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A House Like a Lotus
by Madeleine L'Engle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Green and royal blue boards with gold writing on spine; top and bottom of book spine very slightly rumpled. Front dust jacket and dust jacket spine slightly browned; slightly browned edges on back dust jacket. Tops of front and back dust jacket flaps slightly browned; slight shelf wear to top of dust jacket. Cover price of $13.95 on front dust jacket flap; book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux First Edition, First Printing as indicated by "First edition, 1984" on copyright page.
L'Engle's story of a young girl exploring "that it is all right o have contradictory feelings about someone." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LENGLE003
- Title
- A House Like a Lotus
- Author
- Madeleine L'Engle
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus And Giroux
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 308
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- madeleine l'engle; a house like a lotus
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Carrollton, Texas
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The game is afoot!
I focus on modern first edition, first printings, but have been lately finding first editions, later printings of older novels in my inventory. I'm also highlighting a lot of signed books that I've found.
I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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