Tales from a Greek Island
by Papadiamantis, Alexandros
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0801833337
- ISBN 13
- 9780801833335
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 176 pages. Translated, with an introduction and notes, by Elizabeth Constantinides. First American edition, first printing with no other printings listed on copyright page. A collection of twelve short stories, set on the author's native Aegean island of Skiathos, all but one appearing in English for the first time. Book plate of the "Chapin Benefactors" [Maria Bowen Chapin, founder of the Chapin School for girls, New York City, 1901], affixed to front free end-paper. Very mild foxing to top edge and light wear to dust-jacket. Book is clean, square, and unmarked. Jacket is complete with small nick to top edge and incidental age toning. Very good+ in a good+ dust-jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019640
- Title
- Tales from a Greek Island
- Author
- Papadiamantis, Alexandros
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801833337
- ISBN 13
- 9780801833335
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Short Stories
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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