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For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
Many consider For Whom the Bell Tolls to be author Ernest Hemingway’s finest work. Inspired by Hemingway’s time as a war correspondent for The North American Newspaper Alliance during the Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls is a stark and brutal commentary on the nature of war, sacrifice, and death. In fact, many believe his work is among the best depictions of the Spanish Civil War written. As with some of Hemingway’s other work, many of the characters, experiences, and...
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The Moon Is Down
by John Steinbeck
In this masterful tale set in Norway during World War II, Steinbeck explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. As he delves into the emotions of the German commander and the Norwegian traitor, and depicts the spirited patriotism of the Norwegian underground, Steinbeck uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about warand about human nature. Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s self-described celebration of the durability of democracy”...
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Just David
by Eleanor H Porter
Just David is a 1916 children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter. It was among the top six bestsellers in cities across the United States in 1916, and in July 1916 it was the second bestselling novel. Originally published by Houghton Mifflin, it tells the story of a young boy, David, who must learn to adapt to living with others after the death of his recluse father; along the way, the villagers and his adoptive parents adopt as much or more to him.
The Two Vanrevels
by Booth Tarkington
It was long ago in the days when men sighed when they fell in love; when people danced by candle and lamp, and did dance, too, instead of solemnly gliding about; in that mellow time so long ago, when the young were romantic and summer was roses and wine, old Carewe brought his lovely daughter home from the convent to wreck the hearts of the youth of Rouen.
Vintage Fiction Books & Ephemera
The Vernal Equinox
by Ostergard, Ray
Toronto, ON, Canada: Canada National Book Club - Canadiana, 1964. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 237pp. Grey cloth w blindstamp of publisher logo on front cover, crisp pale gold lettering and decoration on spine. No wear to covers or spine. DJ shows small spatter stain on front, damp stain on back and chip to top back edge. DJ now preserved in archival cover. This comic novel celebrates the first day of spring in Vancouver...
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A$59.35
The Empty Cottage
by Read, Brian
London, England: Lutterworth Press, 1968. First U.K. Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Goodall, J.S.. 62pp. Illustrated w colour frontispiece and seven full page black line illustrations in text. Copper boards with squirrel logo lower front corner, brown lettering on spine. Covers clean and without wear. Colour illustrated DJ showing mild edgewear, now preserved in archival cover. First published 1963, this is the second...
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A$17.12
The Moon is Down
by Steinbeck, John
Bantam Books, 1964. Very Good paperback . Paperback. Very Good.
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A$18.91
Tikta'liktak: An Eskimo Legend
by Houston, James
Don Mills, ON, Canada: Longmans Canada Limited, 1965. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Houston, James. 64pp. Illustrated by the author. Blue cloth w figure on front cover, crisp black lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without edgewear, showing shallow chipping to head. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Octavo: 21.5 x 17.5cm.
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A$20.54
Bright Wings
by Laurence, Elsie Fry
Toronto, ON, Canada: Longmans Canada Limited, 1964. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 240pp. Red cloth with crisp black lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. DJ clean, showing moderate wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo. An appealing novel about the family of a United Church minister, set in the little town of Bradley, BC. Elsie Laurence portrays the Canadian scene without...
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A$17.12
Portrait in Pastel
by Booth, Marjorie
London, England: John Murray, 1935. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 347pp, [16pp] publisher's catalogue: Library stamp on endpapers but no other internal or external library markings. Gift inscription on ffep. Joints and hinges sound. Tan cloth with dark blue lettering and stamp of author's signature. Illustrations tipped onto covers are not original. Mild wear to corners, head and tail. Binding remains sound. From the Murray's...
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A$28.53
Shanghaied!
by Catherall, Arthur
London, England: The Children's Press, 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 156pp. Prev owner name on ffep. Med blue cloth with motif of sports equipment in silver on front cover, silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ clean, showing mild edgewear to head and 2 x 3cm surface scuff on front panel; now preserved in BroDart cover. Duodecimo: 19 x 12.5cm. From the series The Boys' and...
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A$19.40
The Cunning Little Vixen
by Tesnohlidek, Rudolf
New York, NY, USA: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1985. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sendak, Maurice. 186pp. Colour illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated endpapers. Dark green cloth w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean, showing very small wear to top corners, light wear to bottom edges, preserved now in archival cover. Octavo: 24.5 x...
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A$22.83
Sunblinds: Winning Through to Happiness and Sunshine
by Austin, Phyllis
Glasgow, Scotland: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1934. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 250pp. Blue cloth w gold lettering on spine. Light bumping to head and tail. Front hinge has been repaired. Back hinge sound. Colour illustrated DJ shows light soiling commensurate w age and handling, chipping to top front and bottom back edges, small surface scuffs on front panel and missing 1 x 3cm chip from back panel. 18.5 x 13.5cm. Fourth...
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A$85.60
White Fang
by London, Jack
New York, NY, USA: The MacMillan Company, 1946. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 329pp. Internally clean and unmarked. Med blue cloth w white lettering on spine. Bumping to corners. Small stain bottom front edge. Mild sunning to spine w fading to head and tail. Joints and hinges sound. Illustrated DJ (black wolf head) w red and white lettering on front panel and spine. Fore edges show moderate wear, very small chipping to corners, 1.5cm chip to head,...
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A$37.66
The Princess and the Pea
by Southgate, Vera
Leicestershire, England: Ladybird Books. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Winter, Eric. 52pp. Full-page colour illustrations printed to the recto. Colour illustrated boards show small scuff to corners, head and tail. Binding square and sound. Duodecimo. From the Ladybird series, Well-Loved Tales, 606D, A LadyBird 'Easy-Reading' Book, No. 9. A retelling of the Danish folk-tale first told by Hans Christian Andersen. n.d. First published by Ladybird,...
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A$22.83
Woolly (Overseas Children)
by Gullick, M. Elsie
London, England: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1923. Booklet. Very Good +. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hall, Tom. 32pp. Illustrated with four full-page colour paintings by Tom Hall. Title page illustrated with same blackline drawing as front cover. Illustrated blue card wrapper without edgewear though minor darkening by binding and at fore edge, commensurate with age and handling. Stitched binding. From the series, Overseas Children. No publication date but likely...
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A$28.53
Tony's Treasure Hunt
by Peterson, John
New York, NY, USA: Scholastic Book Services, 1965. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Peterson, Holly. 48. Blackline, two-tone, and yell-tone illustrations. Illustrated wrap is clean and without wear. Small spots of adhesive reside inside wrap from cello tape used to hold a plastic cover in place. Scholastic Catalog No. TW489. Oblong 8vo. Reduced shipping may apply.
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A$13.70
Yesterday and Tomorrow
by Snow, Lyndon
London, England: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 221pp. Gift inscription inked on ffep. Light blue cloth w fine silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ shows light handling and mild surface scuff to front fore edge. First published in 1941 under the title: Our Little Life.
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A$21.68
A Willing Victim
by Grierson, Harriet
London, England: Macdonald and Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1966. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 214pp. Green boards with crisp silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Green DJ clean, not price-clipped, showing moderate wear to head, faint diagonal crease top front corner. DJ preserved in BroDart cover. Small octavo: 20.5 x 14cm.
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A$20.54
Question 7
by Lee, Robert E. A
Grand Rapids, MI, USA: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1962. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 133pp. Illustrated w bw stills from the film by the same name. Grey endpapers; ffep clipped horizontally to 2cm, top edge. Red cloth w white lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Photo illustrated DJ clean, showing very light shelf wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Small octavo: 21 x 14.5cm....
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A$30.82
The Crow Goddess
by Finney, Patricia
London, England: William Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., 1978. First U.K. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 338pp w appendix, glossary and map. Prev owner name inked on ffep. Black boards w fine gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean, showing very light shelf wear and small chip to back top corner. DJ now preserved in archival cover. Octavo: 22 x 14.5cm Sequel to A Shadow of...
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A$25.11
Jean Val Jean
by Cleaver, Solomon
Toronto, ON, Canada: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1941. First Canadian Edition 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. vii, 119pp. Illustrated with fourteen unpaginated, indexed bw stills from the 1934 Pathé-Natan, French language film adaptation, plus frontis bw photo portrait of author. Small sticker to ffep. Prev owner name inked neatly to front pastedown. Black cloth w orange lettering to cover and spine. Mild bumping to bottom corners....
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A$28.53
Doris Force at Cloudy Cove, or, The Old Miser's Signature
by Duncan, Julia K
Chicago and New York, USA: The Goldsmith Publishing Co., 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. iv, 216pp. Missing frontis. Light red paper-over-boards w black lettering on cover and spine. Light bumping to bottom corners, head and tail, moderate bumping and light wear to top corners. Binding square, front hinge cracking. Small octavo. Originally published by Altemus and reprinted by both Goldsmith and Donohue. This Stratemeyer Syndicate series was written...
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A$19.40
Bones in London
by Wallace, Edgar
London, England: Hutchinson Library Services, Ltd., 1972. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 186pp. Blue boards w bright gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Colour photo illustrated DJ shows light soiling commensurate w age and handling, small stain to bottom back edge. DJ now preserved in BroDart cover. Duodecimo: 19.5 x 13.5cm. First published in Great Britain by Ward, Lock & Co.,...
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A$25.11
Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims
by Austin, Jane G
London, England: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hutchinson, Geo.. x, 422pp, [16] pub cat. Two illustrations by Geo. Hutchinson including frontis. Frontis tissue guard paper partially detached, showing foxing. Library stamp to title page Black endpapers. HInges cracked. Green cloth w gold decoration and lettering to cover and spine. Light shelf wear. Bumping and scuff to corners, head and tail. Binding remains sound. Duodecimo: 196 x...
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A$51.36
The Moon is Down
by Steinbeck, John
NY: Viking. Very Good. 1942. First Edition. Softcover. First edition softcover. One of 700 softcover copies. Cover edges rubbed, cover is slightly separated from text block at spine head/ffep. Minor corner bend/crease to first section of prelims up through the half title page. A sound copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages .
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A$394.01
Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans Christian
Chicago and New York: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lee, Ella Dolbear. 245pp + 82pp, unpaginated. Frontispiece colour plate. Thirty-nine full-page blackline illustrations and many more smaller blackline illustrations in text. Brown-tone illustrated endpapers (D.E. Saunders). Dark red cloth w gold lettering on spine and colour full-page illustration tipped on front board. Bottom corners rubbed, moderate wear to head and...
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A$39.95
The Moon is Down
by Steinbeck, John
New York: Viking Press, 1942. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: Viking Press, 1942. First Edition . Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition, with "First Published in March 1942" on copyright page, no additional printings, and no printer statement on copyright page. Second state, where errant period has been corrected between 'talk' and 'this' on page 112, line 11. Book is very clean with unfaded blue cloth, bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear....
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A$78.80
The Moon is Down
by Steinbeck, John
The Viking Press, New York, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A placid, benign copy. The dustjacket is a bit worn and rubbed from storage and handling. The dj is secure. The boards show little wear. They are assured and secure. Within, the pages are clean, clear, comfortable, competent. Tightly bound. Tightly bound. fn. r*26/10/2023. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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A$12.61