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ANCIENT EVENINGS
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt and red metallic lettering and heiroglyphics on front cover and spine, red endpapers. Dust jacket color illustrated. . Cloth slightly dirty, spine a bit shelf worn, bookplate on fep, pages tight, clean, square, and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket a bit shelf worn, scratch on lower front, edges of inside flaps yellowed. VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD. . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 709 pp .
Synopsis
Ancient Evenings is a novel by Norman Mailer. It deals with the lives of two protagonists, one young, one old, in a very alien ancient Egypt marked by journeys by the dead, reincarnation, and violent and hyper-sexual gods and mortals in a complex combination of historical fiction, allegory, poetic flight, confession and spiritual meditation. Crossing three millennia to Pharaonic Egypt, this tale returns to that land's essences - the war, magic, gods, death and reincarnations, the lusts, ambitions, jealousies, and betrayals, sadistically admiring all sorts of violence and atrocity, both in sarcasm and reality.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23675
- Title
- ANCIENT EVENINGS
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction, Literature;, Fiction;, Novel, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptian
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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