CALL ME ISHMAEL
by OLSON, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 119. Bound in yellow cloth with little nicked and worn dj. A very good copy of the author's first book. Olson perceived in Moby Dick, the making an an American mythology, reflecting the attempt at a conquest of nature. The next year he began his important career teaching at Black Mountain College. A rare modern classic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51858
- Title
- CALL ME ISHMAEL
- Author
- OLSON, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hitchcock
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1947
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
Biblio member since 2008
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
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