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Athena

Athena

Athena
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Athena

by Banville, John

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0436202220
ISBN 13
9780436202223
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London, United Kingdom: Secker & Warburg, 1995. [1995]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Sage-green endpapers. 233pps. First Printing. The pages are lightly tanned due to the acid content of the stock, otherwise clean and tight with a square binding. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed; the original U.K. price (15.99) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. An excellent, collector's-quality copy.<br><br><b><font color+#003366> "He is a man with a hidden, complicated past -- some of it perhaps unspeakably violent, much of it spent in thrall to an almost slavish fascination with seventeenth-century Flemish art. Now he is lured, unknowing, into a scheme to authenticate a set of suspect paintings, and -- as if in payment for his work, as if from out of the paintings themselves -- a mysterious woman emerges into his life and merges with it. She seems to him to come alive only under his gaze. The mix of detachment and passion that fuels her reminds him of, and then gradually taps into, his own darkest impulses. And as their affair grows more dangerous and compulsive, he begins to sense that it is being mirrored, perhaps even prefigured, in the paintings themselves. Yet nothing forewarns him of the moment when the forgery scheme will be brought to light and its unexpected, crushing ramifications abruptly revealed."<br><br></b></font> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. 41-A. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

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William T. O'Malley ; gift ; 2006. Gift of William T. O'Malley. Burns Library copy: signed by the author.

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Title
Athena
Author
Banville, John
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0436202220
ISBN 13
9780436202223
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
Date Published
1995
Keywords
JOHN BANVILLE ATHENA SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS IRISH AUTHORS LITERATURE LITERARY NOVELS MORROW COLLECTIBLE USED BOOKS
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