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The Elixir: Available Copies
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Seller: Visible Voice Books (Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $7.27
Shipping: $4.50
TOTAL Cost: $11.77
Knopf 1971 Hardcover with dust jacket. 1971 First edition. Mild stainingdebris general wear on dust jacket and interior boards. Interior text pages are in good condition. Blank page missing in beginning of book.
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The Elixir by Nathan, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: ()
Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $4.00
Shipping: $8.00
TOTAL Cost: $12.00
Ex-library copy. Library rubber stamps and stickers; library card holder glued to the front endpaper. Jacket in mylar protector taped to the boards. Back board was exposed to moisture, resulting in wrinkling of outer board but not inner board, bleeding to the back cover of the jacket. Good reading copy.
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The Elixir : [a Novel by Nathan, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394471754
Publisher: NY: Alfred A. Knopf (1971) (1971)
Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $14.24
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $14.24
Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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The Elixir by Nathan, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1971)
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books (Skyway, WA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $5.40
TOTAL Cost: $15.40
Stated first edition. A letter "H" boldly ink-stamped on front flyleaf. Pale water spotting to upper page edges. Full cloth binding. 176pp. Jacket is rubbed and has a large chip from front panel. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
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Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst) (South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $10.21
Shipping: $6.49
TOTAL Cost: $16.70
Green cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; mild wear and sun fading to edges; jacket is worn with small chips and tears at corners and spine ends; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; previous owner's name on free front endpaper; interior clean and unmarked; 176 pages.
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The Elixir by Robert Nathan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394471754
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, USA (1971)
Seller: The Book Exchange (Macclesfield, CHESH, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $9.55
Shipping: $27.08
TOTAL Cost: $36.63
039447175x. Hardcover, in a Dust Jacket with light wear and some staining, 1cm. tear on back cover. Not ex. library. 182 pages. "It has Merlin in it and an airplane hijacking; King Richard the Lionhearted and Palestinian guerrillas; Blondel and the Old Man of the Mountain. In The Elixir, past and present, life and legend are made one by the binding power of love.". Contents clean, tight and bright.
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The Elixir by Nathan, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Knopf ()
Seller: WeBuyBooks (Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $29.81
Shipping: $10.63
TOTAL Cost: $40.44
Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers
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The Elixir by NATHAN, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394471754
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York (1971)
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $35.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $40.50
First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Hardcover has chipped spine ends, corners, 1 inch closed tear bottom front, smudged.
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The Elixir by Robert Nathan
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780851270197
Publisher: David, Bruce and Watson (1983)
Seller: Books Written By (PBFA Member) (Northampton, NTH, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $6.97
Shipping: $39.20
TOTAL Cost: $46.17
Ex Library with stamps and inscriptions in ink up to and including the publishers page. Purple boards with gold lettering to the spine. Tape marks to inside boards. Lean to boards. Tipped in yellow. Spotting to the closed page edges. Glazed pictorial clipped dust wrapper. Minor shelf wear to the extremities and tanned to the inside. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. No further inscriptions, 177pp, clean pages throughout. (Any digital image available on request).
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