Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1960. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, undated other than the copyright date of 1960, but this is McClelland's later uniform edition with shamrock green DJ with celtic knots in each corner, 222 pages; elegant book in blue cloth with very bright and clear gilt spine lettering, very gently used, tight in binding, not a trace of shelf wear other than gentle bumps to spine ends, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages exceptionally fresh and white, DJ also gently bumped at spine ends, but no chips or tears. See also our other Moore titles (buy two or more and save on postage!).. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

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Brian Moore emigrated from Northern Ireland in 1948 and wrote his first three novels while living in Canada. His many honours include two Governor General’s Awards, one of which was awarded for The Luck of Ginger Coffey .

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Bookseller: Eric James (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 043919
Title: The Luck of Ginger Coffey
Author: Moore, Brian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
ISBN 10: 0771064462
ISBN 13: 9780771064463
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1960
Keywords: FICTION GENERAL LITERATURE CANADIAN MONTREAL
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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay 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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Uniform Edition: A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...