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Trade Secrets: A Memoir -(SIGNED)-
by Carney, Pat -(signed)-
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 155263163X
- ISBN 13
- 9781552631638
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2000. -----The scans you see is the book you get. Green boards with gilt on spine, headband, 382 pages plus 16 pages of b & w photos, SIGNED (without inscription) by author on title page, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition, with a small scratch along bottom edge, now in Mylar. "She writes with affection about her birthplace, Shanghai, China, where she spent her early childhood, & describes how she arrived in Canada with her parents in 1939. The daughter of a South-African mother & and an Irish-Canadian father, she recounts growing up on a 42-acre stump ranch in the Kootenays amidst a close-knit family with deep Irish roots." Check out the scans. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011689
- Title
- Trade Secrets: A Memoir -(SIGNED)-
- Author
- Carney, Pat -(signed)-
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 155263163X
- ISBN 13
- 9781552631638
- Publisher
- Key Porter Books
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- -----The scans you see is the book you get. Green boards with gilt on spine, headband, 382 pages plus 16 pages of b & w photos, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Near Fine condition. "She writes with affection about her birthplace, Shanghai,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadiana; Biographies; Reference;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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