The Broken Ark: A Bookof Beasts
by ONDAATJE, MICHAEL [Ed]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa: Oberon Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Tony Urquhart. Folio. Brown cloth with black decoration to front board and black lettering to the spine. Ink stamp of Albright Manor to the colophon, with evidence of label removal to the spine of the jacket, no other markings or evidence of a ex library copy. This copy with a bookplate signed Al Purdy to the front endpaper. Al Purdy's copy. Book in great shape, jacket with light edge-wear. With contributions by several known Canadian poets, including Atwood, Purdy, Le Pan, Johnston, MacEwen, etc.
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- Seller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 46834
- Title
- The Broken Ark: A Bookof Beasts
- Author
- ONDAATJE, MICHAEL [Ed]
- Illustrator
- Tony Urquhart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oberon Press
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Canadian Poetry, Anthologies, Illustrated Books
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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