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Maria Chapdelaine: In A New Translation By Alan Brown Limited English Edition
by Hemon, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0887762360
- ISBN 13
- 9780887762369
- Seller
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Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0887762360 . Cover is tan colored with lighter tan title on front; light tan lettering on spine. Wheat colored end papers. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Copyright page states: This edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies in English of which this is Copy Number _____; no number is filled in. "Louis Hemon's classic novel of French Canada in a magnificent new edition. A collector's book limited to 1000 numbered copies. Newly illustrated by artist Gilles Tibo in 60 starkly beautiful drawings that evoke the poetry and poignancy of Maria's heroic people. Newly translated by Alan Brown, one of Canada's leading translators, using Hemon's original text; introduced by Quebec writer Roch Carrier in a new appreciation". Really great tale of Canada's, more specifically, Quebec's, settlers and the travails they faced. Oversized 3# ; B&W Illustrations; 9 1/4 x 12 1/2; 93+ pages; Cover has light bumping and edge wear. DJ ha slight edge wear, rubbing/scuffing; in a mylar cover. .
Synopsis
The door opened, and the men of the congregation began to come out of the church at Peribonka.
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- Bookseller
- Pegasusbooks.biz
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12671
- Title
- Maria Chapdelaine: In A New Translation By Alan Brown Limited English Edition
- Author
- Hemon, Louis
- Illustrator
- Gilles Tibo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0887762360
- ISBN 13
- 9780887762369
- Publisher
- Tundra Books
- Place of Publication
- Plattsburgh, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0887762360, Louis Hemon;, Gilles Tibo;, Art;, Artists;, Limited Editions;, Fiction;, Historical Fiction;, Canada;, Canadian History;
Terms of Sale
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