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THE LIFE OF PI
by MARTEL, YANN
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0676973760
- ISBN 13
- 9780676973761
- Seller
-
Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
Item Price
NZ$155.80NZ$124.64
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About This Item
Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2001. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: THE FIRST EDITION with all the points. The Canadian edition precedes the American. This copy has three marks on the front cover. And, there is light wear at the base of the spine. Internally, there are the remains of a small name plate on the free endpaper. The jacket has light edge wear at the ends of the folds, and base of the spine. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.
Synopsis
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel. In the story, the protagonist Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives227 days after a shipwreck, while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean. The novel was first published by Knopf Canada in September 2001, and the UK edition won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007000
- Title
- THE LIFE OF PI
- Author
- MARTEL, YANN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0676973760
- ISBN 13
- 9780676973761
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Life of Pi, Canadian Philosophical Novel, Yann Martel, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, Indian Boy, Pondicherry, India, Spirituality, Metaphysics, Shipwreck, Stranded on a Lifeboat, Pacific Ocean, Bengal Tiger, Knopf Canada, September 2001, Man Bo
- Bookseller catalogs
- CANADIANA;
- X weight
- 0.58 kg
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MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
Biblio member since 2004
Uxbridge, Ontario
About MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
I'm an sole proprietor of Maple Ridge Books. I've been selling books for some 22 years. Although my stock is small in numbers, I am very careful to offer books in the best condition possible. I try to keep shipping costs reasonable, which is not easy these days. I am more than willing to send additional photos of books, or provide more details.
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