The Lyre of Orpheus
by DAVIES, Robertson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771599196
- ISBN 13
- 9780771599194
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1988. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. 472 p. 24 cm. The third in a series of novels exploring the life and influence of Francis Cornish, preceded by "The Rebel Angels" (1981) and "What's Bred in the Bone" (1985). Black hardcover in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Darkening to interior hinges. Light shelf wear. Top edge speckled. Signed by author on title.
Synopsis
Robertson Davies (1913-1995) had three successive careers during the time he became an internationally acclaimed author: actor, publisher, and, finally, professor at the University of Toronto. The author of twelve novels and several volumes of essays and plays, he was the first Canadian to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141522
- Title
- The Lyre of Orpheus
- Author
- DAVIES, Robertson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0771599196
- ISBN 13
- 9780771599194
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- literature, fiction, Francis Cornish, Canadian Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Literature;
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