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Book of Mercy Signed by the Author
by Cohen, Leonard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771022069
- ISBN 13
- 9780771022067
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771022069 . KB19...Unpaginated. 50 "psalms" of joy, praise, despair, anger and forgiveness. Signed on the title page. Octavo. 1st edition and 1st Canadian. Dark grey-blue dust jacket with gilt and red has some edge wear, slight bit of wear at top of spine, NOT price clipped. Book itself is clean, square and tight. A lovely copy, scarce signed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11784
- Title
- Book of Mercy Signed by the Author
- Author
- Cohen, Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771022069
- ISBN 13
- 9780771022067
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0771022069, Leonard Cohen, Psalms, Canadian Writers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature,Poetry,Drama; First/Limited/Signed Editions; Canadiana;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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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