Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Innocents by Michael Crummey in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 2019 Doubleday Canada. First Printing with full number line.
The book is in Near Fine condition with spotless boards, strong title gilt on the spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, strong corners and a small ding to the top edge. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The Innocents was shortlisted for all three major, Canadian, literary prizes in 2019; The Scotiabank Giller Prize, Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and Governor General’s Award for fiction.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild edge wear and looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap. The jacket is a first state issue with no prize medallion and the Canadian $32.95 price intact on the front flap.
The Innocents is richly imagined and compulsively readable, a riveting story of hardship and survival, and an unflinching exploration of the bond between brother and sister. By turns electrifying and heartbreaking, it is a testament to the bounty and barbarity of the world, to the wonders and strangeness of our individual selves.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
