Recent Arrivals from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

Massacre, Drawings from Jerusalem October 8-28, 1990, Heather Spears. Privately published Copenhagen / Richmond British Columbia, 1990. Signed by artist/author inside front. 8vo up to 9½" tall (oblong). 33 glossy pages. An exhibition catalogue with 47 drawings and text. Light wear to card covers and otherwise in fine condition. Heather Spears arrived in East Jerusalem at Maqassad Hospital the morning… Read more about this item

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories Munro, Alice. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 322pp. Volume in mint, unread condition and housed in a fine unclipped jacket with the lightest of shelf wear.. Alice Munro is a Canadian short story writer whose work has been described as having revolutionized the architecture of short… Read more about this item

The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen's London, Green, Nile. Published by Princeton University Press, 2015. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 416 pp. In fine condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket. In July 1815, six Iranian students arrived in London under the escort of their chaperone, Captain Joseph D'Arcy. Their mission was to master… Read more about this item

Inspector Morse, The Complete Collection, Colin Dexter. Published by Pan, 1997-2000. Soft cover in slipcase. 13 volumes. In new condition, still wrapped. Titles: Last Bus to Woodstock, Last Seen Wearing, The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, Service of all the Dead, The Dead of Jericho, The Riddle of the Third Mile, The Secret of Annexe 3, The Wench is Dead,… Read more about this item

On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23-May 5, 1945, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2010. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 552pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. The little-told story of the tense final days of World War… Read more about this item

Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2020. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 576pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition with light corner curl to front cover. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. A… Read more about this item

Forgotten Victory: First Canadian Army and the Cruel Winter of 1944-45, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2016. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 501pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition with light corner curl to front cover. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. During the winter of 1944–45, the… Read more about this item

Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2013. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 437pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition with light toning to text block. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. Dieppe had no strategic importance in World War II; the… Read more about this item

Breakout from Juno: First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, July 4-August 21, 1944, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2013. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 538pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition with light toning to text block. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. On July 4, 1944,… Read more about this item

Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10 August 7, 1943, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2010. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 518pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. On July 10, 1943, twenty thousand Canadian soldiers joined two great Allied… Read more about this item

Holding Juno: Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches: June 7-12, 1944, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2006. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 432pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. The Germans began probing the Canadian lines early in the morning of… Read more about this item

The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2006. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 551pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. Stretching like an armour-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line… Read more about this item

The Liri Valley: Canada's World War II Breakthrough to Rome, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2004. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 492pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. For the allied armies fighting their way up the Italian boot in early 1944,… Read more about this item

Ortona: Canada's Epic World War II Battle, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2004. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 443pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. . Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. "In one blood-soaked, furious week of fighting, from December 20 to December 27, 1943, the 1st… Read more about this item

The Complete Dramatic and Poetic Works of William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, William; Edited by Frederick D. Losey. Published by the John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, 1926. First Edition edited by Losey. No additional printings on copyright page. 8vo up to 9½" tall., xvi, 1328pp. with frontispiece portrait; biography and an introduction to each play by Frederick D. Losey and with glossary… Read more about this item

The Works of William Shakspere; containing His Plays and Poems, William Shakespeare; Illustrated by W. Harvey. Published by George Bell, London, 1874. Tenth Edition: from the Text of the Editions by Charles Knight: with Glossarial Notes; and Facts connected with his Life and Writings, abridged from 'William Shakspere. A Biography'. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Blue leather with… Read more about this item

Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne, Gilbert White. Published by the Folio Society, London, 1994. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 213pp., appendix; introduction by Ian Niall; black and white engravings by Chris Wormell (illustrator). Green cloth spine over marbled boards; brown title label with gilt titles. In fine, unread condition. Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne was first published in 1789;… Read more about this item

Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered, Hales, Dianne. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2014. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 317pp. bibliography, references, index and map. Quarter green cloth over black boards, color illustrated endpapers. Contents in fine condition; 2 small remainder marks to edge; dustjacket has light edge wear. Lisa Gherardini (1479-1542) was a quintessential woman of her times, caught… Read more about this item

The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II- Conqueror of Constantinople, Master of an Empire and Lord of Two Seas, Freely, John. Published by I. B. Tauris, London, 2009. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 265pp., maps, notes, bibliography, index. Contents in fine condition; a few light and small scuff marks to front board; unclipped jacket has a small closed tear upper front… Read more about this item

Weapons and Warfare in Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, and Tactics, Hall, Professor Bert S. Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 300pp., black and white illustrative plates; bibliography; index. Blue cloth boards with white spine titles. Volume is in fine condition; unclipped jacket has a small closed tear lower spine; taped from the inside.