Dragons in the Waters
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374318689
- ISBN 13
- 9780374318680
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated first printing of this Polly and Charles O'Keefe novel from L'Engle. Near fine in publisher's red cloth boards with silver lettering on the spine, with boards slightly bowed. Jacket would be near fine, but has some staining and spotting to the front panel, reminiscent of a coffee spill. Original price of 7.95 in tact.
Synopsis
Dragons in the Waters is a 1976 young adult murder mystery by Madeleine L'Engle, the second title to feature her character Polly O'Keefe. Its protagonist is thirteen-year-old Simon Bolivar Quentin Phair Renier, an impoverished orphan from an aristocratic Southern family. The title comes from Psalm 74:13.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3887
- Title
- Dragons in the Waters
- Author
- L'Engle, Madeleine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374318689
- ISBN 13
- 9780374318680
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
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