The Praise Singer
Renault, Mary (pseud Eileen Mary Challans)
Language: English
Published by John Murray Ltd, London, 1979
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, United KingdomThe Print Room
AbeBooks seller since November 2, 2010
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 20.00
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First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners bruised, not price clipped (£4.95), small previous owner's name to ffep, internally clean tight and square. Overall a vg+ copy. 294pp. Renault's classic novel of ancient Athens. The role of the poet and the murder of Hipparchos by Harmodios and Aristogeiton, as seen through the eyes of the poet Simonides of Keos.
Seller Inventory # 004518
- Title
- The Praise Singer
- Author
- Renault, Mary (pseud Eileen Mary Challans)
- Publisher
- John Murray Ltd, London
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0719536146
- ISBN 13
- 9780719536144
- Illustrator
- Jacket photo of red figured amphora by Philip de Vos
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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Review
"A song of praise, a work of love, a serene, deliberate book, full of wisdom, rich in character, incident and description" (Wall Street Journal)
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
The Print Room
Cockernhoe nr Luton, United Kingdom
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