Toronto: Random House of Canada, 2004. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 593 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Quarter-bound in cream-coloured cloth on cream-coloured boards with a small stamped pictorial on the front panel; lettered in gilt on the spine; lightly decorated endpapers; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Segue; Various Miracles; Mrs Turner Cutting the Grass; Accidents; Sailors Lost at Sea; Purple Blooms; Flitting Behaviour; Pardon; Words; Poaching; Scenes; Fragility; The Metaphor Is Dead - Pass It On; A Wood - with Anne Giardini; Love so Fleeting Love so Fine; Dolls Dolls Dolls Dolls; Invitations; Taking the Train; Home; The Journal; Salt; Others; The Orange Fish; Chemistry; Hazel; Today Is the Day; Hinterland; Block Out; Collision; Good Manners; Times of Sickness and Health; Family Secrets; Fuel for the Fire; Milk Bread Beer Ice; Dressing Up for the Carnival; A Scarf; Weather; Flatties: Their Various Forms and Uses; Dying for Love; Ilk; Stop; Mirrors; The Harp; Our Men and Women; Keys; Absence; Windows; Reportage; Edith Esther; New Music; Soup du Jour; Invention; Death of an Artist; The Next Best Kiss; Eros; and Dressing Down..

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Bookseller: W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 226693
Title: THE COLLECTED STORIES
Author: Shields, Carol
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0679313265
ISBN 13: 9780679313267
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 2004
Size: 8vo
Keywords: stone diaries; canadian author; governor general's award; pulitzer prize; national book critics circle award; orange prize;
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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W. Fraser Sandercombe

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W. Fraser Sandercombe

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Burlington, Ontario

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About W. Fraser Sandercombe

We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.

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