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Greek Coins & Cities
by Davis, Norman
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Spink & Son, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Published in First Edition state for the Seattle Art Museum by Spink & Son, London, 1967, a Fine condition hardcover copy measuring 11" x 13" wide and tall, respectively. Slight forward cock to spine, being bound in brown cloth, with a beautiful gilt illustration to front cover, a hand holding perhaps a sceptre or a sheaf of wheat or a quiver of arrows, and sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. [8], 9-221 pp. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond crimp to rear flap, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Illustrated from the collection at the Seattle Art Museum. Illustrated endpapers, being a map of the Hellenistic world. Foreword by Richard E. Fuller, then sections devoted to money prior to coinage, the transition to coinage, weight standards, a Greek mint, and then coins from Greece, Macedon & Thrace, East Greece, Sicily, Magna Graecia and Royal Portrait coins.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 346874
- Title
- Greek Coins & Cities
- Author
- Davis, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Spink & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- Large 8vo 9" - 10
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Greek currency|Greek coins|Greek cities|Greek money|Norman Davis
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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