THE AGE OF FABLE or STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES
by THOMAS BULFINCH
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: THE HERITAGE PRESS, 1958 VERY NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER WITH DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, GOLD PRINT SPINE. GOLD SLIP COVER WITH WEAR EDGES. EDGE OF PAGES SPECKLED DESIGN. ART OF ATLAS FRONTISPIECE. INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY DUDLEY FITTS. COPYRIGHT BY GEORGE MACY COMPANY. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. TIGHT, ART THROUGHOUT, PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS AND INDEX BACK. APOLLO, CUPID, BEOWOLF, HERCULES, PYGMALION, THE TROJAN WAR, ORIGIN OF MYTHOLOGY AND MANY OTHERS. Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 ¿ May 27, 1867 was an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts. Bulfinch belonged to a well-educated Bostonian merchant family of modest means. Bulfinch's Mythology is a classic work of popularized mythology, still in print 150 years after the first work, Age of Fable, was published in 1855. TERRIFIC INTERESTING BOOK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
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- Bookseller
- Antique Books Den (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001088
- Title
- THE AGE OF FABLE or STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES
- Author
- THOMAS BULFINCH
- Illustrator
- JOE MUGNAINI
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- THE HERITAGE PRESS
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- MYTHOLOGY, HERCULES, HEROES
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Fiction; EDUCATION;
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