Enchantment and Sorrow: The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy Tapa dura - 1987

Univ of Toronto Pr, 1987. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Key Porter Books, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Brand: Univ of Toronto Pr, 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good.

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0886191017 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, light creasing of DJ. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.8 inches; 415 pages; In the years before her death Gabrielle Roy began her autobiography but unfortunately death took her before she could finish. "This, then, is the story of the first thirty years of Gabrielle Roy's life, her discovery of herself as an individual, and gradually, her vocation as a writer." The original French version was published in 1984 as 'La Détresse et l'enchantment'. .

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. ix, 414. Thick 8vo. Publisher's brown boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Light edgewear, contents bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good+ and housed in very good lightly shelfworn dustjacket.

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys [0-88619-101-7] 1987. (Hardcover) 414pp. Very good in near fine dust jacket. The spine is lightly faded and cocked, there is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper, and there is a crack in the text block at page 130. "Shortly before her death, one of Canada's greatest writers finally set aside fictional characters and told her own story. This candid portrayal of Gabrielle Roy's first 30 years - from her poverty-filled childhood in St. Boniface, Manitoba, as one of 8 children, through her travels in Europe on the brink of war, to her return home just a few years before she began writing the Tin Flute - is an honest, deeply moving account of a young woman's search for a purpose... And a voice". Biography of Gabrielle Roy. Locale: Manitoba--Canada; Prairie Provinces; St. Boniface--Manitoba; Western Canada. (Biography, Autobiography, Franco-Manitobains, French Canadian, Novelists, Women Writers).

Lester & Orpen Dennys. Very Good+. 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0886191017 . Stated First Edition. Brown Hardcovers in Very Good++ condition with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. An light outline of a circle on the front cover. The DJ is in Fine condition and is protected by a clear plastic cover. ; 9.10 X 6.30 X 1.80 inches; 415 pages; Box 18 .

Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys Ltd., 1987. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated from the French by Patricia Claxton. Foreword by Francois Ricard. Translator's Note. Roy had intended for this work to consist of three or four parts. Sadly, she was only able to complete the first two before she died in 1983. 410 pp. plus The Author. Book has as-new gilt text on spine. Spine ends are slightly rubbed and there are 2 tape marks on front and rear ep's. If this book comes to you, you will be the first to read it. Unclipped and unpriced DJ has very light edge wear around spine ends and a scratch mark across rear panel. Book weighs over 2 lb. and may require extra shipping. Bookseller's Inventory # 154423.

Univ of Toronto Pr, 1987-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!