Toronto, Canada: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1947. Book. Illus. by Stewart, Clair - decorations. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. 204 pp, 1" x 1.5" bookstore plate inside lower hinge pastedown, narrow plain white (3/4" x 4") across top of fr pastedown along with very light trace-stain of previous owner's bookplate removed. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, cover cloth with very light wear at the bottom spine 1/32", silver spine letters VG. DJ with faintly darkened spine & minor wear, unclipped in protector. .

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007115
Title: The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks
Author: Davies, Robertson
Illustrator: Stewart, Clair - decorations
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited
Place of Publication: Toronto, Canada
Date Published: 1947
Size: Small Octavo
Keywords: fiction - Canadian author Robertson Davies
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE;

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West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.

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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...
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