Islandia by Wright, Austin Tappan - 1958

Plume, 1975-03-01. Paperback. Good.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1975. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

A Signet Book / New American Library [1966], 1966. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages yellowed..

New York & Toronto: Rinehart & Company, ( 1958 ). New Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Octavo, 1018 pages, cloth, slight acidic burn at facing pages 376-377 from a bookshop bookmarker; dj frayed at perimeter. . Back by popular demand, this is Wright's only published novel, preceded only by a single short story, "1915?". His imaginary world, Islandia, has been compared to Tolkien's Middle Earth. This appeared after his sudden death, after being edited down from the 2300-page mss. "It is a work of high intellectual power, of deep human insight, of penetrating social and philosophical criticism, and it is also a work of poetic and passionate tenderness." - Lawrence Clark Powell. Has anyone seriously compared and contrasted this to that other lawyer's work, Thomas More's UTOPIA ? Map endpapers, internal map partially reproduced on the top cover. [ Bleiler2, p. 212 ].

New York: Plume, 1975. Trade paperback, later printing thus, 994 pages; spine creased, slanted and concaved, cover corners creased and bumped, pale faded old waterstain at corner of top and fore edges just visible in that top outer corner of many pages, long gift inscription in ink inside front corner, so overall a little tattered, worn and weary, but intact and complete, tight in binding, with an unmarked text, in need of a loving home.. Soft Cover. Good.

Harry N. Abrams, 2006-07-25. paperback. Like New. 5x1x8. Paperback--no flaws--cover different than Amazon picture

N A L, January 1958. Paperback. Good - Cash. 4th printing. Light general use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. The spine has some light scratching. There is a yellow stain at the top of the spine. The text is clean, but there are six '5' stamped accross the top edge of the pages. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

UsedGood.

The Overlook Press, 8/1/2001 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Good. 1.8386 in x 8.0315 in x 5.3898 in. Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Mild shelf wear.

1942 hardcover as pictured. Binding intact. Tan cloth boards with black and gold stamping are lightly soiled with gently bumped corners. Patterned endpapers. Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Rough cut text block . Text appears clean and unmarked, a few pages are dog eared. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)