Each Man's Son
de MacLennan, Hugh (SIGNED)
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- Estado
- Very Good/Very Good
- Librería
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: The Folio, 1951. BOMC/BCE . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Salter (DJ). The story of a Cape Breton doctor and his desire for a son to complete his life. 244 pp. Grey boards have red tiltle box and gilt text/decorations on spine. Bottom corners are bumped, spine ends are rubbed, top edge dyed red, some light age toning on ep's. Unclipped DJ has b/w author portrait by Lida Moser on rear panel, drawings by Salter on front. Chipping around spine ends and corners, shelf wear. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/poet and long-term host at Harbourfront literary events, Greg Gatenby, as witnessed by his signature and the year of this book's acquisition ffep. FlatSIGNED and dated by author in rich purple ink at bottom of title page. Rare and collectible in this state and provenance. Bookseller's Inventory # 133163.
Sinopsis
A major 20th century Canadian author, Hugh MacLennan was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, in 1907. His seven novels and many essays and travel books present a chronicle of Canada that often mediates between the old world of its European cultural heritage and the new world of American vitality and materialism. Among his many honours, he won five Governor General’s Awards. Hugh MacLennan died in Montreal in 1990.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003163
- Título
- Each Man's Son
- Autor
- MacLennan, Hugh (SIGNED)
- Ilustrador
- George Salter (DJ)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- BOMC/BCE
- Editorial
- The Folio
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Lower Beverley Better Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
Sobre Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Flatsigned
- A flatsigned book is signed, and not inscribed, directly on a page of the book, rather than on a bookplate or with an...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
