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Sainte Marie, Buffy, The Buffy Ste. Marie Songbook,

   Price:  $40.00 Cdn.; $ 36.45 U.S. funds

   Shipping: $12.00 in Canada; elsewhere, email for details.

Grosset & Dunlap, N.Y. N.Y., 1971. Pictorial Wraps. Quarto.  Good/Good+. Illustrated with Ste. Marie's drawings & ornaments. First Edition. To our know-ledge, this is very scarce. Author's commentary on songs throughout. Her best early work is all here. This copy will not long be available.. Only one other copy presently on the web, better shape but much more costly. This is a worn copy, creases to covers and etc. but all present, readable, cherishable.

 

 

 

Schulz, Charles, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Me,

   Price:  $20.00 Canadian funds;  $17.75 U.S. funds

   Shipping:  $9.00 Canadian, world-wide.

Doubleday & Sons, N.Y. N.Y., 1980. Buckram. Very Good (plus). No Jacket. Illustrated by the author. Square 8vo. 126 pp. In effect, Schulz's autobiography, with photos and cartoons reproduced throughout. A nice copy save for lack of dj and large rubberstamps to endpapers and top edge text block. May be ex-public-library but minimal wear, no pocket etc., indicate it went uncirculated. Rear hinge just starting but strong.  A fine gift for a 'peanuts' fan. Nice copy.

 

 

 

Sands, Bobby, The Writings of Bobby Sands,

   Price:  $24.00 Canadian;  $21.29 U.S. funds

   Shipping:  $7.00 Canadian, world-wide..

Sinn Fein POW Department, Dublin, Ireland, 1981. Pictorial Wrappers. Book Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Drawings & Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 16mo. 32 pp. illustr. with drawings and photographs. Sub-title reads: 'A Collection of Prison Writings by H-block hunger striker, Bobby Sands, IRA volunteer and Westminster MP, with an introduction by fellow republican Gerry Adams. Wrappers slightly dust-soiled, otherwise very strong copy. Pamphlet.

 

 

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Swede, George, A Snowman, Headless

   Price:  $20.00 Canadian funds; $17.75 U.S. funds.

   Shipping:  $7.00 world-wide.

Fiddlehead Poetry Books #262, Fredericton, N. B., Canada, 1979. Illustr. Wraps. Book Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 44 pp. The author's second book, a group of haiku poems, a form in which Swede has since become a widely-acknowledged expert. Author has also written at least one book-length work on writing of haiku in English. This book appears quite uncommon, only two other copies on www (07.06.06). This copy has sharp corners and no rusting to staples. Only defect is mild discoloration to wraps near spine, in no way disfiguring. Very attractive copy.

 

 

 

Turney-Zagwyn, Deborah, Long Nellie,

   $ 25.00 Canadian funds;  $ 22.18 U.S. funds

   Shipping: $9.00 inside Canada; elsewhere, please email for details

Orca Book Publishers, Victoria, B.C., Canada, 1993. Pictorial Boards, Very Near Fine condition in like dj. First Edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated with idiosyncratic watercolors by Turney-Zagwyn, who writes in pen on half-title: 'For Ben and Jonathan. I hope you like Long Nellie. She's someone I remember well from my childhood. Keep reading and romping. deborah turney zagwyn. Oct '93'. Very nice condition, traces of handling wear. Signed & Dedicated By Author.

 

 

 

 

 

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