Synopsis
A collection of twelve short stories with a wide diversity of settings, from prairie farms to Bloomsbury, and from high-rise apartments to mine-shafts. The author has won several prizes for short fiction including The Geoffrey Faber Award.
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Man Descending
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Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group) June 1986, 1986
ISBN 10: 0370307186
ISBN 13: 9780370307183
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Seller: Isle of Books, Bozeman, MT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 563471
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Man Descending
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. DJ will be clean and have at most light wear. Book will have been read but remains in excellent condition. Clean and tight binding. Cover may show slight wear. Contents will be clean and free from markings. Seller Inventory # 9999-99989563955
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Man Descending: Stories
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The Bodley Head, London, England, 1986
ISBN 10: 0370307186
ISBN 13: 9780370307183
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Seller: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, Not Price Clipped. British First. Minor wear; some age toning to page edges; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book. Seller Inventory # 021132
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Man Descending
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The Bodley Head, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0370307186
ISBN 13: 9780370307183
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Text block mellowed. 227pp. Brown cloth boards. Complete jacket. Octavo. Seller Inventory # ABE-1744638016182
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Man Descending
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The Bodley Head, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0370307186
ISBN 13: 9780370307183
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Bantock, Nick ( Jacket Cover ) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine, Apparently Unread Copy, In Jacket With Slightest Bumping To Extremities. First British Edition. Seller Inventory # 017280
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Man Descending
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Bodley Head, London, 1982
ISBN 10: 0370307186
ISBN 13: 9780370307183
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.K. Edition. Flat signed by author on title page. Light rubbing/indenting to d/j, bruising to top edge. Light tanning to text. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 8004
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Man Descending
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The Bodley Head, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0370307186
ISBN 13: 9780370307183
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st UK Edition. Winner of the Governor General's award. Signed by the author on the title page. A nice, brigth copy in jacket. ; 8.5 X 5.2 X 1.1 inches; 227 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 274029
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Man Descending : Selected Stories
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Bodley Head, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0370307186
ISBN 13: 9780370307183
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Bantock, Nick (illustrator). First British Edition. Near fine in NF dustjacket. Author's Governor General's Award-winning first book, originally pub. Toronto, 1982. Nick Bantock dustjacket art. An unmarked, attractive copy. Seller Inventory # 000786
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Man Descending
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st canadia edition. Clean Inside With No Remarks Or Highlights. The Dust Jacket Does No Indicate A Price. The Dust Jacket Has Some Small Tears All Around The Edges. First Canadian Edition, 1982,books are NOT signed. We will state signed at the description section. we confirm they are signed via email or stated in the description box. - Specializing in academic, collectiblle and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us. Seller Inventory # X15100x
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Man Descending (signed)
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The Bodley Head, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0370307186
ISBN 13: 9780370307183
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Seller: Lindenlea Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed by author on title page. Rear upper corner lightly bumped, small (1/8 inch) smudge on front, pages darkened along edges, cracked at Contents page but binding tight, patch of surface roughened on bottom edge - overall, very good plus. DJ fine. Winner of the 1982 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. Protected in mylar. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001951