Published by Penguin Group: Penguin Books, New York, NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0140251367 ISBN 13: 9780140251364
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: a tiny, closed tear at the top of the rear hinge has been carefully repaired with cellophane tape; the pages have tanned a bit, due to aging. Binding shows very slight lean, while remaining perfectly secure; text clean. Very clean, appears unread. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 213pp. Trade Paperback. Carol Shields's second novel, The Box Garden, quickly followed her first, Small Ceremonies, and features some of the same characters. But the books are not mirror images. They are both entertaining, insightful, humanistic--Shields cares deeply about her afflicted characters. Judith Gill, biographer, mother of two and happily married to Martin, narrated Small Ceremonies; younger sister and divorced poet Charlene Forrest tends The Box Garden. It is not surprising that two sisters can see the world so differently, but that Shields can make Judith and Charlene's disparate views of the same characters so authentic. Charlene is the quirkier. Within a few pages, she confesses a lack of courage. She is a published poet, at home with language, if not the world. Charlene is raising a son who is content with what the world and his mother offer. How did this happen, she muses? Charlene travels east from Vancouver to Toronto for her mother's wedding with her boyfriend, Eugene. The trip proves full of challenges and fulfillment, new friends and family reconnected, including Judith's clan. Charlene experiences a series of small epiphanies through these encounters. She allows herself escape from her small garden to a larger world, full of the unknown, but with hints of acceptance of life as it is. Shields's language is as rich as the assembled characters, which inlcude the mother of all negative mothers, defrocked priests and spiritual charlatans. Bring a pen and paper along for the read to jot down Shield's matchless discriptions of everyday life and families for future use. First Ed thus; First Printing indicated.
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Published by Totem, Toronto, 1979
Seller: Inno Dubelaar Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. First softcover edition (first hardcover was 1977). Fine.
Published by Totem Books 1979, 1979
ISBN 10: 0394221028 ISBN 13: 9780394221021
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. First Canadian Printing. Very Good plus Condition. Tight Bright Attractive Copy.
Published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1977
ISBN 10: 0070825475 ISBN 13: 9780070825475
Seller: Great Northern Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Canadian edition. First printing. Second book by Shields, who would later win the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for "The Stone Diaries." Dust jacket is missing a small chip from back panel and has several small closed tears and rubbing. A clean unmarked still very presentable copy. Ships from USA.
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Hardcover. 1st edition. pp. 213.,8vo,Canadian/American author's second novel. The book is in near fine condition. The dust jacket shows the original price on the flap. It is chipped at the top of the spine and the lower right corner of the front panel, with light wear to extremities, else in good condition. ISBN 0070825475.
Hardcover. First edition. pp. 213. 8vo. Light shelfwear, review copy bookplate to ffep. Dustjacket lightly worn; very good+ in very good+ dustjacket.
Published by Penguin Books, New York, 1995
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition thus. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. An earlier work from the author of "The Stone Diaries." A very near fine copy in green printed wrappers with some very slight wear. Uncommon.
Published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1977
ISBN 10: 0070825475 ISBN 13: 9780070825475
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 213 p. 23 cm. Cloth under mylar-covered dustjacket.
Published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1977
Seller: Inno Dubelaar Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st. First Edition of second novel. 8vo, cloth in dustjacket. Text is Fine with no owner's name or significant flaws. Dust jacket is not price-clipped, but has quite a bit of edge-wear and tears, chipping to extremities. Dj is Good-only. An average copy.
Published by Totem, Toronto
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
First Edition
1977, 1st Paperback Edition. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 213pp.
Published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, Toronto, 1977
Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. First edition. Very Good Condition With some offetting to the endpapers from the jacet flaps. The jacket is rubbed and a little creased but complete with the price of 9.95 present.
Published by Fourth Estate London, 1995
Seller: A Book for all Reasons, PBFA & ibooknet, Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
1st edn. UK, paperback original, [vi], 213pp, [iii] ads., photo pictorial panel upper wrapper by Peter Parker, a companion novel to Small Ceremonies, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus,
Published by McGraw-Hill, Toronto, 1977
ISBN 10: 0070825475 ISBN 13: 9780070825475
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in bright, unclipped ('$9.95'), near fine dustjacket with one tiny chip bottom edge front panel.
Published by McGraw Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1977
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. Octavo. Dust jacket is worn and creased and torn at the edges with price sticker damage on front panel. The book however is almost fine. An early book by Shields.
Published by Totem, Toronto, 1979
ISBN 10: 000222030X ISBN 13: 9780002220309
Seller: Blue Heaven Books, Grand Marais, MB, Canada
First Edition Signed
Paperback. Condition: Good +. First paperback Edition. SIGNED by Carol Shields on the title page, this is the first paperback edition of her novel about a poet who is a single parent and who returns home for a family gathering to celebrate the remarriage of her 70 year old mother. See attached picture!. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Published by McGraw-Hill, Toronto, 1977
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A review copy. Review slip tipped to front flyleaf; a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with one closed edge tear. Author photo and publicity sheet laid in. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Published by 1977,, 1977
ISBN 10: 0070825475 ISBN 13: 9780070825475
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
First Edition
SHIELDS, Carol. The Box Garden. Tor.: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, (1977). First Printing. Pp 213. 8vo, cloth. Vg in edgeworn dj. 150.00.
Published by 1977,, 1977
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
First Edition
SHIELDS, Carol. The Box Garden. Tor.: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, (1977). First Printing. Pp 213. 8vo, cloth. Small red X penned to upper corner of rear free endpaper, else vgfine in lightly rubbed dj. 170.00.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition. Near fine in very good+ to near fine dust jacket. (Small chip at base of front cover of jacket. Light traces of shelfwear at edges of DJ. Mild bump to top edge of cover. Hint of foxing at top edge. ) Author's SECOND novel.