The Venetian's Wife; A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis
by Nick Bantock
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0811811409
- ISBN 13
- 9780811811408
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Hardcover. 131 pp. Bored Sara Wolfe is ready for adventure when she receives a strange job offer from an anonymous employer: to find the few remaining pieces of an Indian sculpture. This is her colorfully illustrated diary, which chronicles the increasing preoccupation with her mentor and his odd request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E28358
- Title
- The Venetian's Wife; A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis
- Author
- Nick Bantock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0811811409
- ISBN 13
- 9780811811408
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- History, fiction, Shiva, art, India, literature
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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