Stones (Inscribed First Edition)

Timothy Findley

ISBN 10: 0670822973 / ISBN 13: 9780670822973

Published by Viking, Toronto., 1988

About this Item

First Canadian Edition. First printing. A near-fine book in a near-fine dust jacket. A tight copy, which has prior owner's bookplate affixed to front end-paper and prior owner's signature to FEP. Dust jacket is clean and bright with small closed tear near head of spine and some edgewear to top cover. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. Smoke-free. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page to prior owner and dated in December 19__ (illegible, but it appears to be 1988).

Seller Inventory # signed-fiction-502

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stones (Inscribed First Edition)
• Publisher: Viking, Toronto.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670822973
• ISBN 13: 9780670822973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Findley exposes the sharp changes in the traditional institutions of love andmarriage and family through a vivid terrain of images and insightful stories.10,000 print.

About the Author

Timothy Findley (1930-2002) was one of Canada's most compelling and best-loved writers. He is the author of The Wars, which won the Governor General's Award and established him as one of Canada's leading writers, as well as Pilgrim and The Piano Man's Daughter, both finalists for The Giller Prize. His other novels, Headhunter, The Telling of Lies, The Last of the Crazy People, The Butterfly Plague, Famous Last Words, Not Wanted on the Voyage, and Spadework; his novella, You Went Away; and his short fiction, Dinner Along the Amazon, Stones, and Dust to Dust, have won numerous awards and are well loved both in Canada and internationally.

Elizabeth Rex won the Governor General's Award for Drama and The Stillborn Lover won a Chalmers Award. His works of non-fiction include Inside Memory and From Stone Orchard.

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