THE WHITE BONE
Gowdy, Barbara
Sold by Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since December 3, 2018
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since December 3, 2018
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSIGNED on the title page by the Author, 8vo (5 3/4" x 8 5/8"), brown quarter cloth with gold lettering over brown-speckled off-white boards, illustrated with 3 family trees of elephants, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a baby elephant, map endpapers of elephants' range, 330 pages. Barbara Gowdy, CM is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She has written seven novels and won several major awards. For The Romantic, Gowdy has also been longlisted for The Man Booker Prize. "The White Bone" is a novel imagined entirely from the perspective of African elephants. It has recently been selected by Margaret Atwood for the Globe Book Club's first title. SIGNED and in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! No remainder marks.
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