Recent Arrivals from Pulp & Circumstance

Toronto: Stoddart Kids (Stoddart Publishing Ltd), 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to: 9¾ - 12" tall. Anthology of personal memoirs by some of Canada's most admired writers of children's literature who were too young to fight during WW2 but certainly old enough to remember how the war shaped their experiences. Hardcover in blue papered boards with… Read more about this item

Toronto: Viking Canada (Penguin), 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. David Atkinson (Original Maps). First printing of the first Canadian edition. Broad octavo, about 9 1/2" x 7 1/2", in blue textured boards with gilt titling on the spine. Original colour maps on endpapers. Well illustrated. Eight plates… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1970. Soft cover. Good. 4to: 9¾ - 12" tall. This combined edition of the two catalogues for the year 1901 omits some pages to avoid repetitions. Soft cover with b&w illustrations. Indexes at the end of each catalogue. Wraps rubbed and moderately worn with the scar of a staple… Read more about this item

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada (Random House), 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A survey of the scope and seriousness of the problems that beset our world with an emphasis on the possibilities for optimism going forward. Hardcover in black boards with gilt titling on the spine. … Read more about this item

New York: Bonanza Books (Crown Publishers), 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to: 9¾ - 12" tall. Copyright 1967, this copy is a reissue by Bonanza Books of a work originally published by The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Release date unknown. Hardcover in red boards, backed in yellow, with black titling on the spine. Well illustrated with… Read more about this item

Canada: Valhalla Press, 1978. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. oblong 4to: 9¾ - 12" long. Jean M. Ball (Drawings). Stated ISBN: 0-919962-03-3. Volume Two of a series dealing with the historic architecture of Newfoundland. Volume One (1975) focused on properties in St. John's, while this book looks at small towns and outports.… Read more about this item

London: The Library Press Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo: 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Collection of small articles originally published in newspapers (The Star, The Outlook, and The Sphere) between 1910 and 1918. First published in book form in 1919. This undated copy is one of "The Minerva Editions of Modern Authors" issued by The… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Drawing on evidence from literature and art, Kern examines the changing attitudes towards love and sex among Victorians and Moderns. Features Heideggar's existential philosophy and the quest for authentic experience. Larger octavo in black papered boards with silver titling… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Expanded from a four-part article published in 1973, released as a book in 1979, this copy is an unpriced trade paperback. Not marked as such but likely a book club edition. Lightly rubbed and edge worn, the binding is… Read more about this item

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Memoirs by the author and aviation pioneer first published in 1939. This copy is a later printing of the 1992 trade paperback edition of the English translation. Very clean and neat. Square binding, no markings, and minor… Read more about this item

New York: Metropolitan Books (Henry Holt and Company), 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Critique of US foreign policy and the pretense that America supports and mentors global democracy. Hardcover in black boards, backed in red, with titling in gilt on the spine. One b&w map. Notes… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An expose of Abu Ghraib prison and the treatment of prisoners by American forces during the 2003 Iraq War. Hardcover in black boards with white titling to the front cover and on the spine. Excellent copy: … Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jeffrey L. Ward (Maps). Prize-winning narrative history focusing on negotiations towards the Treaty of Versailles and the redrawing of so many maps. First published in a slightly different form in the UK as "Peacemakers," this copy is a first US edition. … Read more about this item

New York: Vintage (Penguin Random House), 2021. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Joint biography of the Shawnee Chief and his sometimes inspired brother. Vividly portrays the peoples and events of the pan-Indian resistance of the early 19th century. First published in 2020, this copy is a first printing of the 2021… Read more about this item

London: Profile Books, 2016. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A lucid and entertaining popular history of the rise of Rome in which Beard demonstrates how evidence is sifted and assessed by a gifted historian. First published in 2015, this copy is a later printing of the smallish octavo 2016 trade paperback edition.… Read more about this item

London: Ebury Press (Penguin Random House UK), 2020. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A spectacularly well documented expose of how America took a hard right turn that favoured a few while leaving many behind. Second printing of the UK trade paperback edition. Bibliography. Index. Binding square and firm. … Read more about this item

San Francisco, California: North Point Press, 1983. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo: 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well written memoirs of the pioneer aviatrix who grew up in Africa. First published in 1942, this copy is a later printing of the 1983 trade paperback edition. Binding square and firm. Very minor wear. No markings.… Read more about this item

New York: Alpine Fine Art Books, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio: 12 - 15" tall. Large, heavy book might require an additional shipping charge. Contact us for a quote. Art book handsomely bound in brown cloth with gilt titling to the spine and replica signatures in gilt on the front board and the spine.… Read more about this item

Toronto: Coles Publishing Company, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Originally published in 1868, this copy is a 1972 facsimile edition. Soft cover wild rose illustration in stiff cardboard warp with slipcase. Includes ten colour plates of botanical art. Binding square and firm. Mild wear only. No… Read more about this item

Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions International, 1999. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to: 9¾ - 12" tall. Explores the relationship between visual patterns and the underlying cosmology. Originally published in 1976, this copy is a second printing of the 1999 American soft cover edition. Illustrated with line drawings that often include blue ink for emphasis. Text… Read more about this item