The Adventurer
by Zweig, Paul
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, 1974. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. x, 275 pp, with illustrations, index. A fine copy in attractive dust jacket with a 1/2 inch tear to the rear panel. Subtitled on the jacket "The Fate of Adventure in the Western World." Explores "the archaic values of adventure and examines that demonic, half-human personage, the adventurer, who inhabits the folklore and the epic literature of Europe, Greece, and the ancient Middle East. It traces the overthrow of the adventurer in our own domestically inclined culture, as well as the isolated irruptions of a new adventure myth in the work of rare modern writers" (Preface).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1038
- Title
- The Adventurer
- Author
- Zweig, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
Terms of Sale
Walkabout Books
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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