When the travelling salesman asks 'Is the lady of the house in?' the answer from these stories is 'Yes, all of them'--from the sexually wired adolescent to Bobbie, the cocktail waitress and the enduring matriarch, Mika Lafreniere.
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Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Canadian First. Signed and dated Nov. 16/84 by Sandra Birdsell on the title page with no inscription; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 020802
Seller: Books on the Web, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Paper bound, 169pp. Tight and clean - a very good copy. 250 grams - ships letter mail. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Seller Inventory # 1118
Seller: Books on the Web, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Paper bound, first edition, 169pp. Tight and clean - a very good or better copy. 255 grams - ships letter mail. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Seller Inventory # 925
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good Condition. Inscription sighed by the author on title page. 169pp. Content clean, bright and sound. This copy is in good to very good condition with no dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 050646
Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Second Printing. Unmarked book with just barely rubbed covers. 169 pp. Seller Inventory # 15173
Seller: The Next Page, Calgary, AB, Canada
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Turnstone Press 1984. Signed by author on Title page. Shelf wear on front cover corners slight bend. Seller Inventory # 978088801092C
Seller: Mister-Seekers Bookstore, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Trade Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - When The Travelling Salesman Asks 'Is The Lady Of The House In?' The Answer From These Stories Is 'Yes, All Of Them'--From The Sexually Wired Adolescent To Bobbie, The Cocktail Waitress And The Enduring Matriarch, Mika Lafreniere. Seller Inventory # 004345
Seller: Werdz Quality Used Books, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Trade Paper. Condition: Very Good. 0888010923; Clean, tight, unmarked;absolute minimal shelfwear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; "From the sexually wired adolescent to Bobbie, the cocktail waitress and the enduring matriarch, Mika Lafreniere. The Lafreniere sisters are back as mothers and wives. Birdsell broadens her fictional landscape while keeping one foot firmly in the evocative world of Agassiz. " . Very Good. Seller Inventory # 001935
Seller: Werdz Quality Used Books, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Trade Paper. Condition: Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM SANDRA BIRDSELL on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; very light tanning to pages; otherwise absolute minimal shelfwear; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; "From the sexually wired adolescent to Bobbie, the cocktail waitress and the enduring matriarch, Mika Lafreniere. The Lafreniere sisters are back as mothers and wives. Birdsell broadens her fictional landscape while keeping one foot firmly in the evocative world of Agassiz. " . Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000013
Seller: SIGNAL BOOKS & ART, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing of the true first edition of the author's second book scarcely SIGNED by Birdsell on the title page. No inscription. This copy was previously owned by Louise Dennys, Publisher of Random House of Canada. Dennys is a former principal of Lester & Orpen Dennys, the firm that published Birdsell's following book and first novel The Missing Child (1989). Dennys has written her name in pencil along the top edge of the title page. The book is a trade paper original in card covers. Tanning to the edges of the front and back covers with minor wear to the bottom corner of the back cover. Canadian orders will be charged GST. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000180