Harmondsworth, Middlesex, UK Penguin Books, 1973. Mass Market Paperback First Edition Thus (1973). First Edition Thus (1973). Good in Wraps: shows indications of considerable use: fairly heavy wear to the extremities; significant rubbing, faint creasing to the wrapper covers; the very slightest spine lean; the text pages have tanned somewhat due to aging; the binding is secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A well-loved copy, but one which is structurally sound and tightly bound and with a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.15 x 4.35 x 0.55 inches). 235 pages. Language: English. Weight: 5.5 ounces. First published in 1962. This is, however, the First Penguin Books edition, the now-classic paperback edition. Mass Market Paperback.

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Mary Renault was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained for three years as a nurse, and wrote her first published novel, Promise of Love . Her next three novels were written while serving in WWII. After the war, she settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her brilliant historical reconstructions of ancient Greece, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine , and The Persian Boy . She died in Cape Town in 1983.

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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 52188
Title: The Bull from the Sea.
Author: Mary Renault
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus (1973).
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books,
Place of Publication: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, UK
Date Published: 1973.
Bookseller catalogs: Historical Fiction; Fiction: Collectible Paperbacks; British Contemporary Fiction; Modern Fiction First Editions;

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