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Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
by Crichton, Michael
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394494008
- ISBN 13
- 9780394494005
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976 First printing of the stated first edition. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket, red top-edge. Light shelf wear to board edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short, closed tear/crease near bottom front fold, a tiny chip to crown of spine, light wear to spine ends, some toning to flaps and back cover margins, and a diagonal crease to upper corner of front flap.
Synopsis
Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaption of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton. The story is about a 10th-century Muslim who travels with a group of Vikings to their settlement. Crichton explains in an appendix that the book was based on two sources.
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- Idler Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005032
- Title
- Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922
- Author
- Crichton, Michael
- Illustrator
- Martha Kaplan (Author's Photograph); Paul Bacon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394494008
- ISBN 13
- 9780394494005
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- FICTION, MYSTERY, SUSPENSE, SCIENCE FICTION.
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