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Levkas Man
by INNES, Hammond
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002214792
- ISBN 13
- 9780002214797
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 320pp. A bit of faint soiling on the foredge, spine base very gently bumped, else fine in a trifle worn, fine dust jacket. Inscribed on the verso of the front fly: "Michael - So glad you picked this one ~ my warmest good wishes, Ralph Hammond Innes. at Folger Luncheon on my birthday! 15/7/81." Additionally Signed by Innes on the title page.
*Levkas Man* was made into a 1981 miniseries, shot in Greece, about an anthropologist's son who travels to the Greek island of Levkas to pursue his father's interest in the origins of man.
*Levkas Man* was made into a 1981 miniseries, shot in Greece, about an anthropologist's son who travels to the Greek island of Levkas to pursue his father's interest in the origins of man.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 469982
- Title
- Levkas Man
- Author
- INNES, Hammond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0002214792
- ISBN 13
- 9780002214797
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- EnglishLiterature, BooksIntoFilm
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About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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