Historical Fiction
Comanche Moon
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter blue paper, tan paper boards. 752 pp. A few small spots of wear to front board, else fine. The final volume of the Lonesome Dove saga. More
Clara: an historical novel of an Ontario town 1879-1930
Guelph: Back Door Press, 1982. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. Unpaginated, approx. [175] pp. B&W photos in text. Rubbing and creasing to extremities. More
The Emperor of Ice-Cream
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. green paper boards. 250 pp. Soiling to top edge. Bump to spine foot. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly soiled, light bumping and short tears to extremities. More
Beloved
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Hardcover. 8vo. Gift edition. Tan and hunter green paper boards. 324 pp. Spine foot bumped. Fine dust jacket with original price sticker to rear and movie tie-in half sleeve. Toni Morrison's magnificent Pulitzer Prize winning novel, first published in 1987, brought the unimaginable experience..... More
Beloved
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Hardcover. 8vo. Gift edition. Tan and hunter green paper boards. 324 pp. Some light scuffing to spine ends. Else fine. Toni Morrison's magnificent Pulitzer Prize winning novel, first published in 1987, brought the unimaginable experience of slavery into the literature of our time and..... More
The Long Days, Part Two
London: Self-published, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 126 pp. Bruise to spine foot, some creasing to covers, else fine. The Long Days is a novel based on recent historical events in Iraq. It records the struggle of the young men who..... More
The Indian Agent
Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter burgundy paper, tan paper boards. 281 pp. B&W map. Yellow remainder mark to tail edge of text block. Dust jacket lightly bumped at spine ends and corners, o/w fine overall. More
The Awakened
New York: Panrheon Books, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. 493 p.p. Cloth. Translated to English by Hyams, Edward. Nicks throughout edges of dust-jacket, loss to spine end. Browning to dust-jacket. Rubbing to corners, extremities. Discolouration to boards. Hinges loose. Previous owner's inscription to endpaper. Overall, a near fine copy of book. More
Anil's Ghost
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full black paper boards. 311 pp. Fine. Unfolding against the deeply evocative background of Sri Lanka's landscape and ancient civilization, Anil's Ghost is a literary spellbinder - a timeless work of art and a revelatory journey. It is Ondaatje's finest novel..... More
The Cat's Table
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full tan paper boards. 269 pp. Bookplate of Adrienne Taylor to front pastedown. Dust jacket lightly rubbed to extremities, else fine. More
The English Patient
London: Bloomsbury, 1992. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full navy cloth. Blue ribbon marker. 302 pp. Dust jacket has some light wear to extremities and a few small damp stains to covers. In The English Patient, Ondaatje weaves a complex tapestry as he follows the paths of four diverse lives..... More
The English Patient
Toronto: McCleland and Stewart, 1992. 1st Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full green cloth.307 pp. Some light staining to fore edge of text lbock. Slight darkening to extremities of dust jacket. Fine overall. In The English Patient, Ondaatje weaves a complex tapestry as he follows the paths of four diverse lives..... More
The Old Scottish Mill: A Castle Rose Haunted Tale
Cobourg, Ontario: Castle Rose Novelettes, 2002. Soft cover. 5" x 8.5" SIGNED by author to title page. Original card wraps, coil binding. 134 p.p. Some soiling and smudging to covers. More
Au Nom Du Pere et Du Fils and Le Sorcier [2 Vols.]
Montreal: VLB Editeur, 2004. Soft cover. 12mo (tall). Bonheur de Lecture. Two volumes. Text in French. Au Nom du Pere: 859 pp. Le Sorcier: 559 pp. Fine condition in near fine slipcase. A collection of two Canadian historical fiction novels set in Quebec. More
Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas
London: Jonathon Cape, 1927. Hardcover. 18mo. The Travellers' Library. Full blue cloth. vi, 384 pp., ads. Cloth is stained, spine and rear joint are sunned, corners bumped, spine ends rubbed. Offsetting to endpapers. Pencil notations to series title. A philosophical historical novel set in Ancient Rome. More
The Swiss Family Robinson, or, The Adventures of a Shipwrecked Family on an Uninhabited Island Near New Guinea
London: E.H. Wells. Hardcover. 16mo. The "Farringdon" Classics. N.d., [ca. 1890s-1901 per bookplate]. Orig. blue calf. Recently professionally rebacked, orig. backstrip laid down to cloth. Gilt armorial device of Oakfield School, Crouch End. Marbled tail edge and endpapers. xiv, 562 pp. Illustrated with original illustrations, engravings in text. Damp staining..... More
The King's Gold
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter russet paper, burnt orange paper boards. 289 pp. Fine. More
Purity of Blood
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter brown paper, russet paper boards. 267 pp. Fine. More
The Devil's Novice: The Eighth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
London: Macmillan, 1983. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. brown paper boards. 192 pp. B&W map. Stain to fore edge of text block. Interior is age toned. Dust jacket is price clipped, toned to extremities. More
Days of Vengeance
Chicago: Lake View Press, 1999. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 279 pp. Fine. Days of Vengeance is haunting tale of passion, love, guilt and punishment that sweeps from the sun-drenched lemon groves of Crete to Chicago's Greek Town to the brutality of western coal mines and railroad camps. More
Strumpet City
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. russet cloth. 533 pp. Light wear to tail edge of rear board. Former price scribbled out with black marker to ffep. Foxing to top edge of text block. Dust jacket age tone, chipped to spine foot, short tear with..... More