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HOUSE LIKE A LOTUS
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374333858
- ISBN 13
- 9780374333850
- Seller
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Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by L'Engle on the title page. "for Tom & Dot Saranam Madeliene L'Engle." Tight, bright copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Third novel in L'Engle's O'Keefe Family series.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
A House Like a Lotus is a 1984 young adult novel by Madeleine L'Engle. Its protagonist is sixteen-year-old Polly O'Keefe, whose friend and mentor, Maximiliana Horne, has sent her on a trip to Greece and Cyprus. As she travels, Polly must come to terms with a recent traumatic event involving Max. The history of Polly's relationship with Max is told in flashback over the course of the novel.
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- Bookseller
- Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8134
- Title
- HOUSE LIKE A LOTUS
- Author
- L'Engle, Madeleine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374333858
- ISBN 13
- 9780374333850
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- O'Keefe Family Series
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
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Fernandina Beach, Florida
About Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA
Revere Books has offered collector-condition first editions primarily of 20th century American and British fiction and poetry since 1991. Signed copies are a specialty. Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) & the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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