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The Flying Canoe
by Carrier, Roch
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0887766366
- ISBN 13
- 9780887766367
- Seller
-
Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Tundra Books. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0887766366 . [24] p. 28.5 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in glossy, illustrated boards. Slightly rubbed. Except for the author's inscription, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 1" closed tear at the head of the spine. The edges of the jacket are curling a little and it is lightly rubbed. Not price clipped. The retelling of a Quebec folklore story about an eleven year old named Baptiste and his magic canoe that takes him and some lumberjacks home for the New Year. Translated into English by Sheila Fischman. Illustrated in full colour. Signed and date to a previous owner by Roch Carrier on the back of the front free endpaper. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6570
- Title
- The Flying Canoe
- Author
- Carrier, Roch
- Illustrator
- Sheldon Cohen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0887766366
- ISBN 13
- 9780887766367
- Publisher
- Tundra Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- 0887766366
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Canadian;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Homeward Bound Books
Biblio member since 2011
Campbellcroft, Ontario
About Homeward Bound Books
Homeward Bound Books is an online bookshop operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario. We specialize in children's and illustrated books – collectible and reading copies; and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. We have thousands of books yet to be catalogued. So, please contact us to be added to our client list, and we will let you know when we have books of interest to you. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.
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