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I have learned that there are two authors named Ralph Allen. This is the first one, from Winnipeg. He wrote five novels over his career. This one is about a family trying to make a new home for themselves in the Peace River Country of Canada (Alberta). No dust jacket. The cover shows mild wear after… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Black front cover has a couple of white spots in the lower right quadrant. Gilt print on the spine. Impact mark on the upper right corner (see photo #2). One owner's name on the ffep, other's bookplate on the front pastedown. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, lightly age toned. Set during the Chinese Civil… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Gray textured paper covered boards, with minor wear mainly at the corners. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with red-dyed top edges. A scarce book.

No dust jacket. Olive drab fabric with gilt and blue decoration and print on front and spine. For a book that is 75 years old, the wear is minimal. A couple of tiny stains on the cover and a couple more on the pages within. The deckle-edged pages are tight and intact, with the expected age toning. Owner's bookplate inside… Read more about this item

No dust jacket. Possibly a first edition, but that is not stated. The blue-grey fabric covering the boards shows little wear other than some soil and discoloration on the spine. The deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's bookplate inside the front cover. Fairly scarce.

A rare paperback, it has not been treated too well. The front cover was coming loose from the bottom of the spine until someone decided to put a stop to that with a piece of clear tape. A tear from the lower edge of the back cover has also been repaired with tape that was added to the inside. The… Read more about this item

Stated first edition. No dust jacket. Black fabric covered boards with silver print on the spine. The cover shows a bit of damage, possibly from water, on the lower 5 cm of the spine (see photo #4). This water does not appear to have reached the pages. The spine is cocked slightly. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The… Read more about this item

Very little wear, just one small stain on the back cover. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked and the spine is square and creaseless. A story of three generations of females, cramped together in their small Toronto home, and fighting the world to live their lives on their own terms.

A small book, showing very little wear. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked and the spine is square and uncreased. This is part (#56) of a larger series that had reached 122 volumes by this printing. A story about the importance of Black Sabbath as told through the journal of a 1985 teen locked away in… Read more about this item

Small trade paperback with very little wear. Almost like new. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A recent publication with a limited number of copies offered online. The author's first novel, a coming-of-age story of a pre-teen squash player and her father's obsession making her a champion. A very recent… Read more about this item

Little wear, just a few minor chips at the edges and corners. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Set in Northern Ireland during "the troubles". Recent publication.

Very little wear, other than the front cover is inclined to curl a bit. The spine is square and uncreased and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A story of a dystopean future after climate change releases a long-hidden virus upon the world.

John Dos Passo's famous USA trilogy, containing the novels The 42nd Parallel, 1919 and The Big Money. This set would have originally come in a slipcover, which probably accounts for the very light wear to this trio of books. Wear is slight, the pages are clean, tight and unmarked, with the previous owner's ex libris stickers inside the front cover… Read more about this item

A self-published novella about life and loss. Rather scarce. Little wear. The spine is square and uncreased, and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. One small impact mark at the rear cover is the only blemish.

Very little wear. The spine is uncreased but slightly skewed. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A tale of a man who wakes up in a house he doesn't recognize, unable to recall anything of his life. This is the story of his efforts to regain that which was lost. Compete number line.

Originally published in 1934, the author was the youngest person to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1935 for her debut novel. An account of a family's struggles to survive by farming in the years of the Depression and Dust Bowl. Book shows very little wear. The spine is square and uncreased, the pages are clean, tight and… Read more about this item

An autobiographical novel of the pandemic time. A woman under lockdown connects with neighbors and considers the interconnectedness of the world. Described as "surprising, evocative and unsettling", "exhilarating and subtly provocative." Book shows a little wear at the corners and has a slight bend near the spine (visible in photo #3). The spine is uncreased and… Read more about this item

Book shows little wear. Black fabric covered boards with gilt print on the spine. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket shows some discoloration, a bit of edge wear, two tears along the top rear (2 cm, 2.6 cm, both covered with a small piece of tape to preclude further tearing) and a small… Read more about this item

Signed by the author with brief inscription, inside the front cover. Little wear. Spine has one crease. Glued binding failed at that crease and has been reglued. Pages are clean and unmarked. A rare book.

First edition. Very rare book. Dust jacket has wear at the edges, corners and the head and tail of the spine, has some discoloration on the rear and shows some sign of exposure to moisture. The cover has off-white fabric with seasonally appropriate red and green decoration and print. The fabric is soiled/stained but shows no significant edge wear. The… Read more about this item