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WHO'S WHO IN TORONTO: A CELEBRATION OF THIS CITY.

By: N/A

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, CHMH Association: 1984

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28475

ISBN: 0969169701

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

598 pp + index and abbreviations, fold-out family tree (not filled in) at rear, 11 1/4" H. Blue imitation leather boards with gold lettering/border on spine, gold lettering/border/illustration on front board - no dust jacket (as issued). B&w photographs. Contents: Introduction; Media; Business; Government; Professionals (Architects / Engineers / Legal Profession / Medical); Sports; Academia; Community; Artists; Name Index (Alphabetical); Abbreviations; Family Tree Chart; Community Homes for the Mentally Handicapped. Minor edge wear.
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LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY: "THE ISLAND'S LADY OF STORIES".

By: (Montgomery, Lucy Maud - L.M.)

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Springfield, Prince Edward Island, Women's Institute: 1975

Edition: 4th Printing

Seller ID: 12347

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

20 pp, 7 1/4" H x 5 1/4" D. B&w photographs. A short biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables and other children's classics. Includes three poems: "Twilight in Abegweit"; "In Lover's Lane"; and, "Off to the Fishing Ground", an essay entitled "Prince Edward Island", plus the words and music for "Island Hymn". Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very small # 69 written in pen at top corner of front cover, tiny stain and small light water stain on rear cover. Postage for this light i...
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ICE PALACES.

By: Anderes, Fred & Agranoff, Ann.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan of Canada: 1983

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 28683

ISBN: 0771598572

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

132 pp, oblong (9 1/8" H x 10 3/4" D). Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs, repro-ductions, architectural drawings. "The magical buildings illustrated in this pioneer study of a virtually unknown architectural phenomenon were truly built of ice, and they were said to shimmer with color and fire reminiscent of sapphire, topaz, and opal. In style they recalled medieval castles, Gothic cathed-rals, Russian palaces, and Art Deco fantasies. Many were huge, reaching as high as a 14 -story building and extending as long as a football field, but, of course, there's no...
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THE PAINTED VALLEY: ARTISTS ALONG ALBERTA'S BOW RIVER, 1845-2000.

By: Armstrong, Christopher and Nelles, H.V.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Calgary, University of Calgary Press: 2007

Seller ID: 24520

ISBN: 1552382079

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

160 pp, 4to (11" H). B&w photographs, b&w and colour reproductions. "With its dramatic landscapes and rugged beauty, Alberta's Bow River valley has inspired generations of artists. (This book) brings together a collection of works by local and visiting artists from 1845 to 2000 that captures the many moods of the river from its source high in the Rocky Mountains down to the city of Calgary and eastward across the open prairie. (The authors) have selected (works) from a number of Alberta museums and national collections which depict the Bow River and its valley, representing a broad ar...
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THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY.

By: Atwood, Margaret.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Oxford University Press: 1968

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 18468

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

69 pp, 8 1/2" H. The author's second book. "Her poetry explores the real world and a haunting private universe. Both are seen by a young woman totally committed to the search for a viable human world, one capable of containing its opposites: of reconciling the individual's inner and outer worlds, the chaos and the longing for order, the isolation of lovers, the craving for life and the fact of death. The poems in this new collection are less subjective than Miss Atwood's earlier ones, and the range of themes is wider, but they contain the same tension and give the same impression of a ...
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RUDE RAMSAY AND THE ROARING RADISHES.

By: Atwood, Margaret.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter Kids: 2003

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 27792

ISBN: 155263244X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Unpaginated (approx. 29 pages), 9 1/2" H. Errata slip laid in at front with explanation of errors and peel-off words to be inserted into the text (all present). Colour illustrations. "(B)est-selling author Margaret Atwood offers a delightfully ridiculous (alliterative) tale about the virtues of resisting restrictions. Rude Ramsay has reached the end of his rope! Sick of dining on rock-hard rice, rubbery ribs, wrinkled ravioli, and raw rhinoceros, Ramsay and Ralph the red-nosed rat resolve to leave their rectangular residence (and Ramsay's revolting relatives) on a quest for a refr...
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THE MEASURE OF THE RULE.

By: Barr, Robert. Introduction by Louis K. MacKendrick.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1973

Seller ID: 22798

ISBN: 0802020720

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

308 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). 'Literature of Canada - Poetry and Prose in Reprint' series. "Originally published in 1907, (this) is the nearest (Barr) came to writing an autobiographical novel. It concerns the Toronto Normal School and the experiences there in the 1870s of a young man who undoubtedly is Barr himself. In this novel, Barr is exorcising unhappy memories and is ironic, even bitter, about the school's quality of education, the rigid discipline observed by its staff and their indifference to their students, and the sexual segregation practised. As a realistic study of Ontario's o...
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THE MARRIAGE BED.

By: Beresford-Howe, Constance.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, 1981, first edition.:

Seller ID: 20640

232 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0771595549 "Meet Anne Graham, mother of three-year-old Martha and one-year-old Hugh, young, attractive, heavily pregnant - and alone. Things have not worked out at all the way Anne intended. Her teenage plans of marrying a rich Older Man who would put her through university were thwarted when Max, the first suitable candidate to come along, married Anne's mother, Billie, instead. Then her promising academic career was cut sh o r t w h e n her first real romance led to an unexpected pregnancy and an early marriage. Finally, ...
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CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ARCHITECTURE: THE MAINSTREAM AND BEYOND.

By: Bernstein, William and Cawker, Ruth.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Fitzhenry & Whiteside: 1982

Seller ID: 21597

ISBN: 0889025886

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

190 pp, 4to (11" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, drawings, plans. "The post-Expo era of Canadian architecture has produced works of international importance which have been recognized in European, Japanese and American periodicals. With almost 200 illustrations and a text written for the enquiring general reader, the authors have selected and presented what they judge to be the most significant projects from this rich and continuing period. Through an examination of the National Gallery competition of 1976-77, the authors identify the mainstream concerns of Canadian...
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FAST FAST FAST RELIEF.

By: Berton, Pierre.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart: 1962

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30620

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

185 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w cartoons. "This is Berton at his best: witty, opinionated, penetrating, and informative - the qualities that have made him Canada's best known and most widely read daily columnist." Chapter headings: All My Own Work; Five Dilemmas of Our Time; The Canadian Way of Life; The Writing Game: 1 - Craft Talks for Pen Clubs; The Writing Game: 2 - The School of Hard Knocks; The Writing Game: 3 - Four Colleagues (Hal Straight / W.O. Mitchell / Thomas P. Kelley / Lister Sinclair); Seasonal Reflections of a Country Dweller; Dreams and Daydreams. Very light browning to e...
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ADVENTURES OF A COLUMNIST.

By: Berton, Pierre.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1960, first edition.:

Seller ID: 19683

211 pp, large 8vo (9 3/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "Pierre Berton takes us behind the scenes for a look at this business of writing a daily newspaper column. It's a highly personalized account, to be sure, but one that is well calculated to entertain almost any reader. Included along with the author's personal comments is a varied selection of many of the best columns he has written over a two-year period. None of them has appeared before in book form." Very small light mark on page 121, tiny chip at bottom edge of free rear endpaper, slight darkening to top of textblock...
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GIFTS OF THE YEAR AND OTHER POEMS.

By: Bevan, Molly.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Macmillan Company of Canada: 1927

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 22294

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good reading copy only.

67 pp, 7 3/4" H - black cloth with title blocks pasted on spine and front board. B&w frontispiece photograph of author. A collection of poems by a Canadian author, including: Canoeing at Dusk; Autumn Fires; Thanksgiving in the Country; Armistice; Alexander Graham Bell; Hepaticas; Christmas Greetings; Ghost Ships; A Camper's Song; St. Patrick's Day; Sing a Song of Firelight; House o' Dreams; November Nights, etc. Very light browning to pages, light browning on front endpapers, book cracked at pages 40/41, moderate browning to edges of textblock, slight bump and light wear at corners of bo...
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NEW VOICES: CANADIAN UNIVERSITY WRITING OF 1956.

By: Birney, Earle, Dilworth, Ira, Pacey, Desmond, Bonenfant, Jean-Charles and Duhamel, Roger, selected by. Foreword by Joseph McCulley.

Price: $22.50 USD

Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons, Toronto, (1956).:

Seller ID: 8765

184 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. A collection of Canadian university students' writings (prose, poetry and at least one play). Contributions in English and French. Previous owners name on free front endpaper, pages browning very lightly, l ight edgewear to boards. Dust jacket has light edgewear/wrinkling, six small closed tears archivally taped, spine lightly rubbed. VG/VG-
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DOWN THE LONG TABLE.

By: Birney, Earle.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: 1955

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 12684

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good-

298 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). In this novel, Gordon Saunders, a Canadian professor lecturing at an American university one day finds himself "among hostile strangers. There they sat, his accusers, looking at him down the length of the table, and of half a lifetime in a room filled with the atmostphere of suspicion and hatred - the special atmosphere of Investigating Committees in the Fifties. Their questions concerned people he had known, and things he had done, in 1932 and 1933; certain people and certain things only, for their final and all-important question - his relationship, past and...
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DOWN THE LONG TABLE.

By: Birney, Earle.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: 1955

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 27775

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

298 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H). Signed and dated by author on title page: "Earle Birney 22 Oct 1967 Toronto". "Readers who experienced the years of the great depression, in this country or elsewhere, will find their memories painfully and perhaps fruitfully stirred; younger readers will doubtless gain new understanding of the struggles, miseries and frustrations of those heartbreaking times that preceded the excitement and activity of war. Students of politics and the social scene should find much to interest them in the story of Communist, Trotskyist and other organizations that fo...
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FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT.

By: Blondal, Patricia.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart: 1963

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 23394

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

180 pp, 8vo (8" H). Second (and last) novel by this Canadian author who died before either of her books was published. "Set in the deceptively gracious atmosphere of British Columbia's West Coast climate and society, (it) is a story of complicated human relations, yet fast-paced and taut with drama and suspense. A strange marriage settlement that provides for the care of her son takes a penniless young widow, Arden Calcott, from a dreary London office to a life of luxury in the Vancouver Island home of her new husband, Dr. Alex Lamond. But it is a life of curious unease. Undercurrents...
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OUR INTELLECTUAL STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS / 'ENGLISH-CANADIAN LITERATURE' / 'FRENCH-CANADIAN LITERATURE.

By: Bourinot, John George; Marquis, Thomas Guthrie; Roy, Camille. Introduction by Clara Thomas.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1973.:

Seller ID: 18960

489 pp, 8vo (8 7/16" H), soft cover. "These three works, displaying marked differences in purpose, tone, and effect, are all classics of Canadian literary and cultural criticism. John George Bourinot was a man of letters, an Imperialist, and a biculturalist, who was confident of his knowledge of the Canadian identity and felt it to be his public mission to align reality with his own personal vision. Writing in 1893 to the elite represented by the members of the Royal Society, he described his work as 'a monograph on the intellectual development of the Dominion', describing 'the progre...
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THE WINDS OF FORTUNE.

By: Britton, Helen E.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Hamilton, Primavera Press: 1972

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Inscribed By Author

Seller ID: 29208

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

359 pp, 9" H. Inscribed on title page: "Best Wishes / Helen E. Britton". "Set in Eastern Ontario, the story has a prologue set in the atmosphere of a village at a time just before the First World War and opens in a town, Rossac, on the St. Lawrence River, following the interlinking lives of characters from the end of the Second World War through the 1950s and into the 'new morality' of the late 1960s and the present decade (1970s). Idyllic love stories, loneliness, the machinations of frustrated passions, the violence and tragedies of a sex-drug culture, all enter into the s...
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DOORS HELD AJAR.

By: Brown, Isobel; Krachun, Peggy Smith; Strowbridge, Nellie P. Helen Fogwill Porter and Bernice Morgan, compilers.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Killick Press: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1447

ISBN: 1895387760

Binding: Soft Cover with Self Flaps

Condition: Very Good+

182 pp, 8 3/8" H. "(This book) reflects not only the distinctive narrative voices of its authors, but also the diverse life-experiences of these three women: growing up in Glasgow between the wars, growing up in a small Newfoundland outport, growing up within the constraints of a fundamentalist religion, coming to this country after World War Two as the bride of a Newfoundland serviceman, leaving Newfoundland as the bride of an American serviceman in the 1960s. All this, and more, informs the short stories and essays contained in this book." Contents: Isobel Brown (November Memo...
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DOORS HELD AJAR.

By: Brown, Isobel; Krachun, Peggy Smith; Strowbridge, Nellie P. Helen Fogwill Porter and Bernice Morgan, compilers.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Killick Press: 1997

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 30527

ISBN: 1895387760

Binding: Soft Cover with Self Flaps

Condition: Very Good

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Keyword: Canadian Authors