The Plumed Serpent
by Lawrence, D.H
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- ACC/ACC/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0140007547
- ISBN 13
- 9780140007541
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: First Reprint Thus* Date of Publication: 1970 (1950)* Publisher: Penguin* Binding and cover condition: Illustrative soft card covers, different design to that shown, with grey ?phoenix rising? logo to front design by Heather Mansell. Covers aged. No bumps, slight rubs. Some shelf wear to edges & corners, slight creases and dish to spine & crease to rear cover. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean & tight. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, paper colouration to pages particularly margins & edges. ACC* Illustrations:- None.* Pages: 462 pp. text. ii pp. advertisement & book list at rear.* Product Description:- The Plumed Serpent is set in Mexico in the 1920s, an era of political turmoil, and centres on a revolutionary movement to revive the religion of the ancient Aztecs. The brilliant vision of place, the violent action and the rituals and myth for the new religion all combine to make it one of Lawrence's most vivid novels.* This is an acceptable reading copy with some ageing & shelf wear.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5194
- Title
- The Plumed Serpent
- Author
- Lawrence, D.H
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - ACC/ACC/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus Reprint,
- ISBN 10
- 0140007547
- ISBN 13
- 9780140007541
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth UK 464
- Date Published
- 1970-04-30
- Size
- 18.4 x 9.4 x 2.4 cm
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