Rat Jelly
by Ondaatje, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for some sunning to spine and peripheries, and a bookplate of the Dreadnaught Press. Limited edition of 2000 copies, the hardcover is now quite uncommon..
Synopsis
Rat Jelly is a collection of Ondaatje's poetry, all written between 1967 and 1973. These poems are predominately self-reflexive and explore the relationship between life and art, domestic and personal conflicts, and the destructive potential of artistic inclination. Some poems in this collection: ‘Letters and other worlds’, ‘King Kong meets Wallace Stevens’, ‘Spider blues’, ‘“The gate in his head”’, ‘Burning hills’, ‘White dwarfs’,
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14414
- Title
- Rat Jelly
- Author
- Ondaatje, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- Publisher
- Coach House Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Canadian Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable if customer is not satisfied.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2006
Victoria, British Columbia
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