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Hope in the Desperate Hour (signed)
by Richards, David Adams
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 077107459X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771074592
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto / Boston, New York: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1996. First printing. Signed by author on title page. French wraps, lightly rubbed on ends of spine, lightly creased on top corners of flap folds, crease in front lower corner, faint smudge on bottom edge, previous owner's initial in ink on ffep, else very good plus.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No DJ. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
David Adams Richards was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, in 1950. He has published ten acclaimed novels, including the award-winning Miramichi trilogy – Nights Below Station Street , winner of the 1988 Governor General’s Award; Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (1990), winner of the Canadian Authors Association Award; and For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (1993), winner of the Thomas Raddall Award – Hope in the Desperate Hour (1996), The Bay of Love and Sorrows (1998), and, most recently, Mercy Among the Children (2000), co-winner of the prestigious Giller Prize. In 1993, Richards received the Canada-Australia Prize. Richards has also published three non-fiction books, most recently the Governor General’s Award-winning fishing memoir Lines on the Water (1998), and has written Gemini Award-winning screenplays for the CBC-TV adaptations of his novels For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down and Nights Below Station Street . “Small Gifts,” his original screenplay for CBC-TV, won a Gemini Award and the New York International Film Festival Award for Best Script. Richards now lives in Toronto with his wife, Peggy, and their two sons. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003808
- Title
- Hope in the Desperate Hour (signed)
- Author
- Richards, David Adams
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 077107459X
- ISBN 13
- 9780771074592
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Toronto / Boston, New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- David Adams Richards
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian;
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