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Tin Roof: Michael Ondaatje ( # 41 of 50 SIGNED hardcover Copies)( later collected in: Secular Love and The Cinnamon Peeler )
by Ondaatje, Michael (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good (see description)/No Jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0919479936
- ISBN 13
- 9780919479937
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
British Columbia: Lantzville, British Columbia: Island Writing Series, 1982, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1982. ----------( 1st printing of the LIMITED First EDITION ) hardcover, a solid Fair to Good only exlibrary copy, external wear and rubbing mainly to the edges and tips with show through to cardboard under the 'cloth', the publisher calls this a cloth binding but it is really more of a composite covering a la faux leather, signed by Ondaatje on the title page as called for, this has been numbered 41 on the copyright page, clearly a very rare edition of a scarce Ondaatje poetic offering, library marks and stamps and pocket in the book, no library marks on the boards, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (see description)/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by No Dustjacket as Issued. 5.75w x 8.75h Inches.
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- Seller
- Leonard Shoup
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 169981
- Title
- Tin Roof: Michael Ondaatje ( # 41 of 50 SIGNED hardcover Copies)( later collected in: Secular Love and The Cinnamon Peeler )
- Author
- Ondaatje, Michael (signed)
- Illustrator
- No Dustjacket as Issued
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (see description)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0919479936
- ISBN 13
- 9780919479937
- Publisher
- Lantzville, British Columbia: Island Writing Series, 1982, 1st Edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication
- British Columbia
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 5.75w x 8.75h Inches
- Keywords
- Ondaatje, Michael (signed), Davbat
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Literature Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Leonard Shoup
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About the Seller
Leonard Shoup
Biblio member since 2003
Burlington, Ontario
About Leonard Shoup
We have a complete range of second-hand and out-of-print books, specializing in the topics listed on our home page. We have been full time booksellers for 25+ years.
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- Edges
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Cloth
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