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Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Our Ancestors: Available Copies
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Seller: Reuseabook (Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $5.11
Shipping: $9.18
TOTAL Cost: $14.29
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.
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Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $16.49
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $16.49
Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
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Our Ancestors (Paperback) by Italo Calvino
Paperback
ISBN: 9780099430865
Publisher: Vintage Publishing, London (1992)
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $18.22
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $18.22
Paperback. A triptych of allegorical fables told in Calvino's ingenious genre-defying style.Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are the points of departure for Calvino's classic triptych of moral tales, now published in one volume and all displaying the exuberant talent of a master storyteller.'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; These three vivid images are the points of departure for Calvino's classic triptych of moral tales, now published in one volume and all displaying the exuberant talent of a master storyteller. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Seller: Librairie Le Lieu Bleu Paris (paris, France)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $9.02
Shipping: $10.65
TOTAL Cost: $19.67
Vintage, Paperback, 1992 Few traces of use, inside in good state. Fast and protected shipping from our french bookshop located in Paris. Envoi rapide sous emballage protecteur. Fast shipping in protective packaging. .
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Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $24.78
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $24.78
Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
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Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd. (Galway, GY, Ireland) New Book
Book Price: $15.74
Shipping: $11.20
TOTAL Cost: $26.94
1992. Re-issue. Paperback. A triptych of novels in one volume. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, aged 12, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; and Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280. . . . . .
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Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE (Southport, United Kingdom) New Book
Book Price: $16.55
Shipping: $11.15
TOTAL Cost: $27.70
New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; These three vivid images are the points of departure for Calvino's classic triptych of moral tales, now published in one volume and all displaying the exuberant talent of a master storyteller.
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Seller: Kennys Bookstore (Olney, MD, U.S.A.) New Book
Book Price: $18.09
Shipping: $10.50
TOTAL Cost: $28.59
1992. Re-issue. Paperback. A triptych of novels in one volume. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, aged 12, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; and Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Our Ancestors: The Cloven Viscount. Baron in the Trees. The Non-existent Knight (Picador) by Calvino, Italo; Colquhoun, Archibald
Paperback
ISBN: 9780330261562
Publisher: Pan Macmillan (1980)
Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $30.99
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $30.99
Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
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