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The Wreckage of Agathon
by John Gardner
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Row publishers, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book and jacket are Fine to Very fine. Minor wear at spine bottom and lower front corner, Priced (6.95) jacket verso shows slight shelf wear. Fine yellow 1/4 binding over blue cloth. Spine lettering perfect in black. This trenchantly funny metaphysical novel centers around a dirty, boundlessly energetic old seer in ancient Greece. Agathon, the Seer in question, has been imprisoned, along with his disciple Demodoos, for helping to foment a rebellion against Lykourgos, the Spartan tyrant. He cannot resist mixing his wisdom with his innate absurdity: he is rude and disagreeable; he reeks of onions, tells dirty jokes that embarrass everyone; at the same time, he is instinctively fair, honest, and wise. This is a fine Gardner First edition, first issue and very collectible. Now mylar protected.
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- Oshtemo Book Sellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000274
- Title
- The Wreckage of Agathon
- Author
- John Gardner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Row publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 243
- Keywords
- F/F very fine
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Shelf Wear
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- Fair
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
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- First Edition
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