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The White Castle  - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

The White Castle - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

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The White Castle - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

by Pamuk, Orhan

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Fine in Fine dust jacket
ISBN 10
0807612642
ISBN 13
9780807612644
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New York: George Braziller. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. 1st US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0807612642 . A stunning first American edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, signed by author and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk directly on the title page; A young Italian scholar sailing from Venice to Naples is captured by the Turks. He saves himself from life as a galley slave by claiming to be a doctor. In Constantinople, he becomes half-astrologer, half-doctor to a Turkish savant who is eager to learn about scientific and intellectual advances in the West. The White Castle is 2006 Nobel Prize winner Pamuk's story of these two men, set in the seventeenth century. Translated by Victoria Holbrook from the 1979 Turkish publication of Beyaz Kale, his first book translated into English; 8vo; 161, [1] pages; Signed by Author .

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Orhan Pamuk is the author of seven novels and the recipient of major Turkish and international literary awards. He is one of Europe's most prominent novelists, and his work has been translated into twenty-six languages. He lives in Istanbul.

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Title
The White Castle - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
Author
Pamuk, Orhan
Format/Binding
1/4 Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition
1st US Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0807612642
ISBN 13
9780807612644
Publisher
George Braziller
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1991
Keywords
Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Nobel Laureate Laureates
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Classic Fiction;

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