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The Dainty Monsters
by ONDAATJE, MICHAEL
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1967. Fisrt edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 8vo. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies, this is number 66. Inscribed by Micahel Ondaatje on the front endpaper, above a bookplate. Spine ends and one corner lighty bumped, faint damp-stain to the fore-edge of the the text block, not touching on the margins or inside, binding tight. Dust jacket with light nicking and rubbing at the ciorners and spine ends, and very light rubbing to the top edge of the rear cover, Overall, a good clean copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11911
- Title
- The Dainty Monsters
- Author
- ONDAATJE, MICHAEL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fisrt edition
- Publisher
- Coach House Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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