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Toronto: Peter A. Gross. Good with no dust jacket. 1877. First Edition. Leather. Xvi, 17-384 pp. " together with A Key to the Publisher's Bird's-Eye View of the City. Illustrated with over sixty Pages of Colored Lithographs." Full dark green leather with blind ruling and brilliant gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, polished marble edges, original blue endpapers (rear endpaper replaced) with old owner bookplate. Text and plates within ruled borders, each plate has a tissue guard. A very nice copy of this look at Toronto nearly 150 years ago. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages .

Toronto: ECW Press. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550222457 . 179, [i] pp. Notes. 53 colour plates some folding, 31 duotones. Large oblong octavo. Glossy white dust jacket with brown and red image is clean and intact. Book itself is also clean and fresh, front board has a slight concave storage bend, otherwise very nice. This is NOT one of the numbered copies. Dust jacket is G+, book itself is VG-. After Geometry is the first extended study of the abstract art of Claude Tousignant. James D. Campbell offers new biographical information on and insights into the man who has been des- cribed (by David Burnett and Marilyn Schiff in Contemporary Canadian Art) as making "among the most striking statements on the nature of painting. ”; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages .

Toronto: Simon & Pierre. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0889242720 . 94 pp. Signed to a friend by the author on the title page, with an invitation to the book launch tucked in. Brown paper covers with b/w photo is clean and nice, slightlest bit of corner curl to top corner, small crease at bottom edge. Interior clean and bright, first few pages have a small bit of curl at top corner, otherwise very good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages; Signed by Author .

Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 1554470145 . Signed on the title page by the author. Brown French paper wraps are clean and bright, book itself is beautifully designed and executed, clean and fresh, a lovely copy in a typically beautiful Gaspereau edition. The author's 8th collection of poetry . ; 7.90 X 5 X 0.70 inches; 137 pages; Signed by Author .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0802019404 . xi, 74pp + 3 unnumbered pages. Appendix, bibliography. Book has black and red cloth cover with black text on front cover and silver text on spine. Ex-library with stamps and damage from removed stickers and pocket, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 88 pages .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Good in New dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. [x], 292 pp. Index. Dark blue cloth blind ruled covers, gilt to spine. Normal wear and minor bumping at corners, white library numbers to spine, interior has library marks, but otherwise clean. Uncut rough cut pages. An attractive copy of this story of the teaching of French in Toronto and the University College. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pages .

Windsor, ON: Biblioasis/Gaspereau Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2004. Limited; First Printing. Hardcover. 097358811X . KB6...61, [iii] pp. Small octavo. ½ grey cloth with black/grey/white marbled hardcovers. Limitation page at the rear with Rooke’s signature, printed at Gaspereau press, 60 softcover copies and 13 casebound copies. This casebound copy unnumbered. Spine lightly sunned, small rub mark on the front pastedown. Beautiful handmade grey/gold endpapers, small pencil erasure on first blank, interior fresh and tight. A lovely copy of a very scarce book. Biblioasis No. 1. The first limited edition chapbook in this series, by the master storyteller and Governor General's Award winning author. Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, playwright, editor and critic who was born in rural North Carolina, but has lived in Canada for many years. ; Biblioasis; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages .

Toronto: Xanthus Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1995. Softcover. 0969870906 . I + 88 pp. Black and white softcover with image of woman on front cover. Book is in good condition clean with no marks. Signed by both both authors on title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by All Authors .

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771022069 . KB19...Unpaginated. 50 "psalms" of joy, praise, despair, anger and forgiveness. Signed on the title page. Octavo. 1st edition and 1st Canadian. Dark grey-blue dust jacket with gilt and red has some edge wear, slight bit of wear at top of spine, NOT price clipped. Book itself is clean, square and tight. A lovely copy, scarce signed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Toronto: Ryerson Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. xx, 308 pp. Biographical notes. Light blue cloth covers are a bit faded and lightly rubbed around edges, spine gilt is barely legible, spine tips starting to fray. . Interior has 2 owner inscripts on first blank and then the full signatures of both Robins and Ray. An anthology of Anglo-Canadian humour including pieces by Stephen Leacock, nellie L. mcclung, Bob Edwards, C.B. Pyper, W.H. Drummond, ouis Blake Duff, Mona Gould, Mary Quayle Innis, Andy Clarke, Eric Nicol, Lister Sinclair, Robertson Davies, and many others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pp pages; Signed by All Authors .

London, Ontario: South Western Ontario Poetry. Good with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Original Wraps. 091913923X . 24 pp. Gift inscription from the author on the inside front cover. Original cream paper wraps, interior is clean and unmarked. The author's poetry reflects her upbringing on the Canadian prairie. This is her first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages; Signed by Author .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Xii + 287 pps. Blue and black DJ. DJ is worn with small tear on front, and several tears on the back. Black cloth boards. Ex-library with single library stamp on front fly page - otherwise in good condition, clean with no other marks. ; Ex-Library .

Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0802039510 . KB40...viii, 326 pp. Index. B/W illustrations, maps. Octavo. Dark grey blue cloth with silver gilt is clean, minor shelf wear, interior clean and tight. A nice copy. Examines the encounters between Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries and the indigenous peoples with whom they worked in 19th and 20th century Canadian and overseas missions. Includes essays on Western Canada and the Artic, Canadian missionary presence and its legacy in east Asia, Inda and Africa; and the motives and methods of missionaries as important contributors to Canadian museum holdings of artifacts from Huronia, Kahnawake, and Alaska, as well as China and the South Pacific. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 330 pages .

Waterloo, ON: Wilfred Laurier University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 177112153X . KB8...xvii, 371 pp. Bibliography, index. Occasional illustrations. Octavo. Hardcover, white front board with image of praying women and religious symbols. Covers are clean and unmarked, interior is fresh and clean, virtually as new. From the publisher: "This collection of essays explores how women from a variety of religious and cultural communities have contributed to the richly textured, pluralistic society of Canada. Focusing on women’s religiosity, it examines the ways in which they have carried and conserved, and brought forward and transformed their cultures—old and new—in modern Canada. Each essay explores the ways in which the religiosities of women serve as locations for both the assertion and the refashioning of individual and communal identity in transcultural contexts. Three shared assumptions guide these essays: religion plays a… Read More

Lewiston; Queenston; Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Pr. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0773476830 . KB17...xxiii, 351 pp, [3]. Bibliography, Index. Octavo. Linen cloth boards with grey, image of a caduceus in blue and gold. Covers are clean and unmarked, minimal shelf wear. Gift inscript from the author on the first blank, otherwise clean and unmarked. A very technical work with lots of information about the laws and the work that was done. Real copies are quite scarce, this happens to be an actual copy that we will ship to you when you buy it from us. "In March, 1992, the provincial health minister announced an overhaul of the health care system in New Brunswick. This legislation threatened the Church's integral mission of providing health care in the province. The Hospital Act of 1992 terminated the collaboration, co-operation and partnership between Government and Church. The take-over of the Catholic hospitals, the dissolution of the individual hospital… Read More

Toronto, ON: Thomson Carswell. Good with no dust jacket. 2011. Eighth Edition. Softcover. 0779836383 . Lxix, 1097 pp. Table of cases. Large heavy octavo. Glossy paper covers with brown, green modernistic humans. Covers have a bit of corner curl, interior a few pages have red underlining, otherwise clean and unmarked. Priced low for condition but book is still quite usable and respectable. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1097 pages .

Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. 148750649X . Ix, 335 pp. Index. Notes follow each essay. Octavo. Glossy dust jacket with photo of seaside in greys, greens and browns. Minor shelf wear to intact DJ. Book itself is clean and unmarked, paper creamy, everything fresh. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages .

Montreal, PQ, Canada: McGill-Queen's University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0773528741 . KB15...xiv + 502 pp. Notes and index. Octavo. Grey dust jacket with colorful image of an old Quebecois church. DJ has just a hint of shelf wear. Book itself is clean and unmarked, tight and fresh. Good copy. Gauvreau argues that the Catholic Action youth movements of the 1930s and other such organizations played a central role in formulating the religious ideology underlying the Quiet Revolution, which ordinary Quebecers experienced through a series of transformations in the expression of their Catholic identy. Includes Cultural Origins of the Quiet Revolution 1931-1945; Elites Masses and the Betrayal of Catholicism 1945-1958; Marriage, Sexuality and the Reconstruction of the French Canadian Family 1931-1955; The Disaggregation and Privvatization of the F-C Family 1955-1970; Sexuality, Birth Control and Feminism 1931-1971; Catholicism and Education Reform… Read More

Winnipeg, Manitoba: Bulman Bros. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973?. Softcover. 24 unnumbered pages. Pictures, bibliography, list of lenders, catalogue list. Glossy covers with photo and black text as front cover and cream coloured back cover. Very minor wear to corners. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages .

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 0773530576 . KB16...xii, 316 pp. Octavo. Black cloth with silver gilt. Covers virtually as new, slightest hint of shelf wear, interior clean and tight, very nice copy. A series of essays by the editors, as well as Christine Hudon, Ollivier Hubert, Nancy Christie, Hanna M. Lane, Kenneth L. Draper, Brigitte Caulier, Jean-Marie Fecteau, Eric Vaillancourt, Roberto Perin and Gilles Routhier. ; Mcgill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion; Vol. 45; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages .