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Joanna and Ulysses & Halfway to Silence (2 books)
by May Sarton
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0393013685
- ISBN 13
- 9780393013689
- Seller
-
San Rafael, California, United States
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About This Item
This two book set is comprised of May Sarton's short novel, Joanna & Ulysses and a volume of her poetry, Halfway to Silence. The novel follows the adventures and travel of a young Greek woman from Athens who goes to the island paradise of Mykonos to paint and find her true self . Upon arrival, she adopts a donkey who has been badly mistreated, nurses it back to health and becomes her companion on the island. Her poetry volume is a collection of lyric poems touching on many subjects. Joanna and Ulysses have lovely line drawing illustrations throughout.
Books are both in fine condition. The Dust Jacket for Joanna and Ulysses is price clipped, has a pen name in the FFEP and has some soiling and chips and bumps to edges. Pencil price and 1st Ed. designation on FFEP. The dust jacket to Halfway to Silence is in near pristine condition with pencil date and early price on FFEP. Not price clipped. Both are in mylar covers.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town Books of San Anselmo
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 577
- Title
- Joanna and Ulysses & Halfway to Silence (2 books)
- Author
- May Sarton
- Illustrator
- James J Spanfeller
- Format/Binding
- Quarter-bound cream and black boards with black and orange titles / Black binding with gilt spine titles
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition - Stated / First Edition - Stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393013685
- ISBN 13
- 9780393013689
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980 / 1963
- Pages
- 127 / 64
- Size
- 5 7/8 x 8 1/2 / 6 x 8 1/2
- Keywords
- Greece, islands, painters, donkeys, Mykonos, Poetry, lyric poems
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; First Editions; May Sarton Books;
Terms of Sale
Town Books of San Anselmo
All titles are available for a full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item is misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Town Books of San Anselmo
Biblio member since 2020
San Rafael, California
About Town Books of San Anselmo
Town Books is run by volunteers for the benefit of the San Anselmo Library, San Anselmo, CA. All titles are donated and go through a thorough accession process to ensure that the books are clean and in a good reading state. Selected titles of rare and vintage books are reserved for our online sales with Biblio.com.
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- Price Clipped
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
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