Search Results: Canadian Fiction from Minotavros Books

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Oatmeal paper boards. 470 pp. Light bumping to spine ends, else a fine copy. Winner of the 1996 Giller Prize. The story fictionalizes the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada West. Although the novel is based on factual events, Atwood constructs a narrative with a fictional doctor, Simon Jordan, who researches the case.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Publishers, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. SIGNED by author to title page. Oatmeal paper boards. 470 pp. A fine copy. Ink gift inscription to ffep. Winner of the 1996 Giller Prize. The story fictionalizes the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada West. Although the novel is based on factual events, Atwood constructs a narrative with a fictional doctor, Simon Jordan, who researches the case.

New York: Sterling Publishing Co, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. McKowen, Scott. 8vo. Full green cloth. Ribbon marker. vii, 304 pp. Some light staining to fore edge of text block, else fine in fine jacket. Anne Shirley, the fiery and fiercely independent heroine of Anne of Green Gables, has captivated generations of readers over the last century.

Avenel, NJ: Gramercy Books, 1986. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Three volumes in one. Green cloth spine, green paper boards. 634 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Slight warping to spine of dust jacket, else fine.

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1968. Soft cover. Very Good. 4" x 7" 1st Canadian paperback edition. Three paperback volumes in slipcase. 329; 367; viii, 326 pp. Covers lightly foxed. Rubbed to extremities. Corners bumped and creased. Damp stain to spine of Anne of Avonlea, creasing to spine of Anne of the Island. Interiors age toned. The three L.M. Montgomery classics in one gift pack.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. SIGNED by author to FFEP. Full grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 377 p.p. Spine slightly tilted. Slight sunning to top edge. Dust jacket has some minor bumping and rubbing to extremities and joints. Some wear and small chips to spine ends and corners. A novel that unleashes a geyser of vigorous humour, hissing with satiric steam.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 25th Anniversary edition. Full grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. 377 p.p. Spine tilted. Stamp of The Bookshelf to tail edge of text block. Slight sunning to top edge. Dust jacket has some minor rubbing to extremities and joints. Short tear to foot of front joint. Some bumping to spine ends and top edge of rear cover. A novel that unleashes a geyser of vigorous humour, hissing with satiric steam.

Montreal: VLB Editeur, 2004. Soft cover. Fine. 12mo (tall). Bonheur de Lecture. Two volumes. Text in French. Au Nom du Pere: 859 pp. Le Sorcier: 559 pp. Fine condition in near fine slipcase. A collection of two Canadian historical fiction novels set in Quebec.

Self Published, 2015. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription from author to title page. [N.P., Ontario]. Soft cover. 141 pp. B&W illustrations in-text. Some light edge wear, else fine. Come and meet a few of the characters who live in Avalon East. It is a mythical town somewhere in Southern Ontario that tries to retain the traditions and values of a bygone era while dealing with the encroaching influence of the modern world. In a series of vignettes based on actual incidents that the author has witnessed, stories he has been told, or people he has met, you will enter the world of Avalon East. However, do not seek 'reality' in these yarns. The tales and poems are whimsical and fanciful reveling in the foibles of human nature nd the follies of human endeavours.

Victoria, BC: First Choice Books, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. SIGNED presentation copy, inscribed to Canadian author Howard Engel. Autograph letter from Morris to Engel laid in. Soft cover. 141 pp. Offset panels to covers, a few damp stains.

Toronto: Macmillan Company of Canada, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. St. Martin's Classics. Arranged for school reading and with Introduction, Notes, and Questions. Orig green paper boards. xiv, 377 pp. Spine and front fore edge sunned, small bruise to spine head. Damp staining to lower margins of pp. xi-xiii.

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full green paper boards, gilt stamped birch tree vignette to front board and spine. xii, 447 pp. Fine condition. Award-winning author Budge Wilson brings young Anne of Avonlea vibrantly to life in this highly anticipated and fully authorized and fully authorized prequel to the much-loved Anne of Green Gables.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription from author to title page. Full blue cloth. 218 pp. Sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine ends. Age toning to edges of pages. Dust jacket is worn, bumped, and age toned at edges, a few short tears and small chips. What at first appears to be merely a thrilling suspense story of one man's relentless search to avenge a wrong, a tale that culminates in dramatic events in Edmonton and a haunting epilogue in the Canadian north, becomes a penetrating study of guilt in our society.

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Second printing. With forewards by Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje. Blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Small dent to front board, light bumping to spine head. Dust jacket lightly bumped at spine head. Else fine copy of the collected poems of Canadian poet Al Purdy.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full cream paper boards. 180 pp. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket has a few short tears and creases, spots of rubbing to edges. Near fine overall.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black paper boards. 521 pp. White scuff to spine head. Ownership inscription and bookplate of Adrienne Taylor. Fine condition overall. The Blind Assassin has the sweep of an epic and the intimate focus of a family drama. By turns lyrical, outrageous, compelling, and funny, this spellbinding novel is at once infused with deep humour and undercurrents of darkness. It is Margaret Atwood at her breathtaking best, and confirms her status as one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.

Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 285 p.p. Cloth. Small tear to spine end of dust-jacket. Otherwise, book is clean and is in fine condition. Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, inventor, teacher and environmental activist.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED by author with inscription to title page. Quarter blue cloth, blue paper boards. 166 pp. Spine tilted. Dust jacket is tanned to flaps. Near fine overall. An Inspector Charlie Salter Mystery.

Toronto: Collins, 1951. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.5" x 7" White Circle Pocket Edition. 160 pp., ads. Spine tilted and creased, some light edge wear. Age toned to interior. "This is the story of Myrla, who paid a terrible price for her escape; of Ken, who gambled his life on getting away; of Bob, whose gun was his best friend; of Billy, Theodore and the rest of the gang, who fought along with them.'.

Toronto: Collins, 1950. Soft cover. Very Good. 4.5" x 7" White Circle Pocket Edition. Papeback.160 pp., ads. Spine worn and creased, some light edge wear, long tear to rear cover. Age toned to interior. "This is the story of Myrla, who paid a terrible price for her escape; of Ken, who gambled his life on getting away; of Bob, whose gun was his best friend; of Billy, Theodore and the rest of the gang, who fought along with them.'.