This Side Jordan
by Laurence, Margaret
Margaret Laurence was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, in 1926. Upon graduation from Winnipeg’s United College in 1947, she took a job as a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen.From 1950 until 1957 Laurence lived in Africa, the first two years in Somalia, the next five in Ghana, where her husband, a civil engineer, was working. She translated Somali poetry and prose during this time, and began her career as a fiction writer with stories set in Africa.When Laurence returned to Canada in 1957, she settled in Vancouver, where she devoted herself to fiction with a Ghanaian setting: in her first novel, This Side Jordan, and in her first collection of short fiction, The Tomorrow-Tamer. Her two years in Somalia were the subject of her memoir, The Prophet’s Camel Bell.Separating from her husband in 1962, Laurence moved to England, which became her home for a decade, the time she devoted to the creation of five books about the fictional town of Manawaka, patterned after her birthplace, and its people: The Stone Angel, A Jest of God, The Fire-Dwellers, A Bird in the House, and The Diviners.Laurence settled in Lakefield, Ontario, in 1974. She complemented her fiction with essays, book reviews, and four children’s books. Her many honours include two Governor General’s Awards for Fiction and more than a dozen honorary degrees.Margaret Laurence died in Lakefield, Ontario in 1987.
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New York: St. Martins, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Trifle sunned at the foot of the spine else about fine in very good plus dustwrapper with several small nicks and tears, particularly at the spinal extremities. Acclaimed Canadian author's first solely authored book (preceded by an anthology that she edited in Nairobi, where she lived in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of Margaret Laurence's first novel, a Beta Sigma Phi Award winner for best first novel by a Canadian writer. A near fine copy in red cloth, (previous collector's discreet bookplate to the front pastedown), gilt titles to the spine oxidized in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1960. Undetermined. very good. 1st Canadian Edition. [xi], 282pp. Octavo. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Markings and wear near bottom of front cover, especially at edges. Corners slightly bumped and worn. Tight text block. Small red marking on bottom outer edge of text block and leaking a small amount onto… Read more about this item Item Price
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CollectibleGood. Vintage 1960 St. Martin's Press. Appears to be First Edition. Black clothbound hardcover, has light wear and soiling. Jacket included, has heavy wear and tear. Binding solid. Pages have light soiling. Text unmarked. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1960. Date inside both boards. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 282pp. Story set in the Gold Coast just before its indepenedence as Ghana and a schoolteacher's attempts… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited 1960, 1st paperback printing. (Trade paperback) 282pp. Near fine. There is a small triangular chip from the bottom of the spine, otherwise a bright copy protected in a mylar jacket. Locale: ; Ghana. (Literature-Canadian, Description and Travel). Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Red cloth with copper coloured lettering to spine, spine lettering dulled. Book slightly cocked with very lightly rubbed tips. Upper edge of front board a little dusty. Initials in pencil to front paste down, with very small brown scuff to front endpaper. Dust jacket with a few… Read more about this item Item Price
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG. Octavo. Red cloth with copper coloured lettering to spine. Book slightly cocked with very lightly rubbed tips. Front paste-down endpaper with bookseller's ticket to bottom inside corner and evidence of book plate or name plate removal to front paste down, very light. Dust jacket with a few light wrinkles… Read more about this item Item Price
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This Side Jordan (New Canadian library ; no. 126)
by Margaret Laurence
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This Side Jordan
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1960. Bright, colourful illustrated wraps with minor edge wear, crease on front cover next to spine and 1/4" x 3/8" triangle of missing cover paper at bottom of spine, not affecting design; spine square without creases. Also published in hard cover. Canadian author's first novel,. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine.. Item Price
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THIS SIDE JORDAN
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London,, 1961. Second Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very good, with foxing and small binding defect to top edge and bumps to top of spine. Very good dust jacket with creases to top edge.. 8vo. Pp: xi, 281. Second UK edition. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. Ownership stamp to front pastedown. Item Price
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This Side Jordan
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This Side Jordan (New Canadian library ; no. 126)
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