About this title: In The Silence of the Body, the Italian writer Guido Ceronetti trenchantly sifts through the miscellany of fact, legend, folk wisdom, and literary artifice by which cultures past and present have grappled with that most enigmatic of subjects, the human body. Long a student of ancient and classic writings, Ceronetti has culled their texts for the ...
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Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780374264055ISBN:0374264058
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 233 p. Contains: Illustrations. Previous Owner's Inscription. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780374264055ISBN:0374264058
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8 3/4" NOT a remainder or an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. read more
Description: 1st Edition; Near Fine/ Fine: light soil on top edges, else fine. A compendium of aphoristic opinions-erudite, outrageous and cranky-through which the author seeks to "lift the veil from human beings" in a way that medical doctors never will. read more
Edition: First Edition, Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar STraus Grioux
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780374264055ISBN:0374264058
Description: /This book has a dust jacket. 0 374 26405 8 Gray cloth spine and russet hardcovers, nearly 9" tall. 234pp....Book NEW CONDITION--dust jacket New Condition. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780374264055ISBN:0374264058
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Near-new condition-Stated First Edition-NO price clippings or remainder marks. Tight spine-Bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 234 pages. -From the Publisher In The Silence of the Body, the Italian writer Guido Ceronetti trenchantly sifts through the miscellany of fact, legend, folk wisdom, and literary artifice by which cultures past and present have grappled with that most enigmatic of subjects, the human body. Long a student of ... read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780374264055ISBN:0374264058
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean unmarked salmon colored paper over boards, grey cloth spine with black titleing. Binding is tight and straight. Interior and pages are clean & bright, short gift inscripton is written small and neatly on the front free endpaper. In a solid, glossy dust jacket, no chipping or tears, price is clipped. 234 pgs. read more
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