Lord Nelson Tavern by Smith Ray (19 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. The Lord Nelson Tavern: a Halifax watering hole in the early 1960s. The group of young university students who hang out there--a ramshackle coterie of aspiring artists, economists, poets, and philosophers--come together to gossip and ponder the big questions of art and life, all the while pining after the vain and untouchable Francesca. Though these friends soon drift apart, their early rivalries, jealousies and conquests will continue to reverberate. In the novel's seven interlocking sequences, Ray Smith explores the often decisive and even fatal impact of seemingly innocuous choices upon the course of our lives. With unforgettable scenes that marry the sacred and the profane, and with structural innovations that recall the works of Barthelme and Nabokov, Lord Nelson Tavern is a must-read cult-classic of Canadian fiction.

Quality Paperback. Condition: Fine (Book Condition). First UK. An excellent copy, signed by writer. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Quality Paperback. Condition: Near Fine (Book Condition). First UK. A very nice copy, signed by author. Sunning to spine and top edge. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Quality Paperback. Condition: Fine (Book Condition). First UK. An excellent copy, signed by writer. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Quality Paperback. Condition: Near Fine (Book Condition). First UK. A very nice copy, signed by author. Sunning to spine and top edge. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.]. Book.

Hard bound, first edition, Pp160. Very good+ in very good+, slightly rubbed jacket. 340 grams - ships letter mail. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 188 pp. Light corner wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Editions/First Printings. Softcover originals. 3 Volumes. All fine books in illustrated wrappers. All three books signed by the author on the title page. 1/ Cape Breton is the Thought-Control Centre of Canada. The Porcupine's Quill (1989). Fine book in illustrated wrappers. The first printing of this reprint of Canadian Classics series. Originally published by Anansi Press in 1969. Signed by the author on the title page. 2/ A Night at the Opera. The Porcupine's Quill (1992). First Printing. Fine book in illustrated wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page. 3/ Lord Nelson Tavern. Biblioasis (2014). Fine book in illustrated wrappers. Review copy with publisher stamp to the title page. Signed by the author on the title page. Originally published by McClelland & Stewart in 1974. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First This Edition. 160 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Jacket has light rubbing along the edges. Signed by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: New. The Lord Nelson Tavern: a Halifax watering hole in the early 1960s. The group of young university students who hang out there--a ramshackle coterie of aspiring artists, economists, poets, and philosophers--come together to gossip and ponder the big questions of art and life, all the while pining after the vain and untouchable Francesca. Though these friends soon drift apart, their early rivalries, jealousies and conquests will continue to reverberate. In the novel's seven interlocking sequences, Ray Smith explores the often decisive and even fatal impact of seemingly innocuous choices upon the course of our lives. With unforgettable scenes that marry the sacred and the profane, and with structural innovations that recall the works of Barthelme and Nabokov, Lord Nelson Tavern is a must-read cult-classic of Canadian fiction.

Brown cloth with dust jacket. First Edition. 160 Pp. Signed by the author on the first bank page Some wear to the edges of the binding and the dust jacket.

Hard Cover. First Edition. | Tiny bookstore stamp rear fep, else about fine in a bright, near fine dustjacket w/ minor wear at tips & spinal extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Signed by the author. Book and jacket in near fine condition. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Signed by the author. Book and jacket in near fine condition. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Published 1986 and 1989, binding tight, no markings other than authors inscription D1 4.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | A classic novel of Canadian postmodernism.

First edition. Signed (inscribed) by the author. Hardcover. Top edge foxed, otherwise fine in very good price-clipped dustjacket with some small closed tears along the top edge and some general light wear at the extremities. The paperback is in fine condition, in an added clear archival jacket for this copy. The second book (a novel/collection of linked stories) by the Canadian author of the wonderfully titled "Cape Breton is the thought control centre of Canada". "Lord Nelson Tavern" looks at a group of university students, habitues of a Halifax saloon, who weave in and out of one another's lives over the years. The post-modernist style is heightened with Smith's remarkable control of voice, and the stories are elaborately crafted, playful, and self-referential. The first edition is an interesting association copy inscribed by the author to Australian poet and novelist Roger McDonald, with some references to shared drinking bouts. The paperback copy included here is in the "New Canadian Library" series of modern classics, #158, the copyright page stating 1974, but most likely from the 1980s. It is inscribed by Smith to a woman (first name only) in a humorous, slightly flirtatious manner. Neither inscription is dated, but both likely to have been done in the late 1980s. These copies to be sold as a pair.