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The Dream of Scipio - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Pears, Iain
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 157322202X
- ISBN 13
- 9781573222020
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Riverhead Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 157322202X . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Thin pen mark on bottom of textblock (not a remainder mark). Signed by author Iain Pears directly on the front flyleaf; The Dream of Scipio is a novel set in the time of the Roman Republic. It tells the story of Cato, one of Rome's most reluctant and determined defenders of the Republic, and his friendship with Scipio, the son of the great African general Scipio Africanus.; 8vo; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
In The Dream of Scipio, "Pears's finest book yet" (The Boston Globe), the acclaimed author of An Instance of the Fingerpost intertwines three intellectual mysteries, three love stories—and three of the darkest moments in human history. United by a classical text called "The Dream of Scipio," three men struggle to find refuge for their hearts and minds from the madness that surrounds them...in the final days of the Roman Empire, in the grim years of the Black Death, and in the direst hours of World War II.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17722
- Title
- The Dream of Scipio - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Pears, Iain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 157322202X
- ISBN 13
- 9781573222020
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang
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