Coming Through Slaughter
Ondaatje, Michael
Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 1976. 1st ed.; 1st ptg.
156 pp.; 22 x 14 x 2 cm
Hardcover (very good); Dust jacket (good)
ISBN: 0887840523

First printing of the first Canadian edition of Ondaatje's first novel. Copy is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the blue green cloth boards. Interior is clean and unmarked save for bookseller stamp on front free end paper. Mild foxing to top page edge. Binding solid and tight. Dust jacket is good. Some general edge wear and few little chips and creases. Sunning to spine. Now wrapped in protective plastic jacket cover. A handsome copy of a true "follow the flag" first edition of a classic work of Canadian literature.