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Three Plays: Melissa, Kouros, Christopher Columbus
by Kazantzakis, Nikos
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671202049
- ISBN 13
- 9780671202040
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Translated by Athena Gianakas Dallas. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($7.50), toned from an old laminate. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, some pencil notes and marginalia throughout. The first English translations of three of Kazantzakis's plays, two based on Ancient Greek legends and the third an imagining of Columbus's voyage.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10147
- Title
- Three Plays: Melissa, Kouros, Christopher Columbus
- Author
- Kazantzakis, Nikos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671202049
- ISBN 13
- 9780671202040
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Greek Literature, 20th Century Literature, Modern Literature, Books to Film
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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