Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
Fifth Business is a 1970 novel by Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies. It is the first installment of the Deptford Trilogy and is a story of the life of the narrator, Dunstan Ramsay. It is Davies' best-known novel, and considered his finest. First published by Macmillan of Canada in 1970, Fifth Business was selected 40th on the American Modern Library's "reader's list" of the 100 best novels of the 20th century.
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Fifth Business
by DAVIES, Robertson
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Softcover
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- 9780140034875
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$20.00
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(England): Penguin Books, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned, some pages dog-eared, creasing on wrappers, else very good. A novel part of The Deptford trilogy. Item Price
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Fifth Business
by ROBERTSON DAVIES
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- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Potomac, Maryland, USA
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$225.00
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First Edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with slight wear to the edges. Blue lettered mustard cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 8vo. Overall, a lovely and fine copy.
Book one of Davies' lauded Deptford Trilogy. Davies drew on his interest in Jungian psychology to create Fifth Business, a novel that relies heavily on Davies' own experiences, his love of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fifth Business (Deptford Trilogy)
by Davies, Robertson
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1977
- ISBN
- 9780140043877
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Maplewood, Missouri, USA
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$6.50
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Penguin Books, 1977. very good mass market paperback. 1977.. Mass Market Paper Back. Very Good. Item Price
$6.50
Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies (author); Gail Godwin (introduction)
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Glued binding
- ISBN
- 9780141186153
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Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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$10.00
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Minor wear to the edges and corners. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Item Price
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Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 4th Printing
- Published
- 1971
- ISBN
- 9780670312139
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- 1
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Cheverie, Nova Scotia, CAN
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$12.00
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Second Printing. Mustard yellow boards with brown quarter binding, mustard yellow and black lettering on spine. Brown endpapers. Light age staining to back of dust jacket. small tear on top back edge. A nice clean copy for a collector Item Price
$12.00
Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
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- New
- Published
- 1970-11-23
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670312139
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San Diego, California, USA
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$100.74
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Viking Adult, 1970-11-23. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
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FIFTH BUSINESS
by Davies, Robertson
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670312139
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- 1
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, CAN
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$20.00
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New York: The Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0670312134 . DJ and boards show shelf wear, tape marks on FFEP and BFEP. ; A tight solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Deptford Trilogy #1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; "This is the first book of the Deptford… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Manticore
by Davies, Robertson
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Published
- 1972
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780770508913
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- 1
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Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, CAN
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$7.39
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Macmillan, 1972. Hardcover. Good/good.
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Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Cloth
- ISBN
- 9780517561133
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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$22.17
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Toronto: Macmillan, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 314 pp. First edition, second state with corrected Contents page. Dustjacket has $6.95 price and no number on spine. Some age toning to pages, book is slightly cocked; dustjacket is worn and chipped at head and tail of spine, along lower edge of front panel and at corners. Still… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Third printing
- Published
- 1971
- ISBN
- 9780670312139
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- 1
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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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$8.00
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1971. Third printing. Hardcover, 8vo., 308 pp. Very good in good dust jacket. Previous owner's name to front flyleaf; contents otherwise clean and unmarked. 1-inch closed snag to top edge of front panel of DJ; wear to upper and lower spine-ends; fading to rear wrap. Item Price
$8.00
Fifth Business
by DAVIES, ROBERTSON
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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$350.00
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue lettered mustard cloth in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. This copy inscribed "Robertson Davies for Douglas (?) Gibson cofion gorau--------No, no! What am I thinking of ---for John Gibson of course!" First and most famous book… Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00
Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- Second Printing.
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670312139
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- 1
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Port Robinson, Ontario, CAN
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$23.00
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Viking Adult, 1971. Mustard yellow boards with brown quarter binding, mustard yellow and black lettering on spine. Brown endpapers. Previous owner's sticker and inked numbers on upper right Ffep. Deckled foredge. Lovely clean condition with the merest hint of a stain on the upper right corner of the front cover. Dust jacket has a tones of brown photograph of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
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- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780670312139
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$11.49
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Sewn
- ISBN
- 9780670312139
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- 1
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Yucca Valley, California, USA
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$28.00
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Viking Press hardcover, 308 pp, January 1971: Second printing, dust jacket suffers tiny closed tear on top edge of back cover and with slight chipping/scuffs at top of dust jacket, tight binding, clean text, a very good reading copy. Item Price
$28.00
Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, CAN
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$69.95
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Toronto: MacMillan, 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 314 pages. "Davies combines his comic and story-telling abilities with his force as a critic and scholar to creat his most brilliant and most important novel." - from dust jacket. Orange cloth-covered boards. Prior owner's name at top of half-title page else… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- Edition Not Stated
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670312139
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- 1
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Ashland, Oregon, USA
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$37.50
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New York: The Viking Press, 1970. Edition Not Stated . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 1" tear to top, front dust jacket, edge wear.
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Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies
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- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 2001
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780141186153
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- 1
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$6.11
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Penguin Publishing Group, 2001. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
$6.11
9 Color Charts with 11 Examples of Camouflage Schemes.
by Davies, Robertson
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780140043877
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- 1
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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$6.51
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Penguin Group, 1977. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
$6.51
Fifth Business
by Robertson Davies
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780141186153
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Southport, Merseyside, GBR
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$17.67
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Paperback / softback. New. Item Price
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Fifth Business
by Davies, Robertson
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- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- 1
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
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$20.00
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Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1970. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. 314. 8vo. Bound in orange cloth, with metallic blue lettering to spine. Scar to rear endpapers from tape removal, else very good, in rubbed, very good dustjacket. With Table of Contents corrected, thus second state, first edition. The dust jacket has $6.95 price, and lacks the BOMC notice, and numbers… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00