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Pluck
by Jonathan Webb
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0771089007
- ISBN 13
- 9780771089008
- Seller
-
cremona, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1983. HC and DJ. 8 5/8 x 5 3/4. ISBN:0-7710-8900-7. 362 pp. Author's first novel. Co-winner of the 1983 Seal First Novel Award. The story of 5 youths who share a strong bond of friendship centered on their admiration and love for the charismatic, sometimes feckless John Pluck. Mush later in their lives, they are bound by a terrible secret. Webb's novel explores the dynamics of a long-standing loyalty an d charts the tensions and violence that eventually splits it apart. Dj has a bit of wear to edges - small tears and creases, otherwise bright and clean. New mylar protector. Price clipped. Binding in near lovely cond. Slight spine tilt. Beige endpapers - pristine. No former owner's name. Text in good clean, unmarked cond. A lovely copy of this important first novel, first edition.. First Edition. HC and DJ. Good/Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ghost River Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002552
- Title
- Pluck
- Author
- Jonathan Webb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771089007
- ISBN 13
- 9780771089008
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0-7710-8900-7 CANADIAN LITERATURE FIRST NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Literature;
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About the Seller
Ghost River Books
Biblio member since 2004
cremona, Alberta
About Ghost River Books
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