The Cunning Man
by DAVIES, Robertson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670859117
- ISBN 13
- 9780670859115
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Viking Penguin. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 0670859117 . A first printing of the American edition of Robertson Davies's final novel, the second in his incomplete "Toronto Trilogy." This is a memoir of the holistic physician Dr. Jonathan Hullah, who finds ways ("cunningly") to effect cures in otherwise incurable patients. This work first published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart in 1994. --- In teal paper-covered boards backed in black cloth with spine titling in gilt. Jacket features Jill Krementz photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound and unmarked, though with a little discoloration to cloth. Unclipped jacket in good shape: intact and bright but with a little rubbing; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 31231; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 469 pages .
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
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86078
- Title
- The Cunning Man
- Author
- DAVIES, Robertson
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670859117
- ISBN 13
- 9780670859115
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0670859117, CANADA
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