Through the Ivory Gate.
by (ATWOOD, Margret; association copy)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Pantheon, (1992). First edition. Octavo, black boards backed in brown cloth, pp. [279]. A novel by the former Poet Laureate of the United States of America. Inscribed to Canadian poet and novelist Margaret Atwood, "for Margaret- in deep admiration and in friendship- Rita Dove / 23 Oct 92". Dove and Atwood read at a poetry reading in Toronto on this date. Near fine in dust jacket..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2868
- Title
- Through the Ivory Gate.
- Author
- (ATWOOD, Margret; association copy)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Pantheon, (1992). First edition.
- Keywords
- LITA-L; RITA DOVE; MARGARET ATWOOD
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Tamworth, Ontario
About Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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