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The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism
by Paz, Octavio
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151001030
- ISBN 13
- 9780151001033
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1995. 1st US . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (1st US) Slightly smaller book, fine white cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 276 heavy pages, four-line stamp of eminent St. Petersburg Times columnist Bill Maxwell inside front cover, four-line stamp of Unitarian church on first front end paper. DJ beneath mylar, glossy cream with color-illustration of orgy on front, praise on back from Washington Post Book World, Los Angeles Times Book Review, John Leonard in New York Newsday, Christian Science Monitor. DJ creased at top front, very tiny dent near middle back spine indentation. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
In this series of essays Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages. Rich in scope, The Double Flame examines everything from taboo to repression, Carnival to Lent, Sade to Freud, original sin to artificial intelligence. “Brimming with insight, thoughtfulness, and sincerity” (Kirkus Reviews). Translated by Helen Lane.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35225
- Title
- The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism
- Author
- Paz, Octavio
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151001030
- ISBN 13
- 9780151001033
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
- Keywords
- SEX LITERATURE LOVE EROTIC HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychiatry;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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