DAVIES, ROBERTSON

The Lyre of Orpheus

London: Viking, 1988. 1st UK Edition; Second Impression. Original Quarter Cloth. ISBN: 067082416X. Ex- Library. Library stamps & stickers to endpapers, title page, top edge & fore edge. Plasticated dustjacket. Slight foxing to top edge. Slight wear to spine, covers and corners. ; 24 x 15.7 x 4cms; 472 pages. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: LCB60112

Catalogue: Fiction

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Davies, Robertson

The Manticore

Toronto: Macmillan, 1972. Hard bound, edition not stated. Very good in slightly rubbed edge torn near very good dust jacket. 520 grams.

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Book number: 36

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Canada Fiction

DAVIES, ROBERTSON (CANADIAN AUTHOR )

The Manticore

Toronto, the MacMillan Company of Canada. (ISBN: 0-7705-0891-X). 1972, 1st edition, 2nd issue. (hardcover) Good in good dust jacket. 280pp. 8vo. Orange cloth boards; lettering in gold to spine. Faint crease to spine from reading; large dampstain to cloth across bottom of rear board, foot of spine, and on to the bottom of front board. Dust jacket with edgewear, chipping; surface paper-loss at top corner of front panel (likely due to sticker removal); white dirtied from rubbing. No price printed on front flap, as issued. SECOND STATE jacket, with "7330" printed at the foot of the rear panel. Previous owner's name in ink at head of half-title. Else, internally clean. The second book in Davies' Deptford Trilogy, succeeding Fifth Business. Davies' only book which won a Governor-General's Award. Canadian Author .

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Book number: 124531

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature, Canadian Literature, Literature - Canada, Literature - Canadian 077050891X

DAVIES, ROBERTSON (CANADIAN AUTHOR )

The Manticore

New York, The Viking Press 670-45313-7. (ISBN: 670-45313-7). 1972, 1st American Edition. (hardcover) Near fine in very good dust jacket. 310pp. 8vo. Quarter brown cloth with green paper boards; lettering in black and green to spine. Top-edge green. Dust jacket with light rubbing, edgewear; 1" closed tear at head of front panel; orange lettering on spine lightly faded; white flaps age-toned, as common; NOT price-clipped, showing $7.95. Jacket handsome in protective mylar. Internally bright and clean. The second book in Davies' Deptford Trilogy, succeeding Fifth Business. Davies' only book which won a Governor-General's Award. Canadian Author .

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Book number: 200455

Catalogue: Literature And Fiction

Keywords: Literature, Canadian Literature, Literature - Canada, Literature - Canadian 670453137

DAVIES, ROBERTSON

THE MANTICORE;

London, MacMillan London Limited. 1973, First UK Edition. Purple Cloth. Book, pp. 310, a clean, bright copy in protective mylar d.j. Size: 8 Vo.. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 2247

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Fiction Canadian Davies Robertson Novels

Davies, Robertson

The Manticore

Toronto, Macmillan, 1972. Hardcover. pp. 280. 8vo. Bound in orange cloth. Light shelfwear, some fading to edges, rubber stamps to half title and final two pages. Dustjacket shelfworn, with nicking and short tears to edges, now protected with plastic brodart sleeve; very good in very good- dustjacket. .

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Book number: 091182

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Davies, Robertson.

A Masque of Aesop.

Toronto, Clarke Irwin, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First hardcover edition. 8vo, grey cloth, dustjacket. Text is Nearly Fine: tight with no owner's marks, but bumped at extremities. Dj is bright with some short closed tears and a few small chips, mostly near spine-ends. A very attractive copy of this Davies play. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 784977

Catalogue: Canadian Literature

Keywords: CANADIAN LITERATURE

DAVIES, ROBERTSON

A Masque of Aesop

Toronto, ON, Canada, Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd. 1952. Paperback. Ill.: Macdonald, Grant. Used, Paperback. Cover edges and leading corners are lightly creased. Spine ends are lightly nicked. A few tiny tears on rear edges. Slightly edge-nicked front of dust jacket is preserved inside book. Previous owner's name and date penned on front endpaper; otherwise pages are clean. Ink on hinge of title page. Binding remains intact, contents are clear. T. Good/Acceptable.

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Book number: 435329

Catalogue: Biographies

Keywords: Macdonald, Grant

Robertson Davies

A Masque of Aesop

Clarke, Irwin, 1952. First. Hardcover. Grant MacDonald. pp.47 clean tight text d/j sunned, soiled small chips top front, small piece missing top spine, chips to lower spine corner wear Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Near Fine/Near Poor.

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Book number: 026876

Catalogue: FICTION/LITERATURE

Davies, Robertson

A Masque of Aesop

Toronto, Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition. Hard cover in unclipped jacket. Illustrations by Grant Macdonald. 47 pages. A play by Davies based in ancient Greece and using the dramatic tool of the masque. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Jacket in mylar. Minor general foxing to the jacket, with general fading and very minor soiling. Spine sunned. Small tear and crease present near the upper front cover hinge. Minor scuffing and a few small tears along the jacket extremities with a tiny chip missing from the head of the spine. Minor uneven fading and darkening to the book. Light edgewear. Interior clean and solid with a previous owner's small address label on the first endpaper. Ill.: Grant Macdonald. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003225

Catalogue: Drama

Keywords: Robertson Davies

Davies, Robertson

A Masque of Mr. Punch

Toronto: Oxford University Press, (1963). First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 58 pp. A play written for the Preparatory School boys of Upper Canada College. A fine copy in decorated orange cloth, black titles to the spine in an otherwise fine pictorial dustwrapper that has faded somewhat from orange to yellow. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 32755

Catalogue: Gift Suggestions

Keywords: FIRST EDITION . Can Lit & Other Greatness Electronic List TBCL

Robertson Davies

The Masque of Aesop

Toronto, Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 47p. A thin hardcover book bound in beige cloth. Very good condition. Spine and bottom of back cover faded; otherwise clean and tight. A play inspired by ancient Greek mythology. Very Good .

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Book number: 185847

Catalogue: Classical Studies

Davies, Robertson

The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books

New York, Viking Press, c1996. 1st Am. ed. 3rd printing. Hardcover. 385 p. Very good condition very good d.j./good.

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Book number: 015139

Keywords: Literature Reading Writing

Davies, Robertson

The Merry Heart; Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books

New York, Etc. Viking, 1997. xii, 385p. dj. .

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Book number: 033059

Keywords: English Literature Canadian Literature

Davies, Robertson

Merry Heart Reflections on Reading, Writing and the World of Books

New York, NY: Viking Press, 1997. First American Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670873667. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 385 pages.

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Book number: 26005

Catalogue: Biography::Writers

Keywords: 0670873667 Davies, Robertson Autobiography 1st Edition Authors