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Wild Gooseberries, the Selected Letters of Irving Layton
by Layton, Irving;Mansbridge, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771594240
- ISBN 13
- 9780771594243
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Macmillan of Canada. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0771594240 . Pink hardcovers / black titles to the spine in Near Fine condition. A bright, unmarked text with a tight binding. Very light sunning to the top edges of the covers. First Edition. The DJ is unclipped and also in Near Fine condition. "Poet Irving Layton 's letters may be strong-flavored & acerbic . Or juicy & enjoyable . Depending on whether they were written in the heat of the moment . Or after careful reflection . They might be savoured; or hurled at a Philistine . These eminently readable letters show Layton in every mood . Audacious, pugnacious, celebratory, condemnatory, playful, thoughtful." ; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1.20 inches; 424 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19006
- Title
- Wild Gooseberries, the Selected Letters of Irving Layton
- Author
- Layton, Irving;Mansbridge, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771594240
- ISBN 13
- 9780771594243
- Publisher
- Macmillan of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0771594240, Canadian Author, Correspondence
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Autobiography & Memoirs;
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Bytown Bookery
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Vars, Ontario
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