St Urbains Horseman Book Mordecai Richler Signed 1st Canadian Edition w Dust Jacket Fine steam machine with some Japanese characters -

with some Japanese characters - it is lightly stamped

The opening measures 19 1/2” around and the hat measures 14” by 14 1/2” across the brim with a crown that measures about 2 1/2” in height

glue dried out

meant to fall loosely

so should be better secured

St Urbains Horseman Book Mordecai Richler Signed 1st Canadian Edition w Dust Jacket Fine steam machine with some Japanese characters -This is an edition of the book St Urbains Horseman personally signed by Mordecai Richler in red felt on the first page. The book was published by McClelland and Stewart in 1971 and is presumed a first Canadian edition although unstated. I think that the Canadian edition pre dates the American as Richler was a Canadian novelist, but Im not sure Wikipedia states the Canadian edition as being the first. It has its original dust jacket, which is unclipped