The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
by Barthes, Roland
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hill and Wang, 1979. 152pp. Black cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, Barthes's initials blindstamped on front board. Book clean and unmarked, internally and externally. Dust jacket crisp and intact, with original price on front jacket flap. In this appealing and luminous collection of essays, Roland Barthes examines the mundane and exposes hidden texts, causing the reader to look afresh at the famous landmark and symbol of Paris, and also at the Tour de France, the visit to Paris of Billy Graham, the flooding of the Seine--and other shared events and aspects of everyday experience. Translated by noted American poet Richard Howard. B&w publicity photo of Barthes laid in.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034295
- Title
- The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
- Author
- Barthes, Roland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Roland Barthes, Mythologies, Richard Howard, First Edition
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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