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Author: BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
Title: Erewhon: or, Over the range
Description: New York : E. P. Dutton 1919. 2nd Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original title-labelled cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 320 pages; Description: xxvi. 320p. : frontis. (port.) ; 19cm. Subjects: Utopias --fiction. Summary: Erewhon: or. Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler. published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country. supposedly discovered by the protagonist. In the novel. it is not revealed in which part of the world Erewhon is. but it is clear that it is a fictional country. Butler meant the title to be read as the word Nowhere backwards. even though the letters 'h' and 'w' are transposed. therefore Erewhon is anagram of nowhere.The first few chapters of the novel. dealing with the discovery of Erewhon. are in fact based on Butler's own experiences in New Zealand where. as a young man. he worked as a sheep farmer for about four years (1860-1864) and explored parts of the interior of the South Island.Weight in Kg appr.:
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Title: Erewhon: or, Over the range
Description: New York : E. P. Dutton 1919. 2nd Edition in this form. Very good copy in the original title-labelled cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 320 pages; Description: xxvi. 320p. : frontis. (port.) ; 19cm. Subjects: Utopias --fiction. Summary: Erewhon: or. Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler. published anonymously in 1872. The title is also the name of a country. supposedly discovered by the protagonist. In the novel. it is not revealed in which part of the world Erewhon is. but it is clear that it is a fictional country. Butler meant the title to be read as the word Nowhere backwards. even though the letters 'h' and 'w' are transposed. therefore Erewhon is anagram of nowhere.The first few chapters of the novel. dealing with the discovery of Erewhon. are in fact based on Butler's own experiences in New Zealand where. as a young man. he worked as a sheep farmer for about four years (1860-1864) and explored parts of the interior of the South Island.Weight in Kg appr.:
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Price: EUR 25.00 = appr. US$ 27.17 Seller: MW Books
- Book number: 180936
- Book number: 180936