The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
LINDA SPALDING was born in Kansas and lived in Mexico and Hawaii before immigrating to Canada in 1982. She is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, Daughters of Captain Cook, The Paper Wife, and (with her daughter Esta) Mere. Her nonfiction includes The Follow (Canadian title, short-listed for the Trillium Book Award and the Pearson Writers’ Trust Prize, and published in the US as A Dark Place in the Jungle), Riska: Memories of a Dayak Girlhood (shortlisted for the Kiriyama Prize), and Who Named the Knife. She has been awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize for her contribution to the Canadian literary community. The Purchase received Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Award and its Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Spalding lives in Toronto, where she is the editor of Brick magazine.Visit Linda's website at www.lindaspalding.com.
Reviews
Review this book!
Available Copies
More Photos
The Purchase (signed)
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
-
$45.00
Show Details
Description:
Toronto / Boston, New York: McClelland & Stewart, 2012. First printing. Fine. DJ lightly rubbed along top and bottom edge, else very good plus. Winner of the 2012 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. Protected in mylar. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
The Purchase
by Linda Spalding
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781908737519
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
- Item Price
-
$2.51
Show Details
Description:
Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
$2.51
The Purchase
by Linda Spalding
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
- Item Price
-
$24.45
Show Details
Description:
McClelland & Stewart, 2012 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Inscribed by author on title page. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book.. Item Price
$24.45
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wheatfield, New York, USA
- Item Price
-
$50.00
Show Details
Description:
McClelland & Stewart. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771079354 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Light rubbing on edges. Inscribed by author to previous owner on title page. ; 8.30… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 3rd Printing
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, CAN
- Item Price
-
$14.82
Show Details
Description:
McClelland & Stewart, 2012. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 352pp, [6]. Inscribed by the author on title page. Beige boards w crisp gilt lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean and without wear.
Item Price
$14.82
The Purchase
by Linda Spalding
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First United States Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307908414
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Creston, North Carolina, USA
- Item Price
-
$10.00
Show Details
Description:
"The Purchase" - a novel by Linda Spalding. First United Stated Edition 2012. Hardcover in Fine condition with dust jacket Near Fine with small corner crease on the front flap.
Item Price
$10.00
The Purchase
by Linda Spalding
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Mississauga, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
-
$65.00
Show Details
Description:
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2012. First Edition . First Canadian Edition/First Printing. Fine book in a Fine DustJacket. Signed and dated in the year of publication, by the author on the title page. Winner of the 2012 Govenor General's Literary Award.
Item Price
$65.00
The Purchase
by Linda Spalding
- Condition
- Used; Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781908737519
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire, GBR
- Item Price
-
$4.43
Show Details
Description:
Sandstone Press Ltd. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. All orders are… Read more about this item Item Price
$4.43
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wheatfield, New York, USA
- Item Price
-
$8.99
Show Details
Description:
McClelland & Stewart. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0771079354 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Edgewear and rubbing to d/j, creasing to corners of d/j. ; 8.30 X 5.50 X 1.40 … Read more about this item Item Price
$8.99
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780307908414
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
La Porte, Texas, USA
- Item Price
-
$4.99
Show Details
Description:
New York: Pantheon Books, 2013. BX0 - An uncorrected bound galley paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners and light shelf wear. In this hard-edged, starkly beautiful historical novel set in the early 1800s, a Quaker family moves from Pennsylvania to the Virginia frontire, where all their values will be tested by setting up a homestead… Read more about this item Item Price
$4.99
The Purchase: A Novel
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- Canadian First
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
$20.00
Show Details
Description:
Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart, 2012. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Canadian First. Complete number line from 1 to 5; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.. Item Price
$20.00
The Purchase
by Linda Spalding
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307908414
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Item Price
-
$5.99
Show Details
Description:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
$5.99
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Item Price
-
$5.99
Show Details
Description:
McClelland & Stewart, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
$5.99
Purchase: A Novel
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Vg-/Vg Remainder Dot. Faint Stain To Front Board. Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Dj In Mylar Wrap. Pages: 302.
- Jacket Condition
- Vg (See description)
- Edition
- 1st Us Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover.
- ISBN
- 9780307908414
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Vancouver, Washington, USA
- Item Price
-
$16.00
Show Details
Description:
New York: Pantheon Books. Vg-/Vg Remainder Dot. Faint Stain To Front Board. Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Dj In Mylar Wrap. Pages: 302.. 2012. 1st Us Edition. Hardcover.. Item Price
$16.00
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- First American Edition, 1st Printing
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780307908414
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Item Price
-
$14.30
Show Details
Description:
New York, NY: Pantheon, 2012. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear.. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. Item Price
$14.30
The Purchase: A Novel
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
- Item Price
-
$15.00
Show Details
Description:
Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart, 2012. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Second Printing. Minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; winner of the Governor General's award for fiction.. Item Price
$15.00
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780771079368
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, USA
- Item Price
-
$8.97
Show Details
Description:
Emblem Editions, 2013. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
$8.97
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780771079351
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wheatfield, New York, USA
- Item Price
-
$9.99
Show Details
Description:
McClelland & Stewart. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2012. Hardcover. 0771079354 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; 8.30 X 5.50 X 1.40 inches; 368 pages . Item Price
$9.99
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780771079368
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wheatfield, New York, USA
- Item Price
-
$7.99
Show Details
Description:
Emblem Editions. Near Fine. 2013. Paperback. 0771079362 . A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Minor rubbing to edges. Minor rubbing to wrapper. ; 8.03 X 5.43 X 1.10 inches; 368 pages . Item Price
$7.99
The Purchase
by Spalding, Linda
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780771079368
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Wheatfield, New York, USA
- Item Price
-
$6.99
Show Details
Description:
Emblem Editions. Very Good. 2013. Paperback. 0771079362 . Lean to spine. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; 8.03 X 5.43 X 1.10 inches; 368 pages . Item Price
$6.99