Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and Other Selections from Greek Anthology
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Nathan Haskell Dole, 1903. Limied Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited Edition number 195 of 550 copies, hand made French paper, nice untrimmed top and foreedge, Privately printed by Nathan Haskell Dole, Breviary Treasures, 214 pages each illustrated with beautiful black and white border illustrations around the text, photo frontis of Greek lyre player. Book is Very Good overall, hardcover two toned boards shows wear to corners and some light brown paint on brown paper boards, cream 1/3 bound paper spine is lightly soiled and sunnned, titles very readable, Text is Fine, previous owner tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, no jacket. All and all a solid Very Good copy with stong hinges and sound binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001339
- Title
- Odes of Anacreon Anacreontics and Other Selections from Greek Anthology
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limied Edition
- Publisher
- Nathan Haskell Dole
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Greek Mythology, Wood Block Prints
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Fine
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