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Inferno: First Book of the Divine Comedy (California Dante)
by Dante
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0520027124
- ISBN 13
- 9780520027121
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
University of California Press. Used - Very Good. Berkeley, Los Angeles: Univ of California Press 1980. 1st thus. Hardcover 4to 307 pgs. B/w frontis and illustrations. Very good book in a near very good dust jacket. Light spotting and foxing to top edge and fore edge of textblock. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket has light soil, light edgewear and some small edge tears. Red lettering on jacket spine sunned. Small brown waterstain to bottom edge of rear panel. (classic, literature, hell, poem) Inquire if you need further information.
Synopsis
Dante's epic-in a stunning new clothbound edition. Describing Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, the Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasing torture, Dante encounters doomed souls including the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicide Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit. Led by leering demons, the poet must journey with Virgil to the heart of Hell-for it is only by encountering Satan that he can truly understand the tragedy of sin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B35409-F-DAN
- Title
- Inferno: First Book of the Divine Comedy (California Dante)
- Author
- Dante
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0520027124
- ISBN 13
- 9780520027121
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- This edition first published
- October 24, 1980
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wonder Book
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Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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