The Alcestiad
by Thornton Wilder
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/No Jacket. 8vo. pp. 170, AEG, full green/gilt-embossed leather, silk endpapers, satin ribbon, 3 raised bands. ""Thornton Wilder referred to The Alcestiad as ""a mixture of religious revival, mother-love-dynamite, and heroic daring-do."" In it, he retells the ancient legend of Alcestis, Queen of Thessaly, who gave her life for her husband Admetus, beloved of Apollo, and was brought back…
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 257617
- Title
- The Alcestiad
- Author
- Thornton Wilder
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
The Edmonton Book Store
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About the Seller
The Edmonton Book Store
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Edmonton, Alberta
About The Edmonton Book Store
In business for nearly 30 years, we offer thousands of out-of-print and antiquarian books, with specialities in Western Canadian studies, signed Canadian literature and art books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...