Harpercollinscanada (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Fifth Printing. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good ++. First Trade. Trade paperback, 479 pages; very gently used, spine and covers flat/uncreased, tiny traces of shelf wear to edges, discreet gift inscription on obscure page, otherwise clean and unmarked throughout.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good ++. Very Good +. First Edition. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 256 pages "---with a stunning collection of over 200 evocative images - photographs---war posters and art, advertising and government propaganda---[most in archival black-and-white]"; very gently used, very clean and unmarked.…

Trade Paper. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 1st printing of the first Canadian trade edition of the Canadian author's first novel SIGNED by O'Neill with a Sharpie on the title page and with a stroke through her printed name. A trade paper original in card covers. This edition went into 2 dozen printings. LAID IN: a PROGRAM from an appearance by the author at the Harbourfront Reading Series in Toronto in 2007. A fine, unread copy of the author's highly-decorated first book of fiction. The corners are sharp, the book sits squarely, and the covers are bright with virtually no shelf wear. No remainder mark. 2007 Canada Reads Winner printed on the front cover. The Canadian is the follow-the-flag edition and would have been printed in much smaller numbers than the U.S. edition. The American edition was released prior to the Canadian. The copyright page of the American states "First Edition," and the Canadian states "First Canadian Edition." Both were published in 2006 and printed in the U.S., and both have gone into multiple printings. The author was born in Montreal but lived for some years in Virginia as a child. Lately, she lives in Montreal, the setting of the novel. Lullabies was a finalist for the Orange Prize, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the Amazon/Books In Canada First Novel Award. Winner of the 2007 "Canada Reads" competition sponsored by CBC Radio. The novel is narrated by a 12-year-old named Baby, who is hovering between childhood and the temptations of the adult world. Her father, Jules, takes better care of his heroin habit than he does of her, and Baby learns not to depend on him. Though they live in poverty, she collects and covets the small crumbs of happiness she finds as she navigates the streets of Montreal's red-light district. This edition includes 16 pages of additional material written by the author, including a lengthy autobiography, an essay on the writing of the novel and notes on a dozen of her favorite books. Also available from this bookseller is an autographed Canadian first printing of Daydreams of Angels (2015). Canadian orders will be charged GST. Signed by Author(s).…