The Lyre of Orpheus
by Davies, Robertson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 067082416X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670824168
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: London Limited Editions / Viking, 1988. Hardcover. fine. 1st UK Edition. 472pp. Octavo in original green cloth backed marbled boards. Gilt lettering on spine and gilt edging on cloth binding. Clean, tight text block, a lovely copy. fine Copy #31 of 150 first editions signed on the limitation page and specially bound. The third volume of the Cornish Trilolgy. 1988
Synopsis
Robertson Davies (1913-1995) had three successive careers during the time he became an internationally acclaimed author: actor, publisher, and, finally, professor at the University of Toronto. The author of twelve novels and several volumes of essays and plays, he was the first Canadian to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130567
- Title
- The Lyre of Orpheus
- Author
- Davies, Robertson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 067082416X
- ISBN 13
- 9780670824168
- Publisher
- London Limited Editions / Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Western Canadiana|Canadian Fiction|Canadian Literature|Canadian Lit.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Marbled boards
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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