Swear by Apollo

Shirley Barker

Published by Random House, New York, NY, 1958

About this Item

Random House, New York. 1958. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; bumped upper tips. DJ: Near Fine; bumped upper tips; slight suntanning to spine. Green grained boards with yellow grained overlay on the spine with bright green lettering on the spine. Tinted textblock top. 247 pp 8vo. This is a tale of a New Hampshire youth, whose medical training under his father in New Hampshire was being extended through schooling in Edinburgh, which was dull to him. So he took a summer assignment on a Scottish isle, and found a chance to experiment with a variety of ailments, to try out the new antitoxin for smallpox, and to put theory to test. But he also found things of the spirit, of tradition, that could not be measured in ordinary terms; he found disillusionment, agony of spirit, and he found love. The story climaxes as word of Concord and Lexington show him where his future lies. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Swear by Apollo
• Publisher: Random House, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1958
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Book Club Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • General Fiction
  • Revolutionary War/Early America
  • Literature/Poetry