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With Fire and Sword (The Trilogy, Book I)
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0870529749
- ISBN 13
- 9780870529740
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Copernicus Society of America / Hippocrene Books, 1992. 1,135pgs.brown cloth, gilt lettering. map endpapers.Two soil spots on the fore-edge, lower spine edge, shows creasing, otherwise internally like new..Unclipped pictorial jacket has light creasing at the spne edges, otherwise clean and unmarked. "This powerful novel, a Polish Gone with the Wind (New York Times Book Review), is set in the 17th century and follows the struggle of the kingdom of Poland to maintain its unity in the face of the Cossack-led peasant rebellion." Foreword by James Michener." . Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Very good+/Very Good+. Stout Octavo.
Synopsis
With Fire and Sword is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as the Trilogy, followed by The Deluge (Potop, 1886) and Fire in the Steppe (Pan Wołodyjowski, 1888), also translated as Colonel Wolodyjowski. The novel has been adapted as a film several times, most recently in 1999.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033977
- Title
- With Fire and Sword (The Trilogy, Book I)
- Author
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0870529749
- ISBN 13
- 9780870529740
- Publisher
- Copernicus Society of America / Hippocrene Books
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- Stout Octavo
- Keywords
- Nobel Prize
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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