From Berthoff Books, Harpers Ferry, WV, U.S.A.
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About this Item
303 pages, with index of Greek mythological references. "First and second printings before publication." The Centaur received the National Book Award for Fiction in 1964. 8vo, gray boards sunned tan and lightly soiled, black cloth backstrip with gilt and silver gilt lettering, top edge decoratively tinted red, other edges and page margins age-toned, in unclipped ($4.00) DJ with considerable wear to edges and two tears in back flap fold (1" at bottom, 2" in middle). Names of former owners Ann and Warner Berthoff written on ffep with date March 1963, his marginalia on front flap of DJ and approximately 13 pages. Seller Inventory # WBB-454
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Centaur
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date: 1963
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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Berthoff Books sells books previously owned by the late Prof. Warner B. Berthoff, Professor of English and American Literature, emeritus, at Harvard University; the late Prof. Ann E. Berthoff, Professor of English, emerita, at U. Mass.-Boston, and members of their family. Some books contain highlighting and marginalia by the Berthoffs or other previous owners, which we aim to describe accurately.
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