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United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. DJ has two small (less than 0.5 cm ) closed tears/edge wear at upper folded corners.

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Photographs by Wakayama. DJ is somewhat tattered with some light foxing to interior.

Ottawa: Oberon Pr, 1985. Soft cover. Fine. A fine volume of poetry by female Canadian poet.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Wallace was a very popular writer for boys. From the front-end flap: "This new collection of one hundred stories for boys, by the internationally popular writer of boys' books, contains short dramatic accounts that instruct and inspire without moralizing." DJ is chipped and rubbed. Presentation copy signed/inscribed by author.

Toronto: Longmans, Green and Company, 1942. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Chipping, rubs and small tears. 2nd Printing.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1968. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. A personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA. Purple boards. Illustrated. DJ is rubbed with edge wear and a 2cm closed tear to crown and heel.

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One woman's struggle to preserve the jaguars of Belize.

Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. This volume is a selection from The Tamarack Review, a Canadian Literary Quarterly founded in 1956. Of considerable interest is an early Alice Munro story, The Peace of Utrecht. This piece is pre-' Dance of the Happy Shades'. Also included is work by Leonard Cohen, Alden Nowlan and Mordecai Richler. Introduction by Robert Fulford. A very good book with fading at the edges in a dust jacket that is worn.

Braunton, Devon U.K.: Merlin Books Ltd.., 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Presentation copy signed/inscribed by author.

Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. This is a presentation copy: "Yes, ------, there's room for everything - Best - Helen Weinzweig"

New York: Exposition Press Inc., 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. A personal critique of the psychiatric practices and effects of electric shock, insulin and lobotomies in the treatment of mental illness. DJ is somewhat tattered and po name on FFEP.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The first novel by this award winning writer. Book design by Frank Newfeld. A VG book (sm spots/blemishes on rear end papers and minor wear at edges of HC boards) in a dust jacket that is rubbed wrinkled and chipped. This is the UK printed (first issue) edition. Curiously enough, the book also had the US (second issue) DJ laid in with the UK. This DJ is near fine with a small wrinkle and tear at base. Both DJ's are included.

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New.

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Hardcover. As New/As New. A strange and quirky novel, haunting as Lord of the Flies was. Dedicated to Salman [Rushdie] as his Satanic Verses (1988) was dedicated to her. As new in like dust jacket. Reading slip laid in. Presentation copy signed/inscribed by author.

New York: Viking, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. This is Ms. Wiggins first collection of short stories.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Prudence Seward. DJ is edge worn with a couple of closed tears.

New York: The Yardstick Press, 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. An Anthology of British and American Verse edited by Oscar Williams. Book has some discolouration/staining on cover and front/rear pastedowns, 1 cm gutter split at heel. PO 'Ex Libris' stamp on false title page - clean. DJ is in good condition, price clipped, chipping and minor tears. An excellent volume of selected early work by then contemporary poets who have since become very famous. Photographic portraits of the poets at the back.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Front lower corner bumped and DJ price clipped, else FINE.

London: Enitharmon, 1981. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Good Poems from this noted poet. Mild soiling with a dented cover that leaves its impression on the first half dozen pages. VG-. Presentation copy signed/inscribed by author.

Toronto: Doubleday, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Stories by Margaret Atwood, Austin Clarke, Margaret Gibson, Morley Callaghan, Matt Cohen, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Alice Munro and many others. Uncommon. Edited by Morris Wolfe and Douglas Daymond. A near fine book with slight shelf wear in a good dust jacket that is rubbed (especially at spine) with moderate edge wear.