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Pied Piper
by Shute, Nevil
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€18.85
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1964 Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original red and white patterned cloth on boards. Minor corner wear. C.M. (Murray) Irwin, Vice-Principal of Centennial Secondary School, Belleville, Ontario, prepared the study material. 250 pp.. Item Price
€18.85
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
by Leacock, Stephen
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1931
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€18.85
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, Limited, 1931 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red cloth on boards with black lettering. Only dustjacket flaps survive (laid into book). Previous owner's name. An article about Honor Schools in Strathroy, ON (and including Leacock's name) glued to first free endpaper. This book is considered to… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.85
Persuasion
by Austen, Jane (Andrew Wright, Ed.)
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- Used - Very Good Minus
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€14.14
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Inches. Original grey cloth on boards with navy lettering and decoration. Minor corner and edgewear. Persuasion was the last of Jane Austen's completed novels and was published posthumously. 219 pp. including Appendices.. Item Price
€14.14
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
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- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€942.50
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1965 Book. Illus. by Cover Design By John Elphick. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange cloth on boards with figural mockingbird in green and orange. Minor wear to corners, with 1/8" loss of cloth at top of rear spine. No writing or other damage.… Read more about this item Item Price
€942.50
Guy Mannering
by Scott, Sir Walter
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- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
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- Hardcover
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€23.56
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London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Ltd. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original grey cloth on boards with black titles and decoration. Part of "The Evergreen Library" series. Previous owner's name. 3/4" split in cloth at top of rear spine. Pictorial dustjacket is in two pieces with approximately 2" missing from top of… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.56
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams
by Fielding, Henry
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- Used - Very Good Minus
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- No Jacket
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1925
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€14.14
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London, Calcutta, Sydney: George G. Harrap, 1925 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Reprint. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles and embossed publishers' logo on front cover. 1/8" tear in cloth at bottom spine edge of back cover. 1/4" tear at top of hinge edge of FFEP. Front hinge starting.… Read more about this item Item Price
€14.14
Romola
by Eliot, George
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- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Partial Jacket Laid in
- Edition
- Photoplay Edition
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€23.56
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap Book. Illus. by B & W Photos from the Photoplay. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Photoplay Edition. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original dark green cloth on boards with embossed green and black titles. Partial dustjacket and photo clipping of author's photograph laid in. This historical fiction piece takes place in Florence during the… Read more about this item Item Price
€23.56
Toilers of the Sea
by Hugo, Victor
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- Used - Very Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
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- Reprint
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- Hardcover
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€28.28
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London and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press Book. Illus. by E.S. Hodgson. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. Reprint. 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 Inches. Original red cloth on boards with gilt lettering and embossed decoration of the Collins logo on the front cover. Mermaid endpapers. Gift inscription dated 1938. Red dustjacket has a 1/16" tear, a 1/4" tear, a… Read more about this item Item Price
€28.28
The Diviners (Advance Proof Copy)
by Laurence, Margaret
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- Used - Very Good Minus
- Edition
- Advance Proof
- Published
- 1974
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780771047480
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€117.81
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1974 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. Advance Proof. 6 x 9 1/2 Inches. Grey softcover with red lettering on cover. Edges of textblock are spotted and stained. This is an Advance Proof Copy of Laurence's fifth novel, to be released in May, 1974. It is the story of a woman writer… Read more about this item Item Price
€117.81
Anna Karenina (Vols. I-III)/Childhood, Boyhood, Youth (Two Volume Set)
by Tolstoi, Lyof N. (Tolstoy)
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- Used - Good Plus
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1899
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€70.69
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1899 Book. Illus. by Drawings By E. Boyd Smith/B & W Photo. Good Plus. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2". Tan cloth on boards with black trim on spine. Top edges gilt. Rough-cut pages. Both volumes are spotted on the spines. The second volume has a dampstain on the spine… Read more about this item Item Price
€70.69
Fathers and Children
by Turgenieff, Ivan (Ivan Turgenev)
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- Used - Good Plus
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1905
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€28.28
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London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1905 Book. Illus. by B & W Frontispiece By S. Ivanowski. Good Plus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Inches. Olive cloth on boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Dampstain on back cover and affecting last eight leaves. Previous owner's lovely bookplate in the front. Remains of paper stuck to second front… Read more about this item Item Price
€28.28
A Handbook of Canadian Literature
by Rhodenizer, V. B.
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- Used - Good Plus
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€18.85
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Ottawa: Graphic Publishers Limited, 1930 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Showing school stamp, so must have been used as a high school text. Begins with the "literature of knowledge" and then passes on to the higher levels of truth and beauty. Liberally underlined. 295 pp. with index.. Item Price
€18.85
Golden Book Magazine; June, 1935
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- Used - Good Plus to Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1935
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€14.14
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New York: Review of Reviews Corp., 1935 Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled softcover, pp. 513-640. A literary magazine I haven't seen bfore. Stories include "The Pastry-Cook of Madrigal" by Rafael Sabatini, "Dounia" by Alexander Pushkin, and "The Bearer of the Tooth"by Frank Buck. Special Features include "Confessions" by Jean… Read more about this item Item Price
€14.14
A Primer of American Literature (Harper's School Classics)
by Lawrence, Eugene
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1880
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€23.56
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Small, brown hardcover, handy pocket size. Immigrants, Puritans, 18th Century, Poets of the Revolution, 19th Century, Novelists, Science and Art, Orators, Poets, Humorists, Journalists, and Historians. 136 pp. with index.. Item Price
€23.56
The Leavises on Fiction
by Robertson, P.J.M.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780333278864
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€18.85
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London: Macmillan Press, Ltd., 1981 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Inscribed and signed by author. No other writing and no damage. F.R. Levis had a long career as college professor in England. His wife, Queenie, worked with him in literary criticism. They published… Read more about this item Item Price
€18.85
The Aesthetic Dimension; Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics
by Marcuse, Herbert
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1978
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780807015186
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- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€14.14
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Boston: Beacon Press, 1978 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Discussion is focused on 18th and 19th Century literature. 88 pp. with index.. Item Price
€14.14
La Divina Commedia
by Alighieri, Dante
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- Used - Fair to Good
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- No Jacket
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€75.40
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Milano: Casa Editrice Sonzogno, 1958 Book. Illus. by Gustavo Dore. Fair to Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Red cloth on boards, backed in maroon leather. Text in Italian. Both hinges broken, but supported by four cloth tapes. Approximately 135 full-page drawings by Dore and others. An artist's delight ! 679 pp. plus index. Large, heavy book… Read more about this item Item Price
€75.40
The Dram Shop; (L'Assommoir)
by Zola, Emille
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- Used - Fair to Good
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- No Jacket
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- Sole Authorized English Version
- Published
- 1902
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€23.56
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1902 Book. Fair to Good. Hardcover. Sole Authorized English Version. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Front hinge cracked and glued. Text block aging. Edited by Ernest A. Vizetelly. First printed in 1877, it seems to bear witness to the overwhelming power of strong drink. Very convincing ! 410 pp.. Item Price
€23.56
The Fair Maid of Perth
by Scott, Sir Walter
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- Hardcover
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€14.14
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London: Collins Clear Type Press Book. Illus. by F. M. P.. Good. Full Leather on Flexible Board. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Glossy maroon pigskin leather on flexible board. Title page missing; In its place is a poem, Lake of the Woods, written by M. B. Leitch, Complaint Department. Previous owner's signature is Flora McDonald, Wapella, Sask. Minor… Read more about this item Item Price
€14.14
My First Library; A Selection of Forty-Five Standard Books Described and Exemplified
by Turnbull, E. Lucia
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1932
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- Hardcover
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Saint John, New Brunswick, CAN
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€14.14
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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., 1932 Book. Illus. by Frontispiece. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Blue cloth on boards. Previous owner's initials. No damage. The Teaching of English Series, No. 157. Descriptions of 45 popular titles from English literature, giving choice selections with a view to answering the question, "What is this book… Read more about this item Item Price
€14.14
