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My Present Age
by Vanderhaeghe, Guy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771598149
- ISBN 13
- 9780771598142
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1984. -----Brown cloth with gilt on spine, headband, 239 pages, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, Guy Vanderhaeghe's first novel, the scan you see is the book you get. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Ken Danby . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
My Present Age is the title of a Canadian novel by Guy Vanderhaeghe which was first published in 1984. This was Vanderhaeghe's first full-length novel after his Governor General's Award-winning debut, the short story collection Man Descending. My Present Age is a continuation of one of the short stories from that earlier volume, "Sam, Soren and Ed", and focuses on the character of Ed. In the novel, Ed is trying to reclaim his life after his wife, Victoria, leaves him.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004372
- Title
- My Present Age
- Author
- Vanderhaeghe, Guy
- Illustrator
- Ken Danby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0771598149
- ISBN 13
- 9780771598142
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Vanderhaeghe, Guy, ....Brown cloth with gilt on spine, headband, 239 pages, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, Guy Vanderhaeghe's first novel, any image directly beside this lisitng is the actual book and not a stock photo!
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor; CanLit;
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Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
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