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Penguin Island
by France, Anatole
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 1933. This is book number 210 in the series. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 297 pages followed by a multipage list of all the Modern Library Titles. Modern Library patterned endpapers. From jacket: "Devotees of the works of Anatole France agree without a dissenting voice that Penguin Island is his most searching and satirical novel. The history the strutting penguins is the history of mankind, recorded with the gentle but biting irony of the French master." Ex-library with typical treatments, jacket is covered with mylar. Front jacket flap was taped to inside cover, this has separated and the there is an abrasion to endpage inside front cover; toned pages; sunned jacket spine. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005621
- Title
- Penguin Island
- Author
- France, Anatole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Modern Library; collectibles;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectible;
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