The Penelopeia [SIGNED]
by Rawlings, Jane
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1567922066
- ISBN 13
- 9781567922066
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: David R. Godine, (2003.) 1st edition. Signed by the author on the half-title in gold ink. A verse novel that imagines new events after The Odyssey by Homer. Odysseus returns home and learns two startling things from Penelope: He fathered twin daughters before he left 20 years earlier, and his faithful wife is now ready to set off on her own travels and adventures. A lively narrative in un-rhymed free verse. ix, 243 pp., with brief glossary. Map endpapers, vignette text illustrations. Quarto hardcover. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket ($35) with clear archival cover. A nicely produced book. Uncommon signed.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047867
- Title
- The Penelopeia [SIGNED]
- Author
- Rawlings, Jane
- Illustrator
- Hurst, Heather
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1567922066
- ISBN 13
- 9781567922066
- Publisher
- David R. Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Folklore, Mythology;
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