The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy, First Edition (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. 1st US Edition. This copy is NEAR FINE; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked except for pencil price on fep; binding is tight but pages show age and edges show wear. No jacket, the covers are VG: intact , including excellent color and design, but sunning on spine, small tear top spine, corners are bumped, small mark top front, signs of age. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good. Slightly rubbed on the edges and the edges of the spine and the corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First English Language Edition. This is a copy of the first English language publication of three time Governor General award winner Gabrielle Roy's The Tin Flute/Bonheur d'Occasion, which is credited with reflecting a life of such overwhelming and endless poverty in the face of huge families and low wages that it provided an impetus for change in Quebec. Gabrielle Roy was actually from St-Boniface, the French quarter of Winnipeg, and went to live in Europe from there, but was forced to return to Canada in 1939 with the outbreak of World War II and it was then that she went to Montreal and devoted her time to writing and sketching. Nevertheless the picture she paints clearly struck a chord with readers in both languages and around the world. Without a dust jacket, this copy has darkened a great deal and the cover is somewhat faded and soiled. Spine is cocked. There is a little writing in pencil but for the most part the interior is clean. The spine is worn and faded but remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. edge wear on the boards. mild foxing. all pages are intact and clear. one sticker and stamp on the end papers. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Slight Chips. 1st US Edition. The Tin Flute, Gabrielle Roy's first novel, is a classic of Canadian fiction. Imbued with Roy's unique brand of compassion and compelling understanding, this moving story focuses on a family in the Saint-Henri slums of Montreal, its struggles to overcome poverty and ignorance, and its search for love. An affecting story of familial tenderness, sacrifice, and survival during the Second World War, The original French version entitled "Bonheur d"occasion" (1945). won the prestigious Prix Femina award in 1947. the French there is a "Bonheur d'Occasion" sticker on front flap of the DJ. In the same year the English version translated by Hannah Josephson won the Governor General"s Award for Fiction In 1983 it was released as a movie. 315p.Name of previous owner on ffep. else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Harold Town (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Stiff unmarked book in green cloth with drawing by Harold Town pasted to front board; in matching slipcase with small stain to rear panel (VG+) ; 384 pages.

1947, 1st US Edition, 2nd printing. (hardcover) Good in good dust jacket. 315pp. 8vo. Grey cloth boards, title panel in black to top board, lettering and title panel in black to spine. Dust jacket with some wear; edgewear; dampstained at head, more pronounced on verso; toning. Jacket NOT price-clipped, showing $3.00. Previous owner's signature at head of ffep. Occasional marginalia in pencil, light and easy to erase when happened upon. An acceptable copy of this seminal classic of Canadian literature in a desirable, early printing.

Condition: Very Good. The Tin Flute, by Gabrielle Roy, published by Reynal & Hitchcock in New York in 1947. First edition. 315 pages. Hardcover volume bound in cloth, with gilt impressed ornamentation on cover and lettering on spine. No dustjacket. Slight wear and rubbing on cover, discoloration on spine (top of spine). Book block is tightly bound. Inscribed with owner's name on front end paper. Discolorating to pages. No writing or markings. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The grey boards are bright with black designs & letters on the spine & front cover. Very, very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. Contents clean & unmarked, binding tight. Stated: "Copyright 1947". The dust jacket has light wear on the spine tips, a 2 1/2 cm chip off the bottom front corner and with a 11 cm stain along the back cover, back edge. $3.00 price on the dust jacket flap.

First American Edition. First American edition. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.75" with 315 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Heavy staining to spine and both boards. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Front endpaper dogeared at the bottom corner. Dust jacket is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping and chipping to both ends of spine. Moderate fading to jacket art. Minor staining to rear panel. Original 3.00 price on front flap. A love story. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N10-56).

Softcover. First Edition. pp. 294. Small 8vo. Lightest edgewear, and very faint age-toning to the extremities, slight spine slant, contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages. Overall, very good. Rare in commerce.

First Edition. THE TIN FLUTE, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947, first American and first English language edition, fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper. Translated by Hannah Josephson. The authors first book and a classic work of Canadian literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A Rare signed copy of Gabrielle Roy's famous novel. Inscribed in the author's hand on the front end paper to "To Mr. William Geddis with my very best wishes Gabrielle Roy" The U.S. 1st Edition. The Novel is in Near Fine unmarked condition, but for a previous owner's name on the verso of the front board, unseen beneath the front flap of the dust jacket. In the original Dust Jacket with the original price of $3.00 intact. The original French title, BONHEUR d'OCCASION, is affixed to the front flap by a small label. The Dust Jacket is very worn with various chips and a long tear down the front joint. Now housed in an archival jacket sleeve. The Tin Flute (original French title Bonheur d'occasion, "secondhand happiness"), Gabrielle Roy?s first novel, is a classic of Canadian fiction. Imbued with Roy?s brand of compassion and understanding, this story focuses on a family in the Saint-Henri slums of Montreal, its struggles to overcome poverty and ignorance, and its search for love. The Tin Flute won both the Governor General's Award and the Prix Femina of France. The novel was made into a critically acclaimed motion picture in 1983. The novel caused many Quebecers to take a hard look at themselves and is regarded as the novel that helped lay the foundation for Quebec's Quiet Revolution of the 1960s. The original French version won Roy the prestigious Prix Femina in 1947. Published in English as The Tin Flute (1947), the book won the 1947 Governor General's Award for fiction as well as the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal. Distributed in the United States, where it sold more than three-quarters of a million copies, the Literary Guild of America made The Tin Flute a feature book of the month in 1947. The book garnered so much attention that Roy returned to Manitoba to escape the publicity (description quoted from Wikipedia). Signed by Author(s).