Recent Arrivals from Back Lane Books (Member of IOBA)

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy; The Six of Crows Duology, Bardugo, Leigh. Published by Square Fish, 2015/17. Softcover. The Trilogy comes as a boxed set and contains the novels: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising. In new condition, still in shrink wrap. The Duology consists of the Six of Crows and the Crooked Kingdom; both novels are… Read more about this item

Honker: The Story of a Wild Goose, Robert M. McClung. Illustrated by Bob Hines. Publisher William Morrow, 1965. First Edition. Library Edition. Illustrated boards with matching dustjacket. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 63pp., illustrated. Small name label to free endpaper and otherwise volume is in fine condition; jacket is in very good condition with rubbing to edges, chips to spine.

Don Isaac Abravanel Statesman and Philosopher, Netanyahu, B. Published by The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1953. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 346pp. with notes, bibliography, index. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Presentation plate to front pastedown and otherwise contents are clean without markings, tears or folds; light toning; boards have light shelf wear. Study of the… Read more about this item

The Tommyknockers, King, Stephen. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1994. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 588pp. Quarter black over green boards, gilt spine titles, green endpapers. Contents in fine condition; very light edge rubbing to boards; jacket is clipped with moderate shelf wear; without chips or tears.

The Private Eye: Observing Snow Geese, Burns, Mary. Published by University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, B.C., 1996. First Edition. 207pp. with black and white photos, index. Ivory cloth boards with blue spine titles. In fine, unread condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket. A kaleidoscopic view of the northern water fowl. Native people harvest them, scientists track their movements,… Read more about this item

Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City's Hidden History, Lazarus, Eve. Published by Arsenal Pulp Press, 2021. First Edition. Illustrated card covers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 294pp., illustrated, index. In fine, unread condition. Vancouver Exposed is a look back through the city's past, from buried houses, nudist camps and belly-flop contests to car bombs, axe murders and a midnight… Read more about this item

Thinking Like a Mountain, Bateman, Robert, Published by Viking, Toronto, 2000. First Edition. Signed by author to title page. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall., 130pp. Forest green boards with silver spine titles. In fine condition and housed in a fine dustjacket.

Massacre, Drawings from Jerusalem October 8-28, 1990, Heather Spears. Privately published Copenhagen / Richmond British Columbia, 1990. Signed by artist/author inside front. 8vo up to 9½" tall (oblong). 33 glossy pages. An exhibition catalogue with 47 drawings and text. Light wear to card covers and otherwise in fine condition. Heather Spears arrived in East Jerusalem at Maqassad Hospital the morning… Read more about this item

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories Munro, Alice. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 322pp. Volume in mint, unread condition and housed in a fine unclipped jacket with the lightest of shelf wear.. Alice Munro is a Canadian short story writer whose work has been described as having revolutionized the architecture of short… Read more about this item

The Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim Students Learned in Jane Austen's London, Green, Nile. Published by Princeton University Press, 2015. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 416 pp. In fine condition and housed in a fine, unclipped jacket. In July 1815, six Iranian students arrived in London under the escort of their chaperone, Captain Joseph D'Arcy. Their mission was to master… Read more about this item

Inspector Morse, The Complete Collection, Colin Dexter. Published by Pan, 1997-2000. Soft cover in slipcase. 13 volumes. In new condition, still wrapped. Titles: Last Bus to Woodstock, Last Seen Wearing, The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, Service of all the Dead, The Dead of Jericho, The Riddle of the Third Mile, The Secret of Annexe 3, The Wench is Dead,… Read more about this item

On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23-May 5, 1945, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2010. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 552pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. The little-told story of the tense final days of World War… Read more about this item

Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2020. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 576pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition with light corner curl to front cover. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. A… Read more about this item

Forgotten Victory: First Canadian Army and the Cruel Winter of 1944-45, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2016. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 501pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition with light corner curl to front cover. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. During the winter of 1944–45, the… Read more about this item

Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2013. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 437pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition with light toning to text block. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. Dieppe had no strategic importance in World War II; the… Read more about this item

Breakout from Juno: First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, July 4-August 21, 1944, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2013. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 538pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition with light toning to text block. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. On July 4, 1944,… Read more about this item

Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10 August 7, 1943, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2010. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 518pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. On July 10, 1943, twenty thousand Canadian soldiers joined two great Allied… Read more about this item

Holding Juno: Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches: June 7-12, 1944, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2006. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 432pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. The Germans began probing the Canadian lines early in the morning of… Read more about this item

The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2006. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 551pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. Stretching like an armour-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line… Read more about this item

The Liri Valley: Canada's World War II Breakthrough to Rome, Zuehlke, Mark. Published by Douglas & McIntyre, 2004. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 492pp. with black and white photographs, maps, bibliography, index. Photographic card covers. In fine, unread condition. Other titles available in this series; please inquire. For the allied armies fighting their way up the Italian boot in early 1944,… Read more about this item