Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Click for full-size.
The Last Crossing
by Vanderhaeghe, Guy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771087373
- ISBN 13
- 9780771087370
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2002. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. pp.391 clean tight copy slight edge and cornwear with V taped to lower spine Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Synopsis
Guy Vanderhaeghe was born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, in 1951. He is the author of four novels, My Present Age (1984), Homesick (1989), co-winner of the City of Toronto Book Award, The Englishman’s Boy (1996), winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction and the Saskatchewan Book Awards for Fiction and for Best Book of the Year, and a finalist for The Giller Prize and the prestigious International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and, most recently, The Last Crossing (2002), a long-time national bestseller and winner of the Saskatoon Book Award, the Saskatchewan Book Awards for Fiction and for Book of the Year, and the Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, and a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book. He is also the author of three collections of short stories, Man Descending (1982), winner of the Governor’s General’s Award and the Faber Prize in the U.K., and The Trouble With Heroes (1983), and Things As They Are (1992). Acclaimed for his fiction, Vanderhaeghe has also written plays. I Had a Job I Liked. Once. was first produced in 1991, and won the Canadian Authors Association Award for Drama. His second play, Dancock’s Dance , was produced in 1995. Guy Vanderhaeghe lives in Saskatoon, where he is a Visiting Professor of English at S.T.M. College. From the Hardcover edition.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Booked Experiences
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011868
- Title
- The Last Crossing
- Author
- Vanderhaeghe, Guy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0771087373
- ISBN 13
- 9780771087370
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2002
Terms of Sale
Booked Experiences
Books shipped upon payment. Returns are accepted, however return shipping will only be reimbursed if the book is not as described.Heavier books may need more shipping costs. Please email for estimate.
About the Seller
Booked Experiences
Biblio member since 2005
Burlington, Ontario
About Booked Experiences
Used, New and Out of Print Books. Travel, History, Culture,Literature, Nature and many more.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting and Using City Directories
Don’t overlook that old city directory - it is priceless for authors, collectors who focus on specific cities, geneaology, and other niche interests. Learn more...
Collect modern first editions
Biblio is showcasing the top book published every year starting in 1919. See if your favorite modern first edition made the list! Check out our collecting first editions by the year.
