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201 TURKISH VERBS fully conjugated in all the tenses
Edition: Later Printing
Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 1981. Octavo
Condition: Fine
Book ID: 54991More details Price: USD $9.95 USD $8.96 -
202 METHODS OF FORCING
Edition: First Edition
New York: Max Holden, 1933. Octavo, pp 36, stapled in pale grey card covers with front cover art by Sid Lorraine. Mild tanning to covers, else fine. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced, depending upon your location.
Book ID: 42804More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
20th century British & Irish art. Including property from the Reader's Digest Association Inc.
London: Christie's, 2004. Glossy card covers. pp 275. Extensively illustrated in colour and b&w. Fine copy. Includes works by Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Dora Carrington, Glyn Philpot and many others. 1.3 kg parcel; Quarto
Book ID: 51775More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
26 WAYS OUT OF THIS WORLD
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1999. Inscribed by Author; Black cloth. pp (56), [2]. Fine in fine jacket, with good author presentation inscription on title page, signed in full, May, 2000. Inscribee not named. Poetry. A superior copy in the scarce hardcover issue. ; Octavo; Signed by Author 0778011283
Book ID: 52542More details Price: USD $75.00 USD $67.50 -
3 BACKYARD DRAMAS, WITH MAMAS
Edition: First printing
Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn. 12mo, pp [8], sewn in green card covers. Fine copy. 400 copies published, May 26, 1967, on the occasion of Loewinsohn's poetry reading at the Unicorn Book Shop. Printed by Alan Brilliant & Jeffrey Sorenson at the Unicorn Press. An early Unicorn imprint. Reportedly most of the edition was scrapped because the author was unhappy with the printing (some of the inking is not perfect). This is Lepper's state "c" (no priority), one of 270 copies thus. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 47177More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
4 POEMS FOR A CHOCOLATE PRINCESS. Poses by Candy Jones
Bloomington, IN: Phillips Publishing Corporation, no date (1969). Quarto, pp [8], stapled in paper covers. One inch split to top spine fold, creased nick to front cover, VG otherwise. Poems with photos of an African-American woman. You don't see titles like this anymore. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.
Book ID: 47156More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
40 YEARS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH. A History of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventative Medicine, Inc. and the Gorgas Memorial Library.
Washington (DC): Printed by Reese Press, 1970. Octavo, hardcover, green cloth. xii, 426 pp. Plates inserted. Ink name to front pastedown, else a fine copy, without jacket, as issued. Maj.- General William Crawford Gorgas, Medical Corps, United States Army, served as Surgeon General, US Army. Note: 1.5 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required.
Book ID: 18426More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
501 ARABIC VERBS: fully conjugated in all the aspects
Edition: Third Printing
Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2007. Fine copy, no owner marks. 1.1 kg parcel; Octavo; 562 pages
Book ID: 54453More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
"510", a short short story contained on page 54 of Geist, Volume 14, Number 56, Spring 2005
Vancouver: Geist, 2005. Very small corner crease to front cover, else fine. Rooke submitted the story for the Tail-Wagging-the-Dog writer's challenge, writing as "Elle Rooke"; Quarto
Book ID: 54347More details Price: USD $10.00 USD $9.00 -
68
Edition: First Mexican printing
México: Planeta. Inscribed by Author; Card covers. Stated first printing, Sept., 2008. Fine copy. Inscribed by the authot to noted Canadian author Leon Rooke in 2008. A collection of essays. Text is in Spanish.; 12mo; Signed by Author
Book ID: 53335More details Price: USD $34.95 USD $31.46 -
7 DISASTERS, 3 THESES, AND WELCOME HOME. CLICK
No place (Vancouver): Very Stone House in Transit, 1971. 14 leaves of yellow paper, mimeographed on rectos, stapled in cream card covers. Light yellowing to covers, small light damp spot to inner margin of front cover, soft creases to lower outer corners, else a fine copy of a fragile book. A very scarce early book by one of best Canadian poets.; Quarto
Book ID: 43751More details Price: USD $195.00 USD $175.50 -
72: New Canadian Stories
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1972. The paper issue in card covers. VG+ copy. With ink ownership signature of Leon Rooke. Stories by Leo Simpson, Jane Rule, John Newlove, Don Bailey, George McWhirter, Beth Harvor, John Sandman, Nora Keeling, Andreas Schroeder, Gail Fox, David McFadded, and Margaret Atwood. Atwood's story is "The Grave of the Famous Poet", and it received its first publication here, later collected in Dancing Girls (1977). Horne B10. ; Octavo
Book ID: 53082More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
73: NEW CANADIAN STORIES
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1973. The uncommon hardcover issue. Black boards. Faint pencil erasure to corner of front free endpaper, else fine. Black dust jacket has some minor rubbing to spine tips, outer corners; small soft creases to upper edge; surface scratch to front panel; else fine. Stories by John Metcalf, Merna Summers, Joyce Marshall, Hugh Garner, Dale Zieroth, Jean-Guy Carrier, Harold Horwood, Matt Cohen, Hugh Hood, Wayland Drew, Beth Harvor, and Leo Simpson.
Book ID: 9593More details Price: USD $40.00 USD $36.00 -
76: NEW CANADIAN STORIES
Edition: First Edition
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1976. The paper issue in card covers. Soft bump to lower outer corners, page edges yellowed, spîne has a reading crease and is a bit yellowed, VG otherwise. Inscribed in ink at front "Author's copy" and below signed by Leon Rooke (different hand). Rooke's story, "Wintering in Victoria", begins on p 99. Also Norman Levine, Hugh Hood, Elizabeth Spencer, others. ; Octavo; Signed by contributor
Book ID: 53745More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
78: BEST CANADIAN STORIES
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1978. Black cloth. A bit of yellowing and a few small tan soil spots to page edges, else fine. Dust jacket has short tears and a bit of wear to spine tips and outer corners, VG otherwise. Contains "The Beggar Maid" by Alice Munro, first book publication of this story. Also Hugh Hood, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Spencer, and others. This hardcover issue is uncommon. ; Octavo
Book ID: 53725More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
81: Best Canadian Stories
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1981. The paper issue in card covers. Rubbing and creases to spine, light yellowing to page edges, VG otherwise. Clark Blaise, Gallant, Levine, Kinsella, others. The Blaise story is heavy with the ink notes and underlining of Constance Rooke. ; Narrow octavo 0887504361
Book ID: 53724More details Price: USD $12.95 USD $11.66 -
82: Best Canadian Stories
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1982. Black cloth. Damp stain to lower inner corner of front cover, page edges lightly yellowed, else fine., Purple jacket has sunned spine, small chips, long creased tear to front panel; just good..With Sept., 1982, ink ownership signature of Leon Rooke. Contains "Prue" by Alice Munro. Also stories by Hugh Hood, Keath Fraser, Norman Levine, Joseph Skvorecky, Gloria Sawai, Elizabeth Spencer, and F.W. Watt, as well as an introduction by the editors and biographical notes about the contributors. The cloth issue is scarce. ; Narrow octavo 0887504361
Book ID: 53703More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
82: Best Canadian Stories
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1982. Black cloth. Fine copy. Mauve dust jacket has quite minor rubbing, else fine. Contains "Prue" by Alice Munro. Also stories by Hugh Hood, Keath Fraser, Norman Levine, Joseph Skvorecky, Gloria Sawai, Elizabeth Spencer, and F.W. Watt, as well as an introduction by the editors and biographical notes about the contributors. The cloth issue is scarce. ; Narrow octavo 0887504361
Book ID: 50144More details Price: USD $65.00 USD $58.50 -
83: BEST CANADIAN STORIES
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1983. The paper issue in card covers. Spine has reading creases and mild rubbing to ends; nick and rubbed spot to lower inner corner of rear cover; VG otherwise. Don Bailey, Marian Engel, David McFadden, Ann Copeland, Isabel Huggan, Elizabeth Spencer, others. ; Octavo
Book ID: 53083More details Price: USD $16.95 USD $15.26 -
84: BEST CANADIAN STORIES
Edition: First printing
(Ottawa): Oberon, 1984. The paper issue in card covers. Slight rubbing, small creases, to covers; VG otherwise. Carol Shields, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Elizabeth Spencer, Mavis Gallant, others. ; Octavo
Book ID: 53528More details Price: USD $16.95 USD $15.26