Vancouver, B.C.: Samm Izdat' Press, 1993. Soft Cover in Wraps. Good+ to Very Good-/Good. Subtitled on title page: "Presented to John Doheny On the Occasion of His Retirement from The Department of English, University of British Columbia, By his Friends, Colleagues, Students and Family." White soft cover without titling, illustrated with a few black and white illustrations and one tipped-in colour plate, 186 pages. Spine sunned, edges less sunned, a few small spots of discolouration on text block edge, interior clean and tight. Tucked into book is an announcement for the retirement party of John Doheny, as well as direction instructions. Dust jacket has edge wear with small closed tears and associated creases, shelf wear, spine and edges sunned, several stains or marks of discolouration. 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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Bookseller: Black Sheep Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016676
Title: Writings for John Doheny
Format/Binding: Soft Cover in Wraps
Book Condition: Used - Good+ to Very Good-
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Samm Izdat' Press
Place of Publication: Vancouver, B.C.
Date Published: 1993
Keywords: BOOKS ON BOOKS, FICTION, RETIREMENT, U.B.C., ANTHOLOGY,
Bookseller catalogs: Books on Books;

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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.

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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...
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....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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.