The Kite
by Mitchell, W. O
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1962. Hardcover. very good. First Edition. [vi],210pp. Octavo in original olive green cloth. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Minor shelf wear on top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, some chips and small closed tears. Very good condition The second novel by the celebrated Canadian author. A humourous and beautiful novel about life in Canada. 1962
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107222
- Title
- The Kite
- Author
- Mitchell, W. O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Canadian Lit.
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Aquila Books
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About Aquila Books
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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