Personal Best: Representative Poems and Prose Passages from the Masters of Written English, in Which They are Judged to Have Been Most Themselves
by Maud, Ralph, Editor
- Used
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good-
- Seller
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
1992. Card Cover. Good+ to Very Good-. A personally chosen anthology of poetry and prose, printed for private circulation, limitation unstated, by Ralph Maud, Department of English, Simon Fraser University, on the occasion of his mother's 91st birthday. Brown card cover with black titling and illustration within a simple border on front, 137 pages. Spine lightly sunned, stained spot on front, two on back, some small sections of border on front haves lost their colour, tiny speck of colour to upper text block edge, interior of book is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016680
- Title
- Personal Best: Representative Poems and Prose Passages from the Masters of Written English, in Which They are Judged to Have Been Most Themselves
- Author
- Maud, Ralph, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Card Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BOOKS ON BOOKS, FICTION, LITERATURE, ANTHOLOGY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books on Books;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
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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....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...