Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Dark blue cloth, marble patterned endpapers. Fine copy. Jacket a bit rippled (not from damp), else fine. "THE DEAD LETTER is the first American detective novel written by a woman. It appeared in magazine form in 1866 and book form one year later....But THE DEAD LETTER has importance beyond its history: it is a transcendent literary achievement, a throroughly believable and gripping novel." - jacket. Text is a facsimile reprint of the NY, 1867, first book edition.

London: Harrap, 1974. Brown boards. Small ding to lower edge of front cover and small bruises to lower outer corners; light foxing to page edges, else fine. Jacket has nicks to head of spine, else fine, flap price intact. The first of his two gothic romance novels, set in Tennessee. In Hubin. Hansen, a prolific openly gay Amercan writer, notably penned the Dave Brandsetter crime novels (Brandsetter was also gay). Scarce.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. Pinkish cloth, black endpapers. Very light yellowing to page edges, else a fine copy. Black dust jacket has edge nicks and some rubbing, VG otherwise, Her third novel.

Toronto: Harbourfront Reading Series Chap Books, 1992. 16mo, [8] pp, stapled, in glossy illustrated card covers printed in red & blue. A fine copy. Issued in an edition of 500 copies, of which 150 were signed and numbered and 50 were h.c., this is #52 of 150 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (from the publisher's library). An extract from "Old Bones", with cover illustration by Oksana Ruczenczyn, and the first of these fund-raiser chapbooks from the Harbourfront Reading Series. A poem. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.

University of Toronto Press, 1978. Facsimile reprint of the Montreal, 1874, original. Black cloth without jacket, as issued. Small number of copies printed.

Toronto: William Tyrrell, 1906. pp (10), 21, string tied, in green pictorial card covers with green cloth backstrip, fore edges rough trimmed. Narrow band of darkening to lower inner edge of front cover, two small blue dots on first (blank) page, else fine. Contains seven poems by this important Canadian poet written during a canoe trip in Northern Ontario, and with cover and numerous vignette llustrations by an important Canadian illustrator of the time. A handsome little book, one of my favourites of all Canadian poetry books of the period. Scarce. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

Toronto: S.B. Gundy, 1923. Red cloth. pp (vi), 285. Yellowing and foxing to page edges and endpapers; all of gilt spine lettering flaked away; VG otherwise.Supplied dust jacket has large chips to spine ends; small chips and tears; yellowing to spine and rear panel; thus only fair, but front panel (art by John Held, Jr.) shows well. Uncommon in jacket. Spadoni A39b.1.

Toronto: S.B. Gundy, 1923. Red cloth gilt lettered on spine, front cover lettered in blind. pp (vi), 285. Yellowing and spotting to endpapers, page edges yellowed, and a bit foxed, flaking to "Over" on spine, nice and bright otherwise. Dust jacket lacks top 2 cm of spine; a few small chips, rubbing to front flap fold, whiite spine and rear panel lightly soiled; VG otherwise, front panel (art by John Held, Jr.) shows well. Uncommon in jacket. Spadoni A39b.1.

New York: Vintage, 1968. Second edition, revised (first was in 1958). pp 399 + b&w photos. Ink owner name at front, else fine. Updates some biographical information, makes some minor corrections, and adds a new author Foreword, otherwise textually the same as the original edition.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Cloth & boards. Fine copy. VG price-clipped jacket has slight spine sunning, light soiling to rear panel. Inspired by the Moor Murders and the American Lonely Heart Murders. "This may be Julian Simons' masterpiece. It is a brilliant combination of psychological and police-procedural elements, with pure horror at its core." - Ross MacDonald. I read iit myself. Pretty good. Savagely disects English suburban climbers.

Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2001. pp xii, 192, [2]. Card covers. Price sticker on rear cover, else fine. Good writing on alcohol and drugs by David Adams Richards, Pat Lane, John Newlove, and Stephen Reid. Also Evelyn Lau, Lois Simmie, Lorna Crozier, Marnie Woodrow, Peter Gaowski, and Sheri-D Wilson.

London: David Nutt, 1892. Plain white card covers endpapers and with cream printed Japanese vellum wrapper with folded flaps to upper and outer edges, fore and bottom page edges rough trimmed. pp xvi (Introduction), 154, (2, ads). Edition of 550 copies, of which 500 were for sale. Bibliothèque de Carabas, vol. VI. Covers yellowed and lightly soiled; spine darkened and a little rubbed; page edges tanned; text paper lightly toned; VG otherwise.

London: W. Nicholson & Sons, no date. Late printing ca 1880s? (first ed was in 1838). Dark blue cloth gilt lettered, fleur-de-lis within diamond bliind decoration to front cover and spine. Cream endpapers. pp 416. Spine lightly darkened with gilt lettering just a little dulled; free endapers brown from binding offset; text paper a bit toned; else a VG clean and unworn copy, no owner marks. UK author, a novel set in Upper Canada.

London: Henry Walker, no date (1930). Green cloth gilt lettered. pp xvi, 176 + colour frontispiece with tissue guard and numeroous b&w plates. Spine lightly sunned; 1931 ink owner name at front; yellowing to page edges, tissue guard, and endpapers; musty odour; VG clean and unworn otherwise. The dust jacket was clipped and in pieces; we have put it back together and it doesn't look too bad.. Some tape stains, some loss to spine ends. Also laid in is a 12 page booklet with colour illustrations "Some of the Stage Productions of Sir John Martin-Harvey". Also a five stanza typed original verse by the former owner of the book, Florence E. Rice of Winnipeg, Manitoba, titled "Sir John Martin-Harvey" and dated 17 April, 1926. 1.3 kg parcel

Saint John, New Brunswick: (Author) J. & A. McMillan, printers), 1920. Green cloth printed in black. pp (vi), 39, [3], vii (Appendix). Illustrated. Ink gift inscription on front free endpaper crossed out in blue, VG clean and unworn copy otherwise. A scarce Canadian technical book.Viola locates only ebook editions. Author was a member of Local 1698. Moncton.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Cloth & boards. Very light damp stains to fore edges (no penetration into text margins), else fine in fine jacket, flap price intact. Hannibal Lecter at his gruesome best duels with Clarice Starling, novice FBI agent. Basis of the memorable film starring Jodi Foster and Anthony Hopkins. A well-written chiller and already a classic of the kind. 1.1 kg parcel

New York: Crown, 1979. Dark blue boards. pp 105. Full page reproductions in colour and black & white. Fine copy. Dust jacket is curled and torn, now in plastic. With black ink sketch of a head front and rear by Canadian artists Michael; Close. Samples the work of 50 American illustrators of popular magazines from the earlier part of the 20th century. Capsule biographies, many for littlle-known artists. 2 kg parcel

Great Neck, NY: Author, 1979. Black cloth. pp (14), (61). Fine copy. Not issued in jacket. Edition of 1250 copies.

San Diego and New York: A. S. Barnes, 1980. Brown cloth. pp 128 + plates (some in colour). Small sticker shadow inside front cover, light yellowing to page edges, else fine in fine jacket.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. Black cloth. pp (xii), 189, [3]. 52 colour plates. Index. Fine in fine jacket. "The Blibliography Edited by Patrick W. Synge and compiled byW.T. Stearn, Sabine Wilson and Handasyde Buchanan, with a Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley". First published in 1956, this new edition is slightly expanded. 2 kg parcel