only light rubbing to the spine end. Clean, bright & tight. Stories from: Eric Frank Russell, Walter M. Miller jr. , Raymond Z. Gallun, Damon Knight and others...; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 175 pages .

Collier Books. Good+. 1972. Paperback. Mass Market in good + condition. A tightly bound copy with an unmarked text, cover wear and scuffing, small tear to the bottom front spine hinge. Stories by Anthony Boucher, Frederic Brown, Arthur C. Clarke. Jack Finney, Robert a. Heinlein and many more...; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 285 pages .

Editions Sivori. Near Fine. 2012. Paperback. 2924228018 . A set of three glossy Trade Paperbacks in Near Fine condition. All three have a solid biniding and a bright, unmarked text. Tome 1 has a crease to the bottom corner of two pages. French text. Pictures available,. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 866 pages .

McClelland and Stewart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0771060734 . Burgundy hard covers with gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good++ condition, tight, bright & unmarked. Light tanning to the top cover edges. First Edition. The DJ is Very Good++ with light cover scuffing & edgewear. "Set in the forties and fifties, these stories take us back to a simpler, gentler world, the one we all like to think we grew up in. The Kid at the centre of the stories is a boy on a Saskatchewan farm “down Government Road from Crocus, which is on the CNR line between Tiger Lily and Conception. ” Jake is the hired hand who helps the Kid’s mother run the farm (and who played a huge role in Canadian history, what with capturing “Looie Riel” and all) , and who now keeps the Kid abreast of events in the greater world and in Crocus." ; 1.1 x 9.1 x 5.9 Inches; 280 pages .

London, England: MacMillan and Co. , Limited. Very Good+. 1909. Hardcover. Bright red Hardcovers, a gilt elephant insignia on the front cover. Very Good++. A sound binding, the pages are bright & unmarked. Foxing to the front and bottom page edges. Chipping to the spine end top. "Contents: An Habitation Enforced; The Recall; Garm-a Hostage; The Power of the Dog; The Mother Hive; The Bees and the Flies; With the Night Mail; The Four Angels; A Deal in Cotton; The New Knighthood; The Puzzler; Little Foxes; Gallio's Song; The House Surgeon; The Rabbi's Song." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 299 pages .

Watsonville, Cali.: Papier MacHe. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1991. 1st Edition. Cloth. 0918949343 . Green cloth covers with gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition, tightly bound with an unmarked text. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good+ condition. "A collection of short essays about Stout Mama, an eclectic feminist in her forties and a "bewildered techno-peasant". Engaging and droll, Stout Mama is more interested in honesty and good times than in consumerism in the modern age." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 131 pages .

Long Acre, London: Odhams. Very Good. 1968. Hardcover. Red buckram covers with gilt lettering on the spine. An inscription to the previous owner on the front free end-paper along with the remenants of a holiday sticker on the upper right hand corner. The DJ has colored illustrations of all the stories in the book, there is scuffing and edgewear, a tear on the front flap. Stories by authors: Agnes Booth, Pamela Brown, Joseph E. Chipperfield, Jean Henson, Rudyard Kipling, and many more; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages .

The Porcupine's Quill. Very Good. 2003. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. A stapled booklet in Very Good++ condition, tight, bright and unmarked. Only 13 pages, part of an overall collection of five books. March 15, 2003; Narrow 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 13 pages .

Vintage Canada. Very Good+. 1997. First Trade Edition. Trade paperback. 0676970257 . Trade Paperback in Very Good + condition. Tightly bound, bright & unmarked. "A remarkable collection of twelve new stories, mostly set in Ireland. The title story is a small, sad masterpiece, about a woman holidaying alone in an Italian hotel. "; 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.4 Inches; 213 pages .

New York: T O R Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312858736 . Black hard boards, bright blue titles to the spine. Stated First Edition. Number line indicating First Printing. A very nice copy, tightly bound, an unmarked interior. The DJ is unclipped with light scuffing and edgewear, light spine end bumping with a small tear to the bottom of the back cover. "A big collection of fiction and nonfiction that shows one of the greatest living masters of sci-fi at his best." ; 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.1 Inches; 301 pages .

Chapman & Hall, Ltd.. Very Good. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Burnt orange covers, black titles to the spine. In Very Good conditoin, the binding is tight, and other than a name written on the front end paper , the pages are clean. Wear to the spine end and corners, a small stain to the front cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 216 pages .

Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. Red hard covers with yellow title to the spine, in Near fine condition with light spine end bumping. A Book club edition. The DJ is iin very good condition with light shelf wear and a small tear on the back cover top edge. ; 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.6 Inches; 214 pages .

Paddington Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0448226820 . A hard cover copy in wonderful condition ++, light wear to the spine ends, tightly bound with a bright interior. The end papers show illustrations of fishing equipment on them. Black & white photos and illustrations throughout the book. The DJ does have some wear to it, ie: scuffing and edgewear, no markings or tears. "A treasury of the finest fishing writing of all time. It contains a rich and entertaining variety of angling stories, anecdotes, poems and articles by an impressive array of the world's geat wirters. "; B&W Illustrations, B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Thistledown Press. Fine. 1999. Trade. 1895449936 . Trade Paperback. Fine condition with light cover rubbing, tight, bright & unmarked. "An imaginative tour de force, Aphid & The Shadow Drinkers is by turns hilarious and horrifying, realistic and visionary. The stories are all on the side of innocence, rebelling against cruelty, idolatry and greed. "; 0.47 x 8.56 x 6 Inches; 174 pages .

Paris, France: Gallimard. Very Good. 1973. Mass Market Paperback. 2070364488 . Marché de masse en très bon état avec des pages propres et non marquées. Quelques plis sur la couverture avant. Contents: Lettres de maman -- Bons et loyaux services -- Les fils de la vierge -- L'homme à l'affût --Les armes secrètes. «Les porteurs de torches marchaient les premiers, éclairant vaguement le passage aux murs humides et à la voûte si basse que les servants du prêtre devaient courber la tête. On l'emmenait maintenant, on l'emmenait, c'était la fin. Face contre ciel, à un mètre du plafond taillé à même le roc, et qui s'illuminait par instants d'un reflet de torche. Quand, à la place du plafond, surgiraient les étoiles et se dresserait devant lui le grand escalier incendié de cris et de danses, ce serait la fin.»; Folio No.… Read More

McClelland & Stewart. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771018983 . Blue hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. A tightly bound, bright copy with light spine end bumping, in Very Good++ condition. The DJ is Very Good, light cover scuffing with a small tear to the bottom of the spine end. ; 8.30 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 236 pages .

Canada: New Canadian Library / McClleland & Stewart. Very Good+. 1992. Mass_Market. 0771098820 . A Very Good+ Mass Market. A tight binding with bright & unmarked pages. Very light spine hinge wear. "The superbly crafted stories collected in Alistair MacLeod’s As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories depict men and women acting out their “own peculiar mortality” against the haunting landscape of Cape Breton Island." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 176 pages .