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The Englishman in Greece, Being A Collection Of The Verse Of Many English Poets
by H.S.M. (intro. Sir Rennell Rodd)
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- Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, maroon buckram covers, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; tan
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, maroon buckram covers, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; tanning on endpapers.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). 1st edition of this Oxford anthology of English poets writing in and about Greece, reflecting the British obsession with the Classical world over many generations.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC83951
- Title
- The Englishman in Greece, Being A Collection Of The Verse Of Many English Poets
- Author
- H.S.M. (intro. Sir Rennell Rodd)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, maroon buckram covers, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; tan
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1910
- Pages
- 328
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, anthology, poetry, pocket, Browning, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Arnold, Wordsworth, Milton, Byron, Wilde
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_\"\" x 4\"\")
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