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Toronto: Bell and Cockburn, 1913 Book. Illus. by Gordon Grant Frontispiece. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original olive green cloth decorated in black and lettered in yellow on boards. Front free endpaper missing, otherwise sound and clean.. A natural young boxer, sheltered and trained by his father, wins over a beautiful young woman and the corrupt world of boxing at the same time. 169 pp. plus ad..
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The Abysmal Brute
by London, Jack
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Adrienne's Miracle
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Brown's Flat, N.B.: Miracles in Action Publishing, 2010 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photo-cover paperback. Well-written fictional account with evangelical flavour. 276 pp..
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
by Raspe, Rudolph Eric
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Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1903 Book. Illus. by 44 Uncredited Illustrations. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original tan cloth on boards, with red-clad soldier in black boots. Back cover soiled. 191 pp..
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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
by Le Sage, Alain Rene
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New York: A.L. Burt Company Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Full Leather on Flexible Board. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Smooth red calf on flexible boards. Front hinge cracked and glued. Small nick in cover edge. Translated by Tobias Smollett. Gil Blas is born into poverty, but a rich uncle sends him to university. Involved by coincidence in a robbery, he survives jail and becomes a valet. His practiced observations of his fellow Spaniards are widely noted, and he enters the favour of the king and prime minister. He retires in luxury. 629 pp..
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Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet; An Autobiography
by Kingsley, Charles
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London: The Daily Telegraph Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown 3/4 leather on vellum boards. Normal age wear to cover. No writing. This novel grew out of the Chartist movement of 1848, when the Church of England first recognized the plight of manual labourers. Kingsley was greatly influenced by Thomas Carlyle, who is the character, Mackay, in the novel. 311 pp..
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Angel Cove
by Bird, Will R.
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1972 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. Gift note. Nineteen chapters tell individual stories of life in a small Newfoundland village. The author explains that he got ideas for the book from talking with young soldiers in WW I. 236 pp..
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Angie and the Arab
by Ganong, Joan
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Fredericton, N.B.: Brunswick Press, 1957 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Cover. Good Plus. Hard Cover, Plastic Coil. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original pictorial tan boards in plastic coil binding. An early book by Joan Ganong of the St. Stephen chocolates family. Joan went on to write more books, including Backstage at Stratford. 56 pp..
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Anna and the King of Siam
by Landon, Margaret
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Toronto: Longman's Green, 1944 Ex-Library. Illus. by Margaret Ayer. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Canadian Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth on boards. Minor corner tip wear. Remains of library card pocket. No names or other marks. Rear hinge glued. 387 pp. plus Author's Note..
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Anne of St. Ann's
by Stirling, Lilla
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Antigonish, N.S.: Formac Publishing Co., Ltd., 1981 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.. Anne MacIntosh lived with her family on Cape Breton, where the Bras d'Or Lakes and the mountains meet. I would guess she is in her teens, since she longs to have television and her friend, Hullaballoo, is described as "her good, grown-up friend." Anne is excited to receive a set of bagpipes from Uncle Neil, and her goal is to enter the pipe band. Many wholesome activities keep the family occupied throughout the book. Light cover soil. 166 pp. Anne lives where the Bras d'Or Lakes and the mountains meet, and close by is her best friend, Hullaballoo, a local trucker, fisher, and farmer who plays bagpipes. Anne is delighted with his gift to her of a set of pipes. A wholesome story of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton. 166 pp..
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Appointed Paths
by Perkins, Annie Stevens
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Boston: James H. Earle, 1896 Book. Illus. by Josephine Bruce Front.. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original brown cloth with drawing of substantial home in black with gilt titles on boards. Exceedingly scarce; no other copies found. Seems to be a number of short narratives on social themes in high society. Previous owner's name. Front hinge cracked. 201 pp..
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Archibald Malmaison
by Hawthorne, Julian
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N.Y.: Funk and Wagnalls, 1884 Book. Good. 3/4 Cloth on Feathered Boards. Third Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original green 3/4 cloth on feather pattern boards. No DJ. Minor edge wear and corner bumping. Small tavern label. Exquisite pencilled name (previous owner?) and date (1890) on title page. SEE PHOTO. A surprisingly successful short novel. "After perusal of this weird, fantastic tale, it must be admitted that upon the shoulders of Julian Hawthorne has descended in no small degree the mantle of his more illustrious father." - London Times. 126 pp. plus review page and lengthy catalog. Cover hand soiled, OW very good. Earlier than other offered copies..
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Ask Mamma; or The Richest Commoner in England (Two Volume Set)
by Surtees, R.S.
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London/New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode/ Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929 Book. Illus. by John Leech. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint #655 of 976 Copies. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards. Library gift plate and discard stamps, but no evidence of circulation. Vol. I missing front. and Vol II missing one colour plate. "It may be a recommendation to the lover of light literature to be told that the following story does not involve the complication of a plot." - Preface. Mid-19th Century family and social life, with some sporting scenes. 538 pp. in two volumes. Extra postage..
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Aslauga's Knight, Undine, Quentin Matsys (or The Blacksmith)
by Fouque, Friedrich De La Motte
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London: James Burns Book. Illus. by "JF". Good Plus. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original green marbled boards on 3/4 green leather. Rear hinge cracked and glued. Two-inch tear to top edge of last free endpaper. Four raised spine bands. 42, 98. and 58 pp., respectively, in the three stories. "From the German of Caroline Pichler" stated on title of Quentin Matsys. Ca. 1840, since Pichler died in 1843..
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The Autobiography of a Professional Beauty
by Train, Elizabeth Phipps
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1896 Book. Illus. by J. McKernan. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Yellow cloth on boards. Deckle edges. Edge tear to frontispiece. Appears to be fiction told in first person. Deckled edges. 233 pp. Edge tear to frontispiece..
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The Back Door
by Meade, Julian R.
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N.Y.: Longmans, Green, and Col, Ltd., 1938 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards. Gift notes. Front hinge cracked. Hand soil. Meade lived only to the age of 31 years, but he had a whirlwind existence as a writer, illustrator, and gardener.. His favourite subjects seemed to be his fellow Virginians. This book tackles the problem as to how whites can help blacks. A young woman, part white, marries a black man who contracts TB. In order to prevent being evicted, the woman sells herself to the landlord's son. Extensive pencil writing on rear endpapers, not affecting text. 310 pp..
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The Back of the Turtle
by King, Thomas
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Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers, Ltd., 2014 Book. Illus. by Helen Hoy. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maroon paper backed in black cloth on boards. A brilliant scientist returns home to find that everyone he knew has disappeared, apparently victims of the disaster he had created. He rescues a drowning girl, and then there are more.... He forgets what he came here to do. 518 pp..
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Barnardo Boy
by Diltz, Bert C.
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Toronto: Initiative Publishing House, Inc., 1982 Book. Illus. by Uncredited DJ. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. Pictorial DJ uncredited. A novelette based on the experience of an English orphan boy brought to Canada in the late 1800's to improve his life. As too often is the case, he is taken advantage of as a source of cheap labour by any number of "guardians". 136 pp..
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Basil Everman
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Boston / Toronto: Houghton Mifflin / Thomas Allen, 1920 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original olive green cloth with orange lettering on boards. Previous owner's name; edge spots. One of the two "notable" novels from 38 produced by this native of Pennsylvania German region. 305 pp..
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Beechcroft at Rockstone
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. First free endpaper removed. Mother has decided to go to her husband serving in the military in India. He has been hurt in a fall. The children must be provided for. Strained gutters have been glued. Top edges uncut Pp. vI-vII. Foxing to rear endpapers. 291 pp..
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Bella Donna
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Toronto: The Copp Clark Co., 1909 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth lettered in gold on boards. An exotic novel of love, jealousy, attempted murder, and eventual isolation. 481 pp. No writing and no damage..
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