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Drifting Home (SIGNED); My Times: Living with History 1947-1995 (SIGNED)
by Berton, Pierre
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very Good/Good/ Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771011954
- ISBN 13
- 9780771011955
- Seller
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, 1973. First Editions . Cloth. Fine/very Good/Good/ Near Fine. Offering of two biographical, SIGNED Berton books. 1) . Drifting Home: 1973, McClelland and Stewart, First Edition, 8" X 6", 174 pp. plus 24 pp. photograph album. The recounting of his family's 600 mile, 12 day trip in three rubber rafts from Bennett Lake BC to author's childhood home in Dawson, Yukon. Illustrated with 24 pp. of mostly colour photographs. Book has as-new gilt text on spine only and the title impressed on its front panel. Map ep's. Book has very slight edge wear at spine ends, OW it is as new. Unclipped ($6.95) DJ (G) has been repaired and has edge and surface wear with chipping and creasing. 2) . My Times: Living with History 1917-1995 : 8VO, 1995, Doubleday Canada, 424 pp. plus Index, First Edition. Red cloth covered boards have as-new gilt text on spine only and an impressed typewriter on front panel, decorative ep's, illustrated with B/W photographs. Berton reflects on his media experiences. Book has rubbed base of spine, vertically creased spine and is cocked. Priceclipped DJ has slight edge wear at spine ends. Both books are SIGNED by the author. The two books together weigh nearly 3 lb. and will incur extra shipping costs. Bookseller's Inventory # 180006.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000006
- Title
- Drifting Home (SIGNED); My Times: Living with History 1947-1995 (SIGNED)
- Author
- Berton, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine/very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good/ Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Editions
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0771011954
- ISBN 13
- 9780771011955
- Publisher
- Mcclelland And Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- BERTON, PIERRE, 1920- . HISTORIANS - CANADA - BIOGRAPHY.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- Cloth
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