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Virginia Woolf; The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work
by DeSalvo, Louise
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Boston: Beacon Press [0-8070-6326-6] 1989. (hardcover) xxiii, 372pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 8vo. In part biography, in part literary criticism, this looks at Woolf as the incest survivor she was, from a classically dysfunctional family dynamic and the ways in which that experience influenced her work and indeed, her life. Black and white… Read more about this item Item Price
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Virginia Woolf; The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work
by DeSalvo, Louise
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New York: Ballantine Books [0-345-36639-5] 1989. (Mass market paperback) xxiii, 372pp. Very good. 8vo. In part biography, in part literary criticism, this looks at Woolf as the incest survivor she was, from a classically dysfunctional family dynamic and the ways in which that experience influenced her work and indeed, her life. Black and white photographs.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Amphora #2 Spring 1968
by Alcuin Society
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Vancouiver: Alcuin Society 1968. (Mass market paperback) 40pp. Near fine. . Item Price
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Amphora #1
by Alcuin Society
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Vancouver: Alcuin Society 1967. (Mass market paperback) 12pp. Very good. Minimal edgewear.. Item Price
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Amphora 1970 - 1979
by Alcuin Society
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Vancouver, BC: Alcuin Society 1970-1979. (Mass market paperback) Various. Very good. Issues available: #4 Spring-Summer 1970, #9 Fall-Winter 1971-72, #12 Fall-Winter 1972-73, #19 No. 1 - 1975, #20 No.2 - 1975, #22 No.4 1975, #27 No.1 1977, #30 No.4 1977, #31 No.1 1978, #32 No.2 1978, #33 No.3 1978, #34 for Christmas 1978, #36… Read more about this item Item Price
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Essai de Bibliographie Canadienne Inventaire d'une Bibliothèque (Two Volumes)
by Gagnon, Philéas
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Quebec / Montreal: Imprime pour L'Auteur/Publie par la Cite de Montreal (Frederic Villeneuve) NONE [NONE] 1895 1913. (hardcover) x, 711; xi, 462pp. Near fine. 4to. Difficult to find as a set, given the span between publication dates. These have been nicely rebound in dark brown buckram, titles stamped in white to spine. There are more… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Size of Thoughts; Essays and Other Lumber
by Baker, Nicholson
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New York: Random House [0-679-43932-3] 1996, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) 355pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed. First US edition. A collection of essays and articles, one of which is his highly acclaimed piece about the destruction of library card catalogs (1994). Signed to title page. Fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose, protective… Read more about this item Item Price
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Double Fold; Libraries and the Assault on Paper
by Baker, Nicholson
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New York: Random House [0-375-50444-3] 2001, 1st US Edition. (hardcover) xii, 370pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. 8vo. An intellectually and historically important work about the practice of American libraries to 'destroy to preserve' and dismantle their collections. Fine / fine copy. Jacket in loose, protective mylar sleeve.. Item Price
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The Great Code; The Bible and Literature
by Frye, Northrop
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Toronto: Academic Press Canada 7747-0134-X [7747-0134-X] 1981, 1st Canadian edition. (Mass market paperback) xxiii, 261pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Signed to title page. First Canadian edition. Largely considered as Northrop Frye's most important work. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. Jacket shows wear at the top edge, which includes two small closed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Divisions on a Ground; Essays on Canadian Culture
by Frye, Northrup; Polk, James (Edited, with A Preface, By)
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Toronto: Anansi [0-88784-093-0] 1982. (hardcover) 199pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Collection of lectures, addresses, and previously published articles that present Frye's theories about Canadian literary writing, university education in Canada, from a more 'social identity' perspective. Jacket shows moderate wear and is lightly rubbed. Olive green boards, gilt title to spine.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tools & Trades of America's Past: The Mercer Collection
by Arbor, Marilyn
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania: The Bucks County Historical Society NONE [NONE] 1961, 1st printing. (Mass market paperback) 116pp. Fine. 4to. A comprehensive guide to the tools used in the trades employed by Americans in the 18th and 19th century. Includes various bits from Basket and broom making to woodworking, with much in between. Illustrated black and white… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fire Next Time
by Baldwin, James
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New York: A Delta Book/Dell Publishing Co., Inc. NONE [NONE] 1964, 1st printing. (Mass market paperback) 120 + 2pp. Very good. 8vo. Originally published in 1963, this is first paperback edition, first printing. Black and orange wrappers, light rubbing. This non-fiction book contains two essays, "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One… Read more about this item Item Price
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The History of Printing in America; With a Biography of Printers & an Account of Newspapers
by Thomas, Isaiah
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New York: Weathervane Books 1970. (hardcover) xxi, 650pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Originally published in 1810, remains the point of origin for those who investigate the history of American printing. Jacket shows the faintest markings, otherwise crisp and bright. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial blind stamped to front.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Witch Must Die; How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives
by Cashdan, Sheldon
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New York: Basic Books/Perseus Books Group [0-465-09148-2] 1999. (hardcover) x, [2], 282pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. A narrative of how fairy tales speak to the basic human condition and highlight the roles played by iconic images like glass slippers, evil stepmothers, gingerbread houses, sorcery, and how they differ from culture to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Brick 25 a Journal of Reviews Fall, 1985
by Brick
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Toronto, Ontario: Brick/The Canada Council/The Ontario Arts Council 1985. (Mass market paperback) 47pp. Very good. 4to. 19 books reviewed, including Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale". Brick is published three times a year. A clean, bright copy, with only the lightest wear to the front cover.. Item Price
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The Malahat Review; Number Forty-One / January 1977; Margaret Atwood, a Symposium
by Sandler, Linda; Skelton, Robin (editor)
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Victoria, BC: University of Victoria 1977. (Mass market paperback) 228pp. Very good. 8vo. Narratives, discussions and explorations of Margaret Atwood's early works by twenty one of her fellow luminaries. Light rippling throughout; otherwise clean and bright. Black and white photographs.. Item Price
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The History of the Pioneer German Language Press of Ontario, 1835-1918
by Kalbfleisch, Herbert Karl
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1968. (Mass market paperback) 133pp. Very good. 8vo. Card wraps. There is a tiny, faint crease across the lower front outside corner; else is clean, tight, bright.. Item Price
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The Frontier Experience; A Reader's Guide to the Life and Literature of the American West
by Tuska, Jon; Piekarski, Vicki, with Paul J. Blanding (editor)
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Jefferson, North Carolina, and Lond: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers [0-89950-118-4] 1984. (hardcover) xiv, 434pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Teal cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Clean, crisp, tight, bright. A comprehensive guide to various books on life in the American West.. Item Price
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Written for Children; An Outline of English-Language Children's Literature
by Townsend, John Rowe
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Middlesex, England: Kestrel Books [0-7226-5466-9] 1974. (hardcover) 368pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Yellow jacket in sealed mylar. There is a small notation made to the rear fixed end paper. Internally clean, bright, tight, with black and white illustrations.. Item Price
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American Naive Paintings; The Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbish Collection
by Wattenmaker, Richard J.; Joyaux, Alain G.
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Flint, Michigan: Flint Institute of Arts [0-939896-04-4] 1981. (Mass market paperback) 95pp. Very good. 4to. A catalogue of 40 paintings donated to the Flint Institute of the Arts. The cover shows a colour reproduction; those throughout the text are black and white. Includes profile drawings of the original frames, as well as notes on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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