Canadian Fiction from Bazaar of Books

Old Babes in the Wood: Stories by Margaret Atwood. [Toronto]: McClelland & Stewart (a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited), [2023]. signed by the author, on an extra page bound-in. pp. 257. Hardcover, maroon boards with gilt title on spine (toning on top & bottom edges, interior is clean & unmarked, both covers are slightly bowed away from the… 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

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 Miss Hobbema Pageant" by W. P. Kinsella. Toronto: Harper & Collins, [1989]. First edition. pp. 200. Paperback (inside covers toned, also margins toned, interior is clean & unmarked). Very Good condition. Size: 7 3/4" x 5 1/8". (20cm x 13 cm).

"Canadian Short Stories." Selected and with an Introduction by Robert Weaver. London: Oxford University Press, 1960. First edition. pp. 420. Hardcover, blue cloth with coat of arms, gilt title on spine (spine bumped, lower corners bent, light staining to covers, some foxing to edges, price on front free endpaper & mark, otherwise interior is clean & unmarked, publisher's deboss on… Read more about this item

"The Fencepost Chronicles" by W. P. Kinsella. First edition. [Don Mills, Ontario]: Totem Press (Collins Publishers), [1986]. pp. 190. Paperback (covers slightly darkened, text margins toned, interior is clean & unmarked). Very Good condition. Size: 7 3/4" x 5 1/8" (19.5cm x 13cm)

"Whispers of War: The War of 1812 Diary of Susanna Merritt" by Kit Pearson. (Dear Canada series). [Markham, Ontario]: Scholastic Canada Ltd., [2002]. pp. 220. some b. & w. illus. Hardcover, illustrated boards with book ribbon (corners rubbed, lower spine bumped, interior clean & unmarked). inscribed by author and signed. Very Good condition. Size: 7 5/8" x 5 1/2" (19.5cm x 14cm).

"I Am Mary Dunne," a novel by Brian Moore. Toronto/Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, [1968]. pp. 217. Hardcover, quarter gold cloth and purple boards with black & red title on spine, yellow top edge (corners square, some wear to bottom of spine, small stain on bottom edge, interior is clean and unmarked). dj., clipped (spine faded, bottom of spine chipped… Read more about this item

"Over The Footlights" by Stephen Leacock. Toronto: S. B. Gundy, 1923. pp. 285. Hardcover with red cloth, title and author blindstamped on front cover (spine darkened and gilt of spine title mostly gone, spine bumped, corners slightly bent, fore-edge uncut, brown stain from leaf to pp. 170-171, price in pencil & previous owner's signature and address stamp on front free… Read more about this item

"The Strange One" by Fred Bosworth. (Canadian Nature Classics series). [Toronto]: McClelland and Stewart Limited, [1973]. Originally published in 1960, this is a reprinted edition, 1973. pp. 400. Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt title on spine (all edges foxed, especially top, covers water damaged & stained, musty, corners square, interior is clean and unmarked, previous owner & also priced… Read more about this item

"The Street" by Mordecai Richler. Toronto/Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, [1969]. pp.128. Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, notations on front free endpaper, interior clean and unmarked). dj., unclipped (some wear, few small tears, darkened and foxed on inside). Very good condition.Size: 8 3/4" x 5 5/8" (22.5cm x 14.5cm).

"No Great Mischief" by Alistair MacLeod. [Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999]. Second printing. pp. 288. Hardcover, black cloth with silver title on spine (corners bent, edgeworn, few marks on free front endpaper, otherwise interior is clean and unmarked). dw., unclipped (corners rubbed, bit worn & soiled, short tear to bottom corner of front cover). Very good condition, (Dust jacket is Good… Read more about this item

"Tidefall" by Thomas H. Raddall. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, [1953]. First edition. pp. 309. Hardcover, grey cloth with green titles (corners straight, top & bottom of spine browned, top edge of front and back covers also browned, browning to end papers and all edges). dw., unclipped (browning in general, top of spine chipped and worn, bottom of spine also… Read more about this item

"Gabrielle Amethyst" by F. W. Musgrave. Toronto: William Briggs, 1908. pp. 246. Author inscription on front free end paper, signed by author. Hardcover, light blue cloth with decorative cover of green, white & gilt, gilt title on cover & spine (covers unmarked, corners slightly rubbed, bottom of spine bumped & light wear, some foxing on front & back end papers,… Read more about this item

"Barometer Rising" by Hugh MacLennan. Toronto: Collins, [1941]. pp. 326. First Popular Edition. Hardcover, red cloth, silver title on spine (owner's signature on title page, typed book review inserted which had been taped to the front end paper, spine faded, top edge stained, top & bottom of spine frayed, corners bent & worn, edgeworn, small dent to back cover, waterstains… Read more about this item