Thomas the Rhymer
by Ellen Kushner
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1557100462
- ISBN 13
- 9781557100467
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company Inc 1990 Hardcover. 1557100462 . First edition of the author's second novel. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. "Based on the famous Middle English ballad, the story is a dramatic fictionalized account of the medieval minstrel Thomas, who is abducted by the Queen of Elfland and lives for years without count, not aging, in the unreal splendor of her magic kingdom---and then returns to the world of dirt and work and passing time". Co-winner of the 1991 World Fantasy Award. 247+ pages. Fine copy in Fine jacket. clphE
Synopsis
Ellen Kushner grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, attended Bryn Mawr and Barnard Colleges, and has an A.B. from Columbia University. She started out after college working as a sf/f editor in New York City for Ace and then Pocket Books, but in 1987 found her way to public radio on WGBH 89.7fm in Boston, and has been on the air there ever since. In April 1996, PRI launched her new national, public radio series, Sound & Spirit, which explores the musical connections between myth and magic, folklore and literature, anthropology and history. She resides in Boston, MA.
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 863486
- Title
- Thomas the Rhymer
- Author
- Ellen Kushner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1557100462
- ISBN 13
- 9781557100467
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 247
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Keywords
- 1557100462, HISTORICAL, ROMANTIC, FANTASY, FICTION, THOMAS, THE, RHYMER, SCOTLAND, HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Fantasy / Adventure;
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