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Island: The Collected Short Stories of Alistair MacLeod
by MacLeod, Alistair
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771055684
- ISBN 13
- 9780771055683
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 2000. Hardcover. fine. 1st edition. 434pp. Octavo. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Text block is tight and clean. Bright copy, as new. fine Includes 16 short stories written in between the years of 1968 and 1999 ranging from "The Boat" to "Clearances". 2000
Synopsis
Alistair MacLeod lives in Windsor, Ontario, and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127897
- Title
- Island: The Collected Short Stories of Alistair MacLeod
- Author
- MacLeod, Alistair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 3
- ISBN 10
- 0771055684
- ISBN 13
- 9780771055683
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Canadian Lit.|Canadian Literature
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