Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 319 p. 20 cm. Brown card covers. Small tears and crease in rear cover. Spine a bit faded. Includes: A Note on Modernism, by Charles G. D. Roberts; The Fly-Wheel Lost, by E. J. Pratt; In Defence of Poverty, by Leslie Roberts; Nudes and Prudes, by Bertram Brooker; Thoughts on Radio, by Merrill Denison; etc. Brief bios at rear.
Softcover. Condition: Fair. 319 p. 20 cm. Yellow paper covers. Front cover detached, rear cover nearly detached and taped to spine spine creased and darkened with a few small spots. Ink signature and slightly chipped corner to first leaf. Ink notes in Contents. Includes Charles G. D. Roberts, E. J. Pratt, and many others, including An Unknown Soldier.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Hard cover. Pages are slightly darkened with age, otherwise clean and tight. Binding and cover are good. Dust jacket is discolored and edge worn. One of the flaps has a 5" tear at crease. Corners are clipped. 319 pages.
Published by Graphic Publishers Limited, 1931
Seller: St. Michael's Museum, Miramichi, NB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Plain black hardcover with gold text on spine. Yellow dust jacket with black text. Book is in very good condition while jacket is in poor condition with multiple tears. 319 pages.
Published by Graphic Publishers Limited, Ottawa, 1931
Seller: Reeve & Clarke Books (ABAC / ILAB), South River, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. black publisher's cloth; lettering in gilt on spine; gilt is bright; hinges tight; spine is square; 319 pages; numerous essays including topics as varied as Monstrosties of the Movies, Nudes and Prudes, Drunken Imperialism, The Importance of the Immaterial, The Fallacy of Youth etc.; no edge wear; spine and top half inch of front board sunned otherwise very good.
Published by Graphic Publishers, Limited, Ottawa, 1931
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 8vo [200 × 140 mm]. pp. 319. Black cloth, gilt. Former owner's name on the front free endpaper; otherwise clean interior. Dust jacket bumped at the corners, worn along the top edge, and with a darkened spine. Pages uncut. First edition (Quinton 2012, 13).
Published by Graphic Publisher's Limited, Ottawa, 1931
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Full black cloth. 319 pp. Some unopened signatures. Foxing to edges of text block. Soiling to top edge. Dust jacket cropped to flaps (not price clipped), sunned to extremiies, light bumping to edges. Open House is an experiment in free speech. OUr newspapers and magazines are conservative, possibly over-cautious concerning new or liberal ideas. So the editors asked the members of the Writers Club to submit articles attacking anything or advocating anything they felt to be in the public interest.