The Dainty Monsters
by Ondaatje, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2 Copies Available from This Seller
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About This Item
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1967. Hardcover. near fine. 1st limited edition. 77,(2)pp. Original brown cloth boards. Mustard endpapers. Clean, tight text block. Unclipped dust wrapper, with only very mild wear. Overall a very attractive copy. near fine Limited edition of 500. A very nice copy of Ondaatje's first published work, who would later go on to win the Booker prize in 1992. 1967
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131737
- Title
- The Dainty Monsters
- Author
- Ondaatje, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Publisher
- Coach House Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Ondaatje|Poetry|Canadian Literature|First Books
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.