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Drifting Home (Signed First Edition)
by Berton, Pierre [1920-2004]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771011954
- ISBN 13
- 9780771011955
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Ltd, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Mustard cloth over boards, title stamped in blind onto upper board, title stamped in gilt onto spine, medium duodecimo, 7-3/4" x 5-3/4", all edges trimmed, headbands, map illustrated endpapers, pp.174 and 24 pages of photos. Faint erasure on front pastedown under DJ front flap, else fine in a very good jacket that shows rubbing, short closed tears and minor creases with some fading to spine. Pierre Berton, his wife and family of seven children, paddle the Yukon river, following the same route as Berton's father took in 1898. Signed and dated Nov. '73 by the author on the half-title page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 685
- Title
- Drifting Home (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- Berton, Pierre [1920-2004]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0771011954
- ISBN 13
- 9780771011955
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Signed Books;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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