The Spanish Doctor Tapa dura - 1984

McClelland & Stewart. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! ~ Canadian first edition, first printing. Published by McClelland & Stewart in 1984. Virtually no wear to the jacket! ! Jacket is NOT price clipped. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. A touch of wrinkling to the edges. The book itself is in Fine condition with no bumps or marks. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark. Oversize and heavy items may require additional postage.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984 Presumed first, no number line. Larger book, will have to be sent as parcel.

Toronto: Mcclelland & Stewart, 1984. Book. Near Fine (Book Condition). Hard Cover with Jacket. First Edition. A very nice copy in once read condition. Owner's inscription. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

This book has been read, very minor wear to covers and dust jacket. Previous owner signed first inner page, no other markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases.

"""The story of Avram Halevi of Toledo, a late 14th-century Jewish doctor forced to convert to Christianity at the age of ten. He becomes a physician and surgeon in Montpellier and returns to the poor Jewish sector of his native city to live a dangerous professional life, serving the Christian rich. His relationship with the beautiful, ambitious Gabriela founders as his people are scattered in yet another attack by misguided Christian zealots.

His cousin, Antonio, is cruelly tortured and Halevi euthanizes him in prison. Escaping Toledo, he returns to Montpellier where he finds friends, a wife, a family, and eventually a professorship, but religious rivalry again intervenes through the brutality of a worldly cardinal. Try as he might to remain above the fray of religious and political struggles, Halevi is stripped of all he holds dear… Leer más

DJ fine, some age toning to page edges, as usual, else fine. This book is inscribed to Judy Mappin, the late owner of the legendary Canadian literature-centric Double Hook book store in Montreal. She played a major role in the promotion of Canadian literature, with a seemingly never ending parade of writers through her store.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Larger 8vo. Signed by Author. pp 344. Signed and dedicated by the author on title page.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 344 pp. Signed inscription by the author on the title-page. Some age toning to pages; spine of dustjacket is sunned, else a very nice copy.