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This is a first edition of The Vanishing Point, the third novel by the Canadian writer W.O. Mitchell (1914-1998), best known for his famous book Who Has Seen the Wind.
It is a controversial novel about white-native relations; it is about a white teacher working on the Paradise Reserve in the Alberta foothills who must search for his prize pupil when she goes missing.
393 pages, brown cloth. The cover of this book is not in good shape. There is a mark to the side of the book and staining to the back endpaper, which you can remove if you like. Other than that, the book appears to have not been read and is in perfect condition.

This is a pristine first edition of The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, the second book written by Barack Obama. In it, Obama expounds on many of the subjects that became part of his 2008 campaign for the US presidency. It was a massive best-seller.
376 pages, unclipped dust jacket.
This book has not been read, or even opened.
It is in mint condition.
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This is one of a limited-edition run of a commissioned book, of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the book of poetry attributed to the 'astronomer poet' of Persia, who died in 1131. It uses the translation of Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883).
The book may have been created c 2010. According to a statement in the book, it was created by Mohammadi Hosseinpour for a client, whose name is stated in the book. Hosseinpour apparently intended to market it and set up a website for it but that site is long gone. It has an ISBN sticker but that number is not attached to any book. The sticker can be removed. I have only been able to find one other copy of it.
It is printed in English and Persian. In keeping with the Persian language's right-to-left reading, it is (to us) back-to-front: Image 1 is the Persian cover, which is what we think of as the back cover. Image 2 is the English cover, which is what we think of as the front cover.
The client spared no expense to produce this book. Every page is heavily illustrated… Read More

This is a first edition, stated first printing, of Selected Plays of Eugene O'Neill, published by Random House n 1969.

It contains The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape, Desire Under the Elms, The Great God Brown, Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra and The Iceman Cometh.

760 pages.

The dust jacket has some little tears, which have been taped from the back. The paper has darkened, as you would expect.

But there is no evidence that this book was read. No dog-ears, no interior marks, no marks to the covers.

This is Toni Onley's British Columbia: A Tribute, published in 1999. It is 24 watercolours of Onley's favourite wild BC places; each one is accompanied by his reflections on the location. Onley, who died in 2004, is known as one of Canada's preeminent watercolourists.This copy is in near-mint condition. It's only flaws are a small bump to the dust jacket and a crease to the front endpaper. The mark on the bottom right of the cover is remnants of price tag glue.Otherwise perfect. Lovely book.

Orr: My Story is a 2013 autobiography written by Canadian hockey legend Bobby Orr, who played in the National Hockey League from 1966 to 1978, for the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Black Hawks. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Orr's career was cut short by multiple knee injuries and surgeries. Orr was enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979 at age 31, the youngest to be inducted into the hall at that time.
It is near-perfect. There's a flaw on page 4, the page facing the title page. It looks like a bindery issue. It doesn't interfere with the rest of the book, which is bright and clean. 282 pages, including lots of photos.
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