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The Firebrand
by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671641778
- ISBN 13
- 9780671641771
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Wilson McLean -- Cover Art. 608 pages, acknowledgements. 1/4 blue cloth spine with gilt writing with and 3/4 tan coloured boards. Illustrated dust wrapper ( wraparound ) by Wilson McLean, with pale yellow writing on the front panel and spine. "The Firebrand is the magical retelling of the greatest, most powerful myth of Western civilisation -- the legend of the fall of Troy as seen through the eyes of Kassandra, daughter of Priam, priestess of Apollo and foreseer of the future. Sent away from her family and her beloved Troy at the age of 12 Kassandra wanders the plains with the fearsome tribe of Amazons, learning the skills and pleasures of women's autonomy." . the dust jacket has a 1 inch tear at the top left of the front panel, there is a rubber running man stamp on the bottom edge of the text block, no other damage to describe, no annotations. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Wilson McLean -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sexuality & Gender; Fiction -- Science-Fiction; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 0671641778. ISBN/EAN: 9780671641771. Inventory No: 0276811. . 9780671641771
Synopsis
Born of noble blood, Kassandra is gifted with the ability to see into the futureand her visions tell of a battle that will bring the wrath of the gods upon all of Greece. She has foreseen the fall of Troy, but no one believes Kassandras prophecies, or heeds her warnings about the beautiful woman known as Helen...
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0276811
- Title
- The Firebrand
- Author
- Bradley, Marion Zimmer
- Illustrator
- Wilson McLean -- Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0671641778
- ISBN 13
- 9780671641771
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Cassandra -- Greek Mythology -- Novel, Trojan War -- Troy -- Novel Sexuality & Gender; Fiction -- Science-Fiction; Science Fiction & Fantasy. Wilson McLean -- Cover Art Unbranded ISBN: 0671641778 EAN: 9780671641771 Bradley, Marion Zimmer
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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