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Freedom and Death
by Kazantzakis, Nikos
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1956. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo (crown). First UK/English edition. Tan cloth boards with red titling. 472 pp. Spine slightly tilted, damp stain to spine. Front hinge cracked. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped and worn, age toned, chipped at spine head (with some loss). Kazantzakis is also the author of "Zorba The Greek" and "Christ Recrucified". Also known as "Captain Michalis," it is one of the most widely read books of modern Greek literature which has been translated and published in several languages.
Synopsis
Captain Michalis is one of the most widely read books of modern Greek literature which has been translated and published in several languages. It was written by Nikos Kazantzakis and was first published in Greek in 1953. The writer was influenced by his early years on the island of Crete and uses explicit Greek words and the Cretan idiom in a way that preserves it untouched.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011350
- Title
- Freedom and Death
- Author
- Kazantzakis, Nikos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK Edition
- Publisher
- Bruno Cassirer
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Novel, Fiction, Greek, Greece, Greek Literature, Crete, Ottoman Empire
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Historical Fiction;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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