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A Mixture of Frailties
by Davies, Robertson
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/good
- Seller
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About This Item
Toronto: Macmillan, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/good. Signed first edition of A Mixture of Frailties by Robertson Davies.. Octavo, 379pp. Tan cloth, title on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, dust remnant to top edge, toning to rear endpaper, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, price-clipped, sunning and chipping to spine, wear along flap folds, faint stain on front panel, tape repair to verso of spine, a good example. Features a rare signature by the author on title page. A Mixture of Frailties is the third novel in The Salterton Trilogy, also including Tempest-Tost and Leaven of Malice.
Synopsis
A Mixture of Frailties, published by Macmillan in 1958, is the third novel in The Salterton Trilogy by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies. The other two novels are Tempest-Tost and Leaven of Malice. The series was also published in one volume as The Salterton Trilogy in 1986. The trilogy revolves around the residents of the imaginary town of Salterton, Ontario. In A Mixture of Frailties Monica Gall is the recipient of an unexpected gift.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12260
- Title
- A Mixture of Frailties
- Author
- Davies, Robertson
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of A Mixture of Frailties by Robertson Davies.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Robertson Davies, Robertson Davies first edition, Robertson Davies signed, Salterton Trilogy, Tempest-Tost, Tempest-Tost first edition, Leaven of Malice, Leaven of Malice first edition, A Mixture of Frailties, A Mixture of Frailties first edition
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