About this title: This is the exuberant, often wryly comic, first-person account of a young Englishman's imprudent adventures, set against a background of political strife in 19th-century Uruguay.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-13:9780299182243ISBN:029918224X
Description: Good. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Tight book, nice text, moderate wear to cover, discoloration, edges have heavy rubbing books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library, New York
Date Published: 1927
Description: Good+ No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Gray cloth binding has a small faint smudge to front cover. Slight spine slant. Prev. owners name on title-page verso. No dust jacket. 389pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wildside Press
Date Published: 2008-02-15
ISBN-13:9781434461018ISBN:1434461017
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Description: Good+ NO JACKET. G+/NO DJ, some wear to covers, corners a bit frayed, previous owner's name on endpaper, pages a bit agetoned else interior is clean, binding tight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 1927-01-01
Description: Fair. Great reading copy of this flexible Modern Library hardcover, missing first blank page, all inside pages present, front cover is pulling away a bit, no problem. MendoPower Employment Services will immediately and carefully pack this book in high-quality bubble lined, envelopes, then send you an email when it ships. We appreciate your business and welcome any questions. read more
Description: good+, pocket-sized paperback, soil along bottom spine & edge. 384 pgs, Front cover bright w/ some soil. Crease bottom corner back cover, bent pages to match. Insect nibbles top front edges. read more
Edition: Reprint Used
Binding: H Flexible Cloth
Publisher: The Modern Library, New York
Date Published: 1927
Description: Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall Good in flexible faux-leather. Rubbing and light wear to boards; corner clipped from front free endpaper, light browning to text. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Three Strens Press, 1904
Description: Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 2n Edition. Being the Narrative of one Richard Lamb's Adventures in the Banda Oriental, in South America, as told by Himself. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Three Sirens Press, NY
Description: Woodcuts by Keith Henderson. Very Good- 8vo, 9.5 " tall. Hardcover, no DJ. Light age-toning around cover edges, spine rubbed & light colorfade, slight wear at spine tips. Binding tight. Endsheets show ageing, brief gift inscription on flyleaf, text pages show slight ageing. No date (1930s), book carries the 1904 preface to the second edition (first ed was 1885. ) Textured cream cloth with purple velvet spine panel, 260 pages on semi-glossy paper, frontispiece & 12 more one-sided fullpage ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Modern Library, New York
Date Published: 1927
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Cover is in good condition. Cover is black with gold lettering on a supple leather-like material. xvi, 389 p. 16 cm. Modern library of the world's best books.. read more
Edition: First Edition, So Stated
Binding: Leatherette
Publisher: The Modern Library, NY
Date Published: 1927
Description: Fair to Good/No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall Bound in black letherette covers. 389 pages. Light wear to edges. Front inner hinge cracked open. Ink signature on front end paper. Otherwise a clean, complete copy. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. C. 1940s modern library random house not dated grey cloth hardback, no dj. mild discolor to spine, inside in white and clean. read more
"Mentioned by Hemingway in "The Sun Also Rises" as "a very sinister book if read too late in life, recounting the splendid imaginary amorous adventures of a perfect English gentleman in an intensely romantic land, the scenery of which is very well described."
In these scenic descriptions you can see the echoes of Hemingway's own descriptive genius which bore fruit in the Nick Adams stories -- in particular, in Big Two-Hearted River -- as well as in his depictions of Spain and fishing on the Irati. Other than that, The Purple Land is a ponderously long tale, one which has been long forgotten and one which has little otherwise to recommend it."
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