Axel
by CARPELAN, Bo
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Pine Plains, New York, United States
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About This Item
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very Near Fine First Edition of Axel in a Near-Fine jacket. First Edition in English of Bo Carpelan's tribute to his father's friendship with the great Finnish musician, Jean Sibelius. "When Axel Carpelan died, Sibelius was deeply distraught, writing in his diary to whom should I now write music?" This novel was written in part to address that question. A highly collectible copy of the first English translation in jacket. No markings or writings of any kind. Book #v5a121. $30. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.
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- Bookseller
- Pen Ultimate Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C3112
- Title
- Axel
- Author
- CARPELAN, Bo
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Carcanet
- Place of Publication
- Manchester, UK
- Date Published
- 1989
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- belles-lettres;
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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