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Indigo or, Mapping the Waters First edition.
by Warner, Marina
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 070113531X
- ISBN 13
- 9780701135317
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1992. First edition. 402pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Decorative dust jacket. Indigo is a novel about transformation and power. Inspired by The Tempest, the author has reworked the drama of Ariel, Caliban and Sycorax in a Caribbean setting, exploring the colonial conflicts of an imaginary island and a family. Book condition: Very good. Very minor shelf wear only and some light toning to page edges. Gift inscription to half-title. Internally very clean. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped and with just a little light edge wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1305261
- Title
- Indigo or, Mapping the Waters First edition.
- Author
- Warner, Marina
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 070113531X
- ISBN 13
- 9780701135317
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction,Marina Warner
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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- Cloth
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- Shelf Wear
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