Pluck Tapa dura - 1983

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 362 pages; inscribed and signed by Webb on the title page; book gently read, clean and unmarked; DJ bumped along edges, several very tiny chips, two tiny tears. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good -.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. Author's first novel - Co-winner of the 1983 Seal First Novel Award. " Max Kastner, reporter for the New Thames Review, is sure he has a story. He knows the cast of characters, but what he cannot guess is the crime they all share..." This novel opens in Cambridge in the 1930's. Attractive brown boards with bold gilt title print to spine - deep tan endpapers. No ownership markings. Dust jacket has been internally repaired - colour lifted where price-sticker had been removed. Illustrated jacket by Glenn Priestly.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983. HC and DJ. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4. ISBN:0-7710-8900-7. 362 pp. Author's first novel. Co-winner of the 1983 Seal First Novel Award. The story of 5 youths who share a strong bond of friendship centered on their admiration and love for the charismatic, sometimes feckless John Pluck. Mush later in their lives, they are bound by a terrible secret. Webb's novel explores the dynamics of a long-standing loyalty an d charts the tensions and violence that eventually splits it apart. Dj has a bit of wear to edges - small tears and creases, otherwise bright and clean. New mylar protector. Price clipped. Binding in near lovely cond. Slight spine tilt. Beige endpapers - pristine. No former owner's name. Text in good clean, unmarked cond. A lovely copy of this important first novel, first edition.. First Edition. HC and DJ. Good/Good.

Toronto, Ont: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0771089007 . Brown hard covers, bold gilt titles to the spine. In very good+ condition, tight, bright unmarked. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is price clipped with spine end chipping, light rubbing to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages .

McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1983, Fine Hardcover / Very Good Dustjacket, 362 pages, 5.75" x 8.75", edgewear on dustjacket, otherwise clean and tight. Cover Art by Glenn Priestly

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, in jacket with only the tiniest traces of wear at extremities. A bright, clean copy, signed on the title page. Winner 1983 Seal First Novel Award..