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The Acrobats
by Richler, Mordecai
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1954. Mordecai Richler (1931-2001) is recognized as perhaps the finest Canadian author of the mid-20th Century. This is his first book, an uncommon title. Set in post-WWII Spain with a cast of expatriots, it has a very left-bank feel. This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition. Although published in the same year as the English edition, it is much less common. Black cloth binding, with spine lettering in black, red, and gilt. Some very minor wear at the edges, else Fine. Clean text; 246 pages. is bright but has some minor wear at the edges. The very "period" modernist dustjacket is complete and unclipped but has overall soiling, some edgewear, a small chip on the rear, and a 1-1/2" tear to the lower spine. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Minus.
Synopsis
Mordecai Richler was born in Montreal in 1931. The author of ten successful novels, numerous screenplays, and several books of non-fiction, his novel, Barney's Version, was an acclaimed bestseller and the winner of The Giller Prize, the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour, the QSpell Award, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Novel in the Caribbean and Canada region. Richler also won two Governor General’s Awards and was shortlisted twice for the Booker Prize. Mordecai Richler died in Montreal in July 2001. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000116
- Title
- The Acrobats
- Author
- Richler, Mordecai
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Jewish Authors);
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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