Jason and Medeia by John Gardner - 1973

Random House Children's Books, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Knopf; [distributed by Random House]. hardcover. Acceptable. 9x6x1. Binding tight.Hardcover.Cover a bit worn and rubbed.Minor wear to page edges and corners. Ex-library with the usual library labels and marks.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 354; VG-/G; yellow spine with red text; dust jacket shows lightly sunfaded spine; mild soiling to exterior; price clipped front flap; mylar wraps; cloth has wear to exterior; slight rubbing to edges; text block has light foxing to exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; previous owner's bookplate to ffep; deckled fore edge;. 1318463. FP New Rockville Stock.

Knopf, 1973. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Knopf, 1973; stated first edition; 354pp. Binding is tight and sturdy, but cocked; foxing to cream cloth boards, else wear is minor; gilt and peach writing somewhat faded but legible. Toning to spine of jacket; some edge-wear, no chips or tears. Foxing to edges of text block. Interior is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota; due to size/weight of this book additional shipping charges may apply.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Ex-Library, First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust-jacket. Ex-Library with usual markings, stamps and pockets; Beige Cloth Covers with Gilt Lettering and Glossy Yellow Field on Spine and Gilt Decoration on front cover; top book edge stained blue-green and is faded near spine; Right Book Edge is deckle-cut; Yellow-Ochre Endpapers; Fixed Front Endpaper has Library Bookplate and Free Front Endpaper has paste-down blurb from dustjacket and verso has paste-down photo of author; Title page has small partially embossed library stamp; book interior is clean and tight; 8vo; 354 pages; no dustjacket 2.12#; P3; A; 7/14/145;

New York: A.A.Knopf, 1973 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Ed... In this magnificent epic poem, John Gardner renders his interpretation of the ancient story of Jason and Medeia. Confined in the palace of King Creon, and longing to return to his rightful kingdom Iolcus, Jason asks his wife, the sorceress Medeia, to use her powers of enchantment to destroy the tryrant King Pelias. Out of love she acquiesces, only to find that upon her return Jason has replaced her with King Creon's beautiful daughter, Glauce.354p. Shadow of a sticker inside front cover..

New York: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Printing. Hardcover. 0394483170 . Tight clean book marked only by "H" stamped to front endpaper; front hinge shows short hairline break to surface of paper, barely visible; unclipped dj with sunned spine and touch of edgewear. 354 pp illustrated. In the form of an epic poem. .

Knopf; [distributed by Random House], 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition 2nd printing - minor wear to dust jacket - minor staining to top of cover otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy

Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. (1st) Large, heavy book, fine cream cloth, small white illustration with gold background at top front, gilt lettering bright on spine with gold background to title, yellow inside covers and adjacent end papers, name crossed out in ink at top of first front end paper, 354 heavy pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar with yellow background, color 3-D illustration of centaur and two boys with bows on front, praise for Gardner's "The Sunlight Dialogues" and "Grendel" on back from Thomas R. Edwards in New York Times Book Review, Melvin Maddocks in Life, Peter S. Prescott in Newsweek. DJ has short black line at top front left, two creases at top back tip, light brown stain at bottom back onto nearby spine, tiny stain at top back edge right. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Reproductions of classical engravings. Small 4to (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), beige cloth with light yellow labels on spine & front cover (which also has a small embossed rectangular Greek frieze, Mylar-protected dust jacket with red lettering (unclipped) reproducing Maxfield Parrish illustration of a w blue centaur with two Greek boys against a yellow background, B&W frontispiece & 24 full page in-text B&W antique illustrations for each of 24 chapters, publisher's light green protective dust stain on top edges of pages, [xii] + 354 deckled pages. Weight: 2+ lbs. John Gardner (1933 - 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view. A tour de force!<br /> <br /> Gardner's best-known novels include The Sunlight Dialogues, about a disaffected policeman… Read More