Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2001
ISBN 10: 0889842272 ISBN 13: 9780889842274
Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Canadian First. Complete number line from 1 to 4; a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining. Book.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1992
ISBN 10: 088984125X ISBN 13: 9780889841253
Seller: Barsoom Books, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Book is square and solid with a perfect spine. You'll be compelled to hop, skip, and madly cartwheel around the living room once you have this book in your hands!.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1995
ISBN 10: 0889841675 ISBN 13: 9780889841673
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hint of shelfwear to covers, otherwise excellent. Vinyl new, unlistened to. Library sticker and stamp but no other signs of use. It appears that it once belonged to a library's collection but was never circulated. [Montreal Books Rating System: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].
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Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999
ISBN 10: 0889842094 ISBN 13: 9780889842090
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: NEW, UNREAD.
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Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1991
ISBN 10: 0889841233 ISBN 13: 9780889841239
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. pp.124 clean tight copy slight edge and corner wear Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002
ISBN 10: 0889842345 ISBN 13: 9780889842342
Seller: A Good Read, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; Roll to spine. Crease to lower back corner of wrapper/text.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1985
ISBN 10: 0889840857 ISBN 13: 9780889840850
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. pp.199 gift inscription on frontpiece clean tight copy minuscule corner wear book slightly cocked Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1994
ISBN 10: 0889841454 ISBN 13: 9780889841451
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Fine (Book Condition). An excellent copy, signed and inscribed to a Canadian writer. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.
Published by Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, 1998
ISBN 10: 0889841187 ISBN 13: 9780889841185
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine to fine copy in pictorial wraps with slight amount of shelf wear; 1st printing, 8vo., 136 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1992
ISBN 10: 0889841500 ISBN 13: 9780889841505
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.176. Gives voice to a historical figure who is not here to defend himself. clean tight copy.
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Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1988
ISBN 10: 0889841241 ISBN 13: 9780889841246
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 94 pp. Octavo. `As one searches for the reason that Robert Finch's poetry gives such unfailing pleasure, one is reminded of Ezra Pound's saying that ``poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music''. This poetry never gets far from music. Never, indeed, seeks to do so. Robert Finch has expressed himself directly in poetry and painting: in music he has been content to be an executant, though a distinguished one. But the logic, the elegance and the economy of the music he plays so finely on his harpsichord -- the music of the eighteenth century -- invests his poetry because it is evinced in his life. There is some absurdity in speaking of a man of today as belonging to the eighteenth century, just as it is absurd to speak of a poet who writes principally in English as French in spirit. But it is absurd to attempt to speak of anything so elusive as poetry without resorting to some absurdities of expression, and therefore we may let these two comments stand: Robert Finch is French of the eighteenth century in his sensibility and high regard for technical perfection in art.' -- Robertson Davies. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves front and back.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002
ISBN 10: 0889842469 ISBN 13: 9780889842465
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.185 Prepare to slip into the mind of a 9 year old in a single day of his life a story that is simple, deep, psychologicall dead-on, minutely observed yet worldly and very funny. clean tight unread copy with minuscule edgewear.
Published by Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1994
ISBN 10: 0889841764 ISBN 13: 9780889841765
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 160 pp. Octavo. The ten stories in Patricia Robertson's first collection of short fiction offer a somber, shadowed world of characters who strive for other, more magical destinations. The book's mood and images are stark and carefully controlled. And while Robertson roots each tale very firmly in the here and now, a few of her characters actually find their way into the imaginary.City of Orphans is a thoughtful, well-written collection. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Published by Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1992
ISBN 10: 0889841446 ISBN 13: 9780889841444
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 164 pp. Octavo. Animals of all kinds, from a lovesick hippopotamus to a valuable pair of Chelsea dogs make an appearance in Hugh Hood's delightful new collection of short stories Yo'll Catch Your Death. But mostly one is aware of the birds. As the narrator in Hood's opening story observes,`what I saw was birds and birds and again bir'. Mosaic renderings of peacocks and cranes, a cage of cruelly imprisoned pigeons, a lorikeet named Ronnie Reagan, a couple of stolen cockatoos and a bestselling book entitled `Caring Parenting While Birdin' each play a role in these stories, along with a cast of eccentric bird lovers. Amusing, thoughtful, and by turns poignant, the thirteen never-before-published stories in You�@~Yll Catch Your Dea th are Hugh Hood at his eclectic best. `More Birds' and `You'll Catch Your Death' explore mankind's tenuous relationship with the animal world. `Disappearing Creatures of Various Kinds' reveals some of the mysterious ways in which humans reach out and communicate with other living creatures. On the other hand `Deanna and the Ayatollah' invents a fateful encounter between Khomeini and film star Deanna Durbin, while `Getting Funding' is a hilarious send-up of Canadian arts funding and the CBC. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000
ISBN 10: 0889842116 ISBN 13: 9780889842113
Seller: G W Jackson, St.Marys, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. This is a tight clean copy. 93pp.
Published by The Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Signed
Eighth printing. Softcover. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A tight near fine copy in wrappers and with publisher bookmark laid in. Signed and inscribed by Brandis on the title page.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1991
ISBN 10: 0889841292 ISBN 13: 9780889841291
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Marcogliese Catherine (illustrator). Ex Library. Ex-library with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Based on the opera by Mozart, lovely illustrations. Nice copy.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1992
ISBN 10: 0889841373 ISBN 13: 9780889841376
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Quality Paperback. Condition: As New (Book Condition). As new. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.
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Published by Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1989
ISBN 10: 0889841144 ISBN 13: 9780889841147
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by both Urquhart and Dault. A near fine copy, dustwrapper protected by mylar. Book.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2004
ISBN 10: 0889842418 ISBN 13: 9780889842410
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
First Edition Signed
Quality Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. New. Signed by Carmine Starnino.
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Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2004
ISBN 10: 0889842477 ISBN 13: 9780889842472
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 128 pp. Octavo. Duet, a vivid and comic account of a stubbornly unromantic romance, is the story of Carman, a retired Toronto policeman, who takes to wandering in the wake of his wife's death. On a whim, he rents a cottage north of Kingston from Norma, the cantankerous proprietor of a rural junk-shop. Sex and death haunt the undergrowth as Carman and Norma grumble and feud, and against the grain of their bad temper begin to create a precarious friendship. Duet is a beautiful novella, but one without prettiness; David Helwig demonstrates a subtle sense of humanity through his creation of two of the prickliest customers in Canadian fiction. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves, front and back. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2006
ISBN 10: 0889842868 ISBN 13: 9780889842861
Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Signed
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Canadian First. First Edition, First Printing as evidenced by a complete number line from 1 to 4; inscribed by David Helwig on the half-title page: "for dear Michael who is in it! Birthday wishes, David;" some edge wear to card covers; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; internal evidence suggests that Michael is playwright Michael Mercer. Signed by Author(s). Book.
Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999
ISBN 10: 0889842094 ISBN 13: 9780889842090
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 152 pp. Octavo. Movement is the key to this collection. The settings for the stories in Aquarium range from metropolis to hamlet, from a Florida retirement community to a northern Ontario reserve on the brink of freeze-up. The people in Aquarium are as varied as its locales; the characters are landlords, actors, drinkers, painters, teachers, doctors, steelworkers, fishermen, students, shopkeepers, weathermen, clerks and security guards. Couples are a recurrent theme: the dreams and devices by which lovers join or drift apart. Winner of the Third Annual Danuta Gleed Award (2000). Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves, front and back. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005
ISBN 10: 0889842655 ISBN 13: 9780889842656
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 64 pp. Octavo. A charming alphabet book, beautifully illustrated, by one of Canada's most renowned poets. Ideal for very young children, and for P. K. Page fans of all ages. But this isn't an ordinary alphabet book, filled with words we all know that go with things we see every day. This alphabet book is special. It's for children and adults who would like to tell a kamichi from a tatu. It speaks English, but it knows a few words of Portuguese. It's written by P. K. Page, one of Canada's most celebrated poets. And it is illustrated with pictures that your great-great-grandmother might have seen as a child. Page has used words that she remembers from her years in Brazil -- words that become refrains in her Brazilian Journal, words that were among the first Portuguese she learned. The illustrations are old engravings, found in forgotten books and century-old magazines. The dona de casa plucks lice from her children's scalps, macacos grin and a thin moon looms in the janela. Grab your zabumba and beat it all the way to the fazenda, with P. K. Page as your guide. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves front and back. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: The Porcupine's Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009
ISBN 10: 0889843163 ISBN 13: 9780889843165
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 64 pp. Octavo. The eighth in an on-going, near thirty-year collaboration between Stratford wood engraver Gerard Brender a Brandis and the Porcupine's Quill that started in 1980 with the publication of Wood, Ink & Paper, which has sold almost 5000 copies in 28 years. Twenty-four new engravings which depict all 27 musical instruments mentioned in Shakespeare. A companion volume to A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare (PQL 2006). Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves front and back.
Published by Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002
ISBN 10: 088984254X ISBN 13: 9780889842540
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. As New in As New jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.208 First friend, first love, first sex, inklings of vocation: all the elements of the Bildungsroman are here in this book. clean tight unread copy.
Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000
ISBN 10: 0889842159 ISBN 13: 9780889842151
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 160 pp. Octavo. Paul Glennon makes a commanding debut with a writing style that is both quirky and elusive. His stories -- strange, yet funny -- are about madmen, paranoiacs and the allegorically burdened. For the characters in these stories life is a board game to which we have lost, or perhaps never had, the instructions. Their predicaments are impossible, absurd but strangely genuine. A husband wonders if his wife has always been made of wood. A scientist suspects his left hand is plotting against him. A tourist visits a museum dedicated to his own failed romance. The world is trying to communicate something to these characters, but they cannot interpret it. These stories navigate an unusual course between science fiction, satire and psychology. It makes for a journey that is strange, disturbing and surreally comic. Shortlisted for the City of Ottawa Book Award (2001) and the ReLit Award in Short Fiction (2001). Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves, front and back. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2004
ISBN 10: 0889842396 ISBN 13: 9780889842397
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 208 pp. Octavo. In stories of stark passion and haunting trauma, Contrary Angel finds an acute clarity in those moments when human desires meet the sorcery of the world. The stories are exuberantly diverse in both subject matter and technique, as evidenced by a few of their titles: `Urchipelago', `Karaoke Mon Amour', `Cogagwee', `Do Not Stand Outside the Grande Restaurant.' They take us from the brilliant career of the runner Tom Longboat to the comic machinations of a peeping Tom landlord. The final four-story sequence, `Doctors', follows an Egypt-obsessed girl from a savage childhood incident through her `running' years as an athlete, traveller, wife and doctor, culminating in a devastating encounter in an operating room in the middle of the night. Stories from Contrary Angel have appeared twice in The Journey Anthology, twice in Best Canadian Stories, and won the Silver Medal at the National Magazine Awards. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves, front and back. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupine's Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002
ISBN 10: 0889842507 ISBN 13: 9780889842502
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 200 pp. Octavo. The Wellington of Sharon English's debut collection is a city unmistakably like her hometown of London, Ont. A linked-story exploration of teenage angst and folly, this book would likely make its author the main event at her high-school reunion - if she dared to show. In the tidy suburb of Greenview, Germaine Stevens joins her friend Jackie in a darkened bedroom. Jackie may have "an idiot" for a dad - but a useful one. He's a drug wholesaler with a station wagon full of samples. To the raw tones of Meat Loaf, the girls pop tabs of Probene "for the relief of stress, anxiety and mental agitation." Barely graduated from building snow forts, the two now collaborate on bedroom shrines to flamed-out rock stars. Jimi Hendrix gets a black baby doll mummified in gauze; Jim Morrison sulks from a poster with X's taped over his eyes. Germaine ("Germ" to her dearest) is our jaded guide to a life cursed with two-faced parents, laughable teachers and gag-making, uncool schoolmates - such as Debbie, who whispers in French class with minty breath, "It's freaky . but I really feel Tony's my destiny." She's even got the diamond to prove it. Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves, front and back. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Erin, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005
ISBN 10: 0889842612 ISBN 13: 9780889842618
Seller: The Porcupine's Quill, Erin, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original printed wraps. 232 pp. Octavo. `Margaret Avison is a national treasure. For many decades she has forged a way to write, against the grain, some of the most humane, sweet and profound poetry of our time.' -- Griffin Poetry Prize (Judges' Citation). Printed offset by Tim Inkster on the Heidelberg KORD at the printing office of the Porcupine's Quill in the Village of Erin, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Smyth sewn into 16-page signatures with hand-tipped endleaves front and back.