HANDWRITING
by Ondaatje, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771068778
- ISBN 13
- 9780771068775
- Seller
-
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/fine. Sm 8vo. Gray cloth, with gilt spine titles. 78 pages. Bookplate on Front FEP. No marks to text. In illustrated dust-jacket (with price intact).
A crisp copy of the first edition, first printing.
A crisp copy of the first edition, first printing.
Synopsis
Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Canada in 1962. He lives in Toronto. Michael Ondaatje's The Cinnamon Peeler , The English Patient , In the Skin of a Lion , Running in the Family , Coming through Slaughter , and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid are available in Vintage paperback.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Waugh Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4650
- Title
- HANDWRITING
- Author
- Ondaatje, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771068778
- ISBN 13
- 9780771068775
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1998
Terms of Sale
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Waugh Books
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- Bookplate
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