Homer's Daughter
by Graves, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 283 (1) pp. First American Edition, 1955. Price clipped. inked name on ffep. Two very small chips to top edge spine dj with some additional edge wear to same, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 8.5". Black cloth with orange horse with at its side on front board and spine, and orange lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "The author uses his talent for making the past come alive to a classic tale from the Odyssey. The story of 'Nausicaa and the Suitors' is the framework for this new novel, and by letting Princess Nausicaa tell the story in her own words he gives us a vivid 'you are there' account of the evets that took place in the faraway kingdim of Elyman." from the jacket flap..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005879
- Title
- Homer's Daughter
- Author
- Graves, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- LITERATURE BRITISH HISTORICAL NOVELISTS GREEK TALES PRINCESS NAUSICAA AND THE SUITORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Spine
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- New
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- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
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