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EATERS OF THE DEAD: The Manuscript Of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences With the Northmen in A.d. 922
de Crichton, Michael
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394494008
- ISBN 13
- 9780394494005
- Librería
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Michael Crichton's scarce fifth novel, a.k.a. THE 13TH WARRIOR: It is 922 A.D. The refined Arab courtier Ibn Fadlan is accompanying a party of Viking warriors back to the north. Fadlan belatedly discovers that his job is to combat the terrors in the night that come to slaughter the Vikings--but just how he will do it, Fadlan has no idea....Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine (minor chipping at spine top and sm divot missing from upper rear edge, else very fine) mylar-protected dust jacket. Very scarce, especially in this condition. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] BUND
Sinopsis
Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922 (later republished as The 13th Warrior to correspond with the film adaption of the novel) is a 1976 novel by Michael Crichton. The story is about a 10th-century Muslim who travels with a group of Vikings to their settlement. Crichton explains in an appendix that the book was based on two sources.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 023401
- Título
- EATERS OF THE DEAD: The Manuscript Of Ibn Fadlan, Relating His Experiences With the Northmen in A.d. 922
- Autor
- Crichton, Michael
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394494008
- ISBN 13
- 9780394494005
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1976
- Páginas
- 193
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Product_type
- 2
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