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Enchantment and Sorrow The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy
by Roy, Gabrielle & Patricia Claxton translator
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0886191017
- ISBN 13
- 9780886191016
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First English Edition. Hardcover. 0886191017 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, light creasing of DJ. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.8 inches; 415 pages; In the years before her death Gabrielle Roy began her autobiography but unfortunately death took her before she could finish. "This, then, is the story of the first thirty years of Gabrielle Roy's life, her discovery of herself as an individual, and gradually, her vocation as a writer." The original French version was published in 1984 as 'La Détresse et l'enchantment'. .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19338
- Title
- Enchantment and Sorrow The Autobiography of Gabrielle Roy
- Author
- Roy, Gabrielle & Patricia Claxton translator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First English Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0886191017
- ISBN 13
- 9780886191016
- Publisher
- Lester & Orpen Dennys
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- 0886191017, gabrielle roy, tin flute
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE; Fiction / Canadian;
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Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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