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The God Beneath the Sea
by Garfield, Leon; Blishen, Edward; Keeping, Charles (Illustrator)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0582150930
- ISBN 13
- 9780582150935
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Longman Group Ltd, 1970. First British Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Keeping, Charles. Uniquely weaves traditional stories from ancient Greek myths into a brand new work of fiction, bringing the gods, goddesses, & their stories to life with the powerful pen-and-ink illustrations of Charles Keeping. The story is located within the first & second falls of the god Hephaestus. In 164 pages, including a Afterword by the authors. A First Edition, first printing, from 1970, this hardcover octavo has deep blue textured cloth with white band & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: completely bright & clean save for former owner's stamp to half title page & significant foxing to fore edge, dust dulling to top outside page edges, rather heavy bump to outer-upper corner of front board. Else, binding straight & strong; pages white with very mild foxing to title page, scattered on other pages, else unmarked. The unclipped DJ (with "1.75 p, 35 s net" British price intact on lower front flap) is also Near Fine: bright & colorful & completely with NO fading, but a bit of light rubbing to gilt in title; nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time) ship same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020933
- Title
- The God Beneath the Sea
- Author
- Garfield, Leon; Blishen, Edward; Keeping, Charles (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Keeping, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0582150930
- ISBN 13
- 9780582150935
- Publisher
- Longman Group Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- GREEK GREECE ANTIQUITY MYTH MYTHOLOGY GODS GODDESSES CREATION ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Fairy Tales-Folklore-Fables-Mythology;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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