A collection of essays "filled with pleasantly rambling opinions about everything from self-help books to erotica" from the celebrated Canadian author ( The Chronicle Journal ). An urbane, robust, and wonderfully opinionated voice from Canada, sometimes called "America's attic," speaks here of the delights of reading, and of what mass education has done to readers today, to taste, to books, to culture. With his usual wit and breadth of vision, Robertson Davies ranges through the world of letters--books renowned and ...
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A collection of essays "filled with pleasantly rambling opinions about everything from self-help books to erotica" from the celebrated Canadian author ( The Chronicle Journal ). An urbane, robust, and wonderfully opinionated voice from Canada, sometimes called "America's attic," speaks here of the delights of reading, and of what mass education has done to readers today, to taste, to books, to culture. With his usual wit and breadth of vision, Robertson Davies ranges through the world of letters--books renowned and obscure, old and recent; English, Irish, Canadian, and American writers both forgotten and fondly remembered. "Sweet reason in the raiment of well-woven prose? Most assuredly. Good humor agraze over broad literary demesnes? No doubt of it. Forgotten popular favorites rescued and rehabilitated? Certainly. A parade of agreeable prejudices? He would not be a true Canadian if he did not have them. Lightheartedness where needed? Yes. Seriousness where it counts? Yes. Wit, satirical touches, firm indignations, sound sense, good taste, judiciousness, cosmopolitan breadth of view, urbanity, sanity, unexpected eccentricities, educated humanism? By all means. It is indeed by all these means and more that this book of essays and observations bestows its multiple benefactions, and anyone picking it up is bound north to pleasure and profit."-- The New York Times
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Add this copy of Voice From the Attic to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by Shaker Mill Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Stockbridge, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1960 by Knopf.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Book Clipped DJ is colorful; lightly soiled & rubbed from handling; protected in mylar. Well-bound boards are lightly bumped at spine ends; pages are clean & sharp.
Add this copy of A Voice From the Attic to cart. $19.95, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Knopf.
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Add this copy of A Voice From the Attic to cart. $26.50, very good condition, Sold by Ainsworth Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sumas, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1960 by McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
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Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. DJ shows some shelf wear with short tears and chipping, light soiling.; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 360 pages; "A collection of essays “filled with pleasantly rambling opinions about everything from self-help books to erotica” from the celebrated Canadian author (The Chronicle Journal). An urbane, robust, and wonderfully opinionated voice from Canada, sometimes called “America's attic, ” speaks here of the delights of reading, and of what mass education has done to readers today, to taste, to books, to culture. With his usual wit and breadth of vision, Robertson Davies ranges through the world of letters—books renowned and obscure, old and recent; English, Irish, Canadian, and American writers both forgotten and fondly remembered."
Add this copy of A Voice From the Attic to cart. $39.00, like new condition, Sold by BigCedarBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Selwyn, ON, CANADA, published 1960 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2. Davies, Robertson, A VOICE FROM THE ATTIC. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960, First Edition, Second Printing, November, Hard Cover, blue boards, light blue design and silver letters, 5 3/4 x 8 1/2, Near Fine/ Very Good, 360 pages. Name on flyleaf, d.j. has edges rubbed and chip at top and bottom. Shelf number 2129a.
Add this copy of A Voice From the Attic [Signed] to cart. $257.00, fair condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1960 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Book. Octavo, 360, x pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Dark blue spine with aged white lettering and a green design. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price clipped, has staining on the front and rear covers, mild age toning throughout, wear along the extremities, and tears along the front head fore corner and joint head corners. Boards have mild shelving wear, and age toning along the tail spine edges. Textblock is split to the gutter from pages 113-150, staining on the rear pastedown end paper, mild staining on the rear free end paper, and mild age toning along the edges. Signed by Robertson Davies on a loose card positioned between the rear of the dust jacket and mylar covering. Shelved in Room C. 1388171. Special Collections.
Add this copy of A voice from the attic to cart. $14.74, good condition, Sold by Norma rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ottawa, ON, CANADA, published 1972 by McClelland and Stewart.
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