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Many Waters
by L'Engle, Madeleine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374347964
- ISBN 13
- 9780374347963
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Long gift inscription on half title page dated Christmas 1986, otherwise unmarked, clean and solid copy in clean, bright, undamaged dust jacket, not price clipped..
Synopsis
Many Waters is a 1986 novel by Madeleine L'Engle, part of the author's Time Quartet (also known as the Time Quintet). The title is taken from the Song of Solomon 8:7: "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. If a man were to give all his wealth for love, it would be utterly scorned. " The principal characters of the story are Sandy and Dennys Murry, twin brothers who are, paradoxically, somewhat out of place (i.e.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 087540
- Title
- Many Waters
- Author
- L'Engle, Madeleine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374347964
- ISBN 13
- 9780374347963
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- juvenile classic novels
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- Price Clipped
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