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HERO OF LESSER CAUSES
by Johnston, Julie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 1895555221
- ISBN 13
- 9781895555226
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: Lester Publishing Limited, 1992. Author's first book. 178 pages. Red cloth covers with gold titles, dedication to previous owner at head of ffep, text is clean and unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine. Decorated dust jacket with white and blue titles, top and base of spine very lightly bumped, very light wear to top and tail edges, VG+.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+.
Synopsis
Julie Johnston received the Governor General’s Award for these her first two books. Her third novel, The Only Outcast , was short-listed for the Governor General’s Award, as was her most recent book, In Spite of Killer Bees . Julie Johnston lives in Peterborough, Ontario.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 203830
- Title
- HERO OF LESSER CAUSES
- Author
- Johnston, Julie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1895555221
- ISBN 13
- 9781895555226
- Publisher
- Lester Publishing Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Canadian Children's Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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- The heel of the spine.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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