The Timeless Island and Other Stories
by PERCY, H.R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, ON: The Ryerson Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author; DJ chipped, scuffed with some creasing, top corner a little bumped, gift notation on verso of FFEP ; Signed by Percy on FFEP. DJ in Mylar A tight solid book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 163 pages; The stories run "the gamut of the storyteller's art - from tales of the supernatural... to simple narratives that catch the pathos of everyday life... stories reflecting the author's own experience as a ship's officer." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12021
- Title
- The Timeless Island and Other Stories
- Author
- PERCY, H.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- short stories, Canada
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Fiction; Fiction / Canadian;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...