Doctor Copernicus
by Banville, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393087573
- ISBN 13
- 9780393087574
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Co. (1976).. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth spine with gilt lettering. 241 pages. Has small moisture stains to bottom of front board and interior of jacket. Lower corner of jacket flap clipped. Contents clean and tight. "Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976, this historical novel is based on the life of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, whose ideas and writings shattered the medieval view of the universe.
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- Bookseller
- MagicCarpetBooks.com (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007317
- Title
- Doctor Copernicus
- Author
- Banville, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393087573
- ISBN 13
- 9780393087574
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co. (1976).
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Irish Authors, Literature, Historical Fiction, The Revolutions Trilogy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & General Fiction;
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