Circe.
by Gelli, Giovanni Battista
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1963). Book. New. Hardcover. F. First Edition thus. Octavo, blue/grey cloth covered boards. 179pp. Translated by Thomas Brown, edited and with an introduction by Robert M. Adams, Ph.D. A series of satirical dialogues, with a serious theme of man's hubristic relationship to the animal kingdom. With woodcut illustrations by Peter Kahn. A fresh, very tight and unread copy in a brilliant, fresh, unsoiled (matte) dust jacket in gold and cream. Two minute nicks at top rear edge else fine. A remarkably well preserved copy it is in virtually brand new condition and scarce thus..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02782
- Title
- Circe.
- Author
- Gelli, Giovanni Battista
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, (1963).
- Keywords
- GELLI, CIRCE, FLORENCE, CLASSICS, ITALIAN, RENAISSANCE, SATIRE, COMMENTARY, SOCIAL, ULYSSES, DIALOGUES, ILLUSTRATED, PHILOSOPHY, MORAL, PARODY, HUMOR, COMEDY, COMIC, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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