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The Stone Diaries.
by Shields, Carol. Inscribed Copy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394223624
- ISBN 13
- 9780394223629
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Random House of Canada, 1993 First edition, first printing in hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed by Ms. Shields on the title page to her good friend Margaret Owen who has her tidy owner's stamp on the front endpaper. True first edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner. Minor spine lean (as usual), faint crease on the front endpaper otherwise fine. Jacket has faint rubbing, minor creasing to flaps. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Jackson
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 250194
- Title
- The Stone Diaries.
- Author
- Shields, Carol. Inscribed Copy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394223624
- ISBN 13
- 9780394223629
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- SIGNED BOOKS BW3-10
Terms of Sale
Ken Jackson
Any book may be returned for any reason. If not as described we will pay shipping both ways.
About the Seller
Ken Jackson
Biblio member since 2005
Calgary, Alberta
About Ken Jackson
We are a family business and have been involved in books since 1971.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Inscribed
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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