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THE ARK IN THE GARDEN - Fables for Our Times
by Manguel, Alberto (editor) (Margaret Atwood; Timothy Findley; Neil Bissoondath; Jane Urquhart; Rohinton Mistry; Yves Beauchemin; Timothy Findley)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 155199030X
- ISBN 13
- 9781551990309
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Macfarlane, Walter and Ross, 1998. Book. Illus. by Shelagh Armstrong-Hodgson;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 63 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine; blue endpapers; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Shelagh Armstrong-Hodgson; interior colour illustrations by: Barry Blitt; Jeff Jackson; Jamie Bennett; Gary Clement; Sandra Dionisi; and Shelagh Armstrong-Hodgson. This anthology contains: A Christmas Lorac by Margaret Atwood; Come Said the Eagle by Neil Bissoondath; The Axe and the Trees by Jane Urquhart; From Plus-Fours to Minus-Fours by Rohinton Mistry; The Banana Wars by Yves Beauchemin; and The Ark in the Garden by Timothy Findley..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 232012
- Title
- THE ARK IN THE GARDEN - Fables for Our Times
- Author
- Manguel, Alberto (editor) (Margaret Atwood; Timothy Findley; Neil Bissoondath; Jane Urquhart; Rohinton Mistry; Yves Beauchemin; Timothy Findley)
- Illustrator
- Shelagh Armstrong-Hodgson;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 155199030X
- ISBN 13
- 9781551990309
- Publisher
- Macfarlane, Walter and Ross
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- xmas; holiday; canadian author; literary; small press; magazine; journal; journalism; canadiana;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- 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...
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