Recent Arrivals from Bazaar of Books

Shooting the War: The Memoir and Photographs of a U-Boat Officer in World War II by Otto Giese and Capt. James E. Wise, Jr., USN (Ret.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, [1994]. pp. 289, Index, Bibliography. many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, brick quarter cloth and beige boards with gilt title on spine (corners square with slight wear, interior clean… Read more about this item

Dear M: Letters from a Gentleman of Excess by Jack Pollock. [Toronto]: McClelland & Stewart, [1989]. pp. 308. Hardcover, black cloth with silver title on spine, fore-edge uncut (corners square, interior clean & unmarked, price on front free endpaper). d.j., unclipped (some wear, couple of short tears, light toning inside jacket). Very Good condition. (dustjacket in Good condition). Size: 9 3/8" x… Read more about this item

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1995]. pp. 638, Bibliography, Index. 55 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, quarter black cloth with brown boards and gilt title on spine (corners square, interior clean, wrinkling on some illus., light soiling on top & bottom edges, dampstain on… Read more about this item

Lies of Silence by Brian Moore. [London]: Bloomsbury, [1990]. pp. 195. signed by the author on the title page, without dedication. Hardcover, blue boards with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt title to spine with blue ribbon marker (corners square, very light foxing to top edge, light mark to top of back cover plus several tiny indentations to back… Read more about this item

Valour Remembered: Canada and the First World War: 1918- November 11- 1978 by Patricia Giesler. Ottawa: Minister of Veterans Affairs, 1982. Published in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Armistice of the First World War/ Souvenirs de Vaillance: La participation du Canada a la Premiere Guerre mondiale. Pour commemorer le 60e anniversaire de l'armistice de la Premiere Guerre mondiale.… Read more about this item

Catch Me a Colobus by Gerald Durrell. Drawings by Edward Mortelmans. London: Collins, 1972. First edition. pp. 221. many b. & w. illus. Hardcover, mustard boards with gilt title on spine (corners square, interior unmarked, bottom of spine slightly bumped, top of spine faded, top & fore-edge toned & tiny mark on fore-edge, hinges bit cracked). d.j., clipped (very small… Read more about this item

The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians by Brian Garfield. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1969]. pp. 351, Bibliography, Index. 82 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, tan cloth with gilt title on spine (corners rubbed, tanning of top & fore edges, spine bumped and bit frayed, toning to margins but otherwise unmarked). d.j.,… Read more about this item

Artforum Volume XXII No.4, December 1983. New York: Artforum International Magazine Inc., 1983. pp.96. Cover: Sigmar Polke, Landscape, 1982, mixed media on canvas, ca. 70 1/2 x 58 1/2". Collection Raschdorf. The Real Experiment by Allan Kaprow, Triumph of Representation: a project by Giulio Paolini, Against the Return to Order by Nicolas Calas, A project by Sigmar Polke, Dispensable Friends, Indispensable… Read more about this item

Artforum Volume XXII No. 2, October 1983. New York: Artforum International Magazine Inc., 1983. pp. 96. Cover: Jannis Kounellis, Untitled, 1982, installation of "Zeitgeist" exhibition, Berlin. Alicia Neel, interviewed by Ted Castle, What Are You Doing after the Orgy? by Jean Beaudrillard, A Project by Meret Oppenheim, Leonardo: The Silent Language of Hidden Images and Moving Pictures by Ronald Feldman,… Read more about this item

Artforum Summer Volume XXI No. 10, June 1983. New York: Artforum International Magazine Inc., 1983. pp. 96. Cover: Chantal Akerman, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, 1975, still from color film in 35mm (detail), 198 minutes. Cinematography by Babette Mangotte Courtesy of Paradise Films, Brussels. Robert Cumming's Subject Object by Charles Hagen, Unpopular Culture (Travels in Kienholzland) by Carrie… Read more about this item

Artforum Volume XXI No. 7 March 1983. New York: Artforum International Magazine, Inc., 1983. pp. 112. Cover: Robert Graham, Stephanie and Spy, 1980-81, cast bronze with copper bases, figure: 68 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 7 1/2", horse: 71 x 56 x 14" . Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Robert Doisneau's Oblique Regard by Max Kozloff,… Read more about this item

Artforum Volume XXI No. 6, February 1983. New York: Artforum International Magazine, Inc., 1983. pp. 92. Cover: William Eggleston, "Summer, Mississippi," Cassidy Bayou in background, 1971, dye transfer print, 7 7/8" x 12". David True's Pendulums by John Yau, William Eggleston's Colour Photographs: Matters of Record, Eikoh Hosoe and Yukio Mishima: The Shadow in the Time Machine by Mark Holborn, Statuary… Read more about this item

The birds and birders of Beaverhills Lake by Robert Lister. [Edmonton, Alberta: Edmonton Bird Club, 1979]. pp. 264. some b. & w. illus. Friends of Beaverhills Lake form inserted. Hardcover, turquoise cloth with gilt-stamped bird design on cover and gilt title on spine (corners square, some foxing on top edge, interior is clean & unmarked). d.j. (some wear at top,… Read more about this item

Denison Avenue. Novel by Christina Wong. Illustrations by Daniel Innes. (Artwork and text issued separately, back-to-back and inverted). [Toronto]: E C W Press, [2023]. pp. 232, illustrated section unpaginated: total pages 328. Paperback (slight wear to corners, interior is clean & unmarked). Fine condition. "A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese… Read more about this item

The Way of a Boy: A Memoir of Java by Ernest Hillen. [Toronto]: Viking, [1993]. First published 1993. signed by the author. pp. 200. some b. & w. illus. Hardcover, cream & brown cloth with brown title on spine (corners bit rubbed, bottom of spine bumped, some foxing to top & bottom edges, few spots of foxing on endpapers, interior… Read more about this item

General Store Collectibles: An Identification and Value Guide by David L. Wilson. [Paducah, Kentucky]: Collector Books (A Division of Schroeder Publishing Co., Inc.), [1997]. Originally published 1994, Updated Values in 1997. pp. 191. numerous colour illus. Hardcover, illustrated boards (corners slightly rubbed, spine bumped, interior clean & unmarked). Very Good condition. Size: 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" (28.5cm x 22.5cm).

American Cinematographer Hand Book and Reference Guide. Fourth Edition, Fifth Printing. Written and Compiled by Jackson J. Rose. Hollywood, California: American Society of Cinematographers, [1942]. pp. 251. diagrams and tables. Softcover (covers creased & marked, spine quite frayed at top & bottom, top of spine split from back cover- 1 1/2 inches, hinge cracked, endpapers toned & stained, previous owner's… Read more about this item

Town Planning (#A66) by Thomas Sharp. Harmondsworth, Middlesex England: Penguin Books Limited, [1940]. First published 1940. pp. 152, Bibliography. Paperback (spine worn & darkened, covers bit soiled and marks, some foxing inside covers with toning in margins of most pages, back cover unattached to back of spine possibly as glue dried up, tear of half-title page at spine). Good condition. Size: 7"… Read more about this item

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (#838) by George Orwell. [Harmondsworth, Middlesex]: Penguin Books in association with Secker & Warburg, [1955]. First published 1945 by Secker and Warburg Ltd. Published in Penguin Books 1951. Reprinted 1952, 1954, 1955. pp. 120 + 8 pp. advertising. Paperback (both top edge & spine darkened, some wear to top & bottom of spine, covers bit… Read more about this item

"The Cree Journals. The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R. N., as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856." Edited and with an Introduction by Michael Levien. Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, [1981]. pp. 276, Biographies. numerous colour illus. (1 fold-out), taken from watercolours by the author. Hardcover, cream & brown boards, in the style of a journal, with cream… Read more about this item