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Garner, Hugh, Present Reckoning

   Price: $30.00 Canadian funds; $26.74 U.S. funds.

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Toronto, Collins White Circle. 1951. Mass market paperback. First edition; no cloth issue. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 158 pp. Tough title to find by an important Canadian author, only five copies on the web as of 03.07. By the author of 'Cabbagetown', this is a portrait of Toronto, through people from the Yonge and Queen Street area during the 40s and 50s. A good copy. Considerable wear to spine but binding intact and pliable, so entirely readable. Text papers not too embrowned. Water-stain to top edge & upper margin of front cover as well as first few leaves of text. Very scarce, approaching rarity. 

 

 

 

Gomery, Percy, Curve, Go Slow, a Romance of Pacific Coast Highways,

   Price:  $25.00 Canadian  $22.29 U.S. funds

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The Graphic Publishers Limited, Ottawa, Ont, Canada, 1927. Cloth. Very Good. No Jacket. Cover By Alan B. Beddoe; Interior Drawings By Bernadette Gomery First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 333 pp. A solid very good copy, hinges and binding strong, light wear to cover edges and corners, light soil to the handsome blockprinted front cover illustration. Decorative end-papers in red and black use repeated motif of thunder-bird and wolf. Legend on dedication page is: 'To all wayfaring motorist who risk "the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune". An attractive copy of the book with crown of spine a bit crumpled and two old peacock-blue ink spots (1/2" diameter) to bottom edge and top edge pp. but not unsightly. Vintage motoring along coast highways of Canada and the U.S. Quite scarce.

 

 

 

Harper, Jennifer, Editor, City Work at Country Prices: the Portrait Photography of Duncan Donovan.

   Price:  $ 26.00 Canadian funds.  $ 23.13 U.S. funds.

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Oxford U. Press, Toronto, Ont. Canada, 1977. Fine in printed wraps. Dust-jacket is Near Fine. First Edition. quarto. 64 pp. 54 plates and brief introduction by Harper. Stiff wrappers on finely-textured paper in a pictorial dust jacket. Donovan's work from his Alexandria, Ontario shop between 1902 and 1921. Some examples: two girl children with their life-size doll-baby, the cyclist with his wheel, the hockey player in period shinny attire, family groupings stiff with the momentous occasion of picture- taking, ancients and newborns, groups and individuals. A beautiful collection offering a window on life in turn of the century Canada. Bright copy in unworn dust-jacket with just a few almost-invisible traces of soiling. Not common.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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