The Adventurer
by Waltari, Mika and Walford, Naomi (transl.)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good: stain/wear to boards and spine, slight bump to corners, toning and offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./DJ good: corner and edge wear, closed tear base of spine, NOT clipped ($3.50)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1950. first edition. hardcover. good: stain/wear to boards and spine, slight bump to corners, toning and offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./DJ good: corner and edge wear, closed tear base of spine, NOT clipped ($3.50). 8vo 377pp. from front flap: "The Adventurer is a novel on a tremendous scale, full of dramatic events against a rich historical background. The scene is all of Europe and the time the early sixteenth century. Michael, the hero who tells his own story, is perhaps an even more exciting figure than the Egyptian. His is a life of high adventure, of romance and intrigue, and Waltari recounts it with the art of a master storyteller. The Adventurer is another masterpiece by a great creative historian." #01236.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1167
- Title
- The Adventurer
- Author
- Waltari, Mika and Walford, Naomi (transl.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good: stain/wear to boards and spine, slight bump to corners, toning and offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ good: corner and edge wear, closed tear base of spine, NOT clipped ($3.50)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- historical fiction, fiction, sixteenth century, first edition
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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