Davies, Robertson (1913-1995)

World of wonders / Robertson Davies

New York : Viking Press 1976. First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper (price-clipped). now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description; 358 p. ; 22 cm. Notes; The last of three linked novels. the first being Fifth business (1970) and the second being The manticore (1972). Subjects; Magicians ; Fiction. Circus performers ; Fiction. Kidnapping victims ; Fiction. Sexually abused children ; Fiction. Motion picture producers and directors ; Fiction. Genre; Fiction. ISBN: 0670788120.

MW BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 301451

Keywords: 0670788120

DAVIES, Robertson

World of Wonders

New York, THe Viking Press, (1976). First Edition. Wraps. Advance Reading Copy of the First American Edition in printed orange wraps. Spine slightly sunned; textblock cocked. Very Good .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 001635

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Advance Reading Copy, Robertson Davies, Canadian Literature, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Literature: American Advance Reading Copy Canadian Literature

Davies, Robertson

World of Wonders

Toronto, Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 1996. Paperback. pp. 328. 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 068027

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: Fifth Business, The Manticore, Canadian Authors, Canadian Writers, CanLit, Deptford Trilogy

Davies, Robertson

World of Wonders__a Novel

New York, Viking Press, 1976. Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped octavo. Hardcover. black and orange cloth copper and red lettering dust jacket, mylar 358 pp first edition. Very good/very good.

San Francisco Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 42895

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature

Davies, Robertson

World of Wonders

Toronto, Macmillan, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 358. 8vo. Bound in a salmon hued cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Light edgewear, faint smoky odour. Dustjacket age toned, with some nicking and short tears to edges, now protected with plastic brodart sleeve; very good+ in very good dustjacket. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 087053

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

DAVIES, ROBERTSON

World of Wonders

Toronto, ON: Macmillan of Canada, 1975. First Canadian Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0770513182. DJ has shelf wear with short tears and chipping. Previous owner's personalised bookplate on front free end paper ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Deptford Trilogy #3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 358 pages; "Robertson Davies’s acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. World of Wonders, the third book in the series after Fifth Business and The Manticore, follows the story of Magnus Eisengrim, the most illustrious magician of his age, who is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his life’s courageous and adventurous tale in this third and final volume of a spectacular, soaring work.". Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

Ainsworth BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 19896

Catalogue: Fiction::Canadian::Series

Keywords: 0770513182 Deptford Magic Canadian Fiction Fiction::Canadian

Robertson Davies

World of Wonders

New York, The Viking Press, 1976. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 358p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is mildly worn, but still intact. Very Good .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 191332

Catalogue: Literature & Fiction

GUTHRIE, TYRONE; DAVIES, ROBERTSON; MACDONALD, GRANT

Renown at Stratford; A Record of the Shakespeare Festival in Canada 1953

Toronto, Clarke, Irwin. 1953. (Cloth) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 127pp. Illus. ports. Very light general shelf wear. Bookplate. Colour illustrations of the Players. A handsome book from a high point in the ambitions of the arts in Canada. "This is the first book produced in Canada without type..composed photographically.".

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 202226

Catalogue: Entertainment

Keywords: Theatre, Literature-Canadian

Tyrone Guthrie, Robertson Davies

Renown at Stratford-a Record of the Shakespeare Festival in Canada

Toronto: ON, Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Grant MacDonald. Near Fine in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.127. Writings and colored drawings. clean tight copy d/j small tears top/bottom spine 2 1/2" tears top down front top cover bottom front cover near spine 3/4" tear else slight rubbing and soiling. Very Good/Very Good.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 006435

Keywords: CANADA THEATRE

GUTHRIE, TYRONE; DAVIES, ROBERTSON; MACDONALD, GRANT

Twice Have the Trumpets Sounded; A Record of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Canada 1954

Toronto, On, Clarke, Irwin. 1954, 1st Scarce in wrappers. (Mass market paperback) Fine in near fine dust jacket. (i-vi), (vii-xiv), (1-2), 3-192, (193-94). Yapp edges of covers a bit worn at top and bottom edge, else fine. Jacket is price clipped and is rubbed at spine edges with small chips to spine tips, VG o / w. MUCH scarcer than the hardcover issue. Contains a preface and 4 articles by Davies. Ryrie A32. Guthrie contributes the last article, and MacDonald the colour and B&W illustrations.

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 119490

Catalogue: Entertainment

Keywords: Theatre, Canadiana, Theatre

GUTHRIE, TYRONE; DAVIES, ROBERTSON; MACDONALD, GRANT

Twice Have the Trumpets Sounded; a Record of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Canada 1954

Toronto, Clarke, Irwin. 1954. (Cloth) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 193pp. Frontispiece, illus. ports. Showing edge wear and small chips. Yet handsome. Bookplate and former owner's signature on pastedown and endpaper, respectively. A sequel to RENOWN at STRATFORD (1953) to leave no one in doubt about the dawning of a Golden Age in Canadian Theatre.

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 202227

Catalogue: Entertainment

Keywords: Theatre, Canadiana, Theater, Theatre

Tyrone Guthrie, Robertson Davies, Grant Macdonald

Twice Have the Trumpets Sounded-a Record of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Canada

Toronto: ON, Canada, Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.193. A record of the 1954 season at the Stratford Festival. clean tight copy with illustrations. d/j shows small tears, nicks and rubbing to all edges price clipped, Very Good/Very Good.

Judith Patton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 005174

Keywords: CANADA THEATRE

STEPHEN LEACOCK; ROBERTSON DAVIES [INTRODUCTION]

The Penguin Stephen Leacock

Penguin Books. 1981-10-29. (ISBN: 0140058907) Paperback, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 188519

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: 0140058907

Mark Oxbrow 56546, Ian Robertson 44085, Caroline Davies 185354

Rosslyn and the Grail

Groothandel / BESTEL, 2005. Hardcover. Pp: 304. The secrets of Scotland's Rosslyn Chapel have remained hidden for centuries. After a decade of research, two Scottish historians have pieced together the real story. Millions of people worldwide became familiar with the mystery of Rosslyn through Dan Brown. ISBN: 9781845960766. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

De SlegteProfessional seller

Book number: 2166869

Catalogue: Spiritualiteit

Keywords: 9781845960766

Morley, Patricia A. (Robertson Davies)

Profiles in Canadian Drama: Robertson Davies

Gage, 1977, 1977. Hardcover. 0771558740. First printing. 74 pp. biblio, index, 8vo, cloth, dustjacket. Fine text, appears unread, very tight. Dj is Nearly Fine with light rubbing. We also have Ms Morley's copy of Davies' Tempest-Tost. Near Fine.

Inno Dubelaar BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 783233

Catalogue: Canadian Litcrit

Keywords: 0771558740