The Pagan Blessing by Phyllis Gebauer - 1979-09-24

NY, Viking, 1979., 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG orange and yellow pictorial dj. First Edition 244 pp. author's first book. When Benito, a fisherman from a small village in Spain, accidentally discovers two ancient golden statuettes in a cave, his first thought is of the new fishing boat he will now be able to buy. When he examines them more closely, another thought occurs to him. The figures are of a man and woman, beautifully fashioned, and admirably endowed....

The Viking Press. Hardcover. 0670209724 First printing 1979 The Viking Press hardcover. Has been read but remains Fine in a Fine minus dust jacket. . Fine. 1975.

New York: The Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670209724 . DJ has some light wear. ; 244 pages .

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Viking Press, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book has slight cock and some mild bumping. Dust jacket has a little edge wear. Dust jacket is protected by a removable Brodart cover..

New York : The Viking Press, 1979, 1979. Fine. 244 pp. ; [1st ed.] ; inscription on end page ; author's first novel ; ISBN: 0670209724 :; 9780670209729 LCCN: 79-12880 ; OCLC: 4933841 ; "...set in Amor Milagroso, a Spanish fishing town where ex-fisherman Benito finds two golden statues--a male a nd a female nude that lock together appropriately and seem to offer a supreme sense of joyous wellbeing and renewed youth. In fact, hitherto rather cool about sex, Benito and his wife Concepcion suddenly never had it so good, conjugal-wise. But the word gets around, and soon everyone is after Benito and the golden figures: the local count (a political enemy turned friend); some conniving art dealers with diverging sexual tastes; the local priest (only interested for scholarly reasons); an acquisitive Mayor; and a legendary gentlemanly bandit. There are chases on land and sea, assaults and dreadful threats, a cross-stitch of deals--and, at the last, Benito puts his life on the line to preserve the statues for… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

The Viking Press. Hardcover. Like New. Flat signed by author. As New.