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The Prince and the Golden Ax: A Minoan Tale
by Lattimore, Deborah Nourse
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0060237155
- ISBN 13
- 9780060237158
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. Ancient Minoan culture is brought to life for modern children in this gloriously illustrated tale of "pride & youthful optimism" set on the island of Crete. A First Edition, First Printing from 1988, SIGNED by the AUTHOR with a personalized inscription "To Adam!" & a drawing on ffep. Oblong hardcover with bright blue paper-over-boards & a red cloth-wrapped spine with gilt lettering, unpaginated. Condition of both the book & its colorful, unclipped DJ is Fine (our highest grade): just a tad less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white, colors bright. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. The DJ is equally flawless & now protected in new mylar cover to stay that way. Please see our 5 photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images! Description & photos copyright Gargoyle Books 2021. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018345
- Title
- The Prince and the Golden Ax: A Minoan Tale
- Author
- Lattimore, Deborah Nourse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060237155
- ISBN 13
- 9780060237158
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- MINOAAN GREEK ANCIENT GREECE ANTIQUITY TRIBES TRIBAL LEGEND FOLKLORE FOLK CULTURE TALE FAIRYTALE PRINCES PRINCESSES ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN KIDS PICTURE BOOKS GODS GODDESSES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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- Paper-Over-Boards
- A hardcover book designed to be presented without a dust jacket. In modern hardcover publishing, the dust jacket covering the...
- New
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Crisp
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