Sappho and the Island of Lesbos
by Patrick Mary Mills
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen & Co, 1912. Book measures 17.5x11.5.cm. xv, 180pp, 26 illustrations, complete as index. Bound in original publishers maroon cloth, gilt lines and lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, lightly bumped, minor abrasion wear. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, early inscription dated Nov 21.12, some persistant light spotting, occasional pencil annotation. Pages and plates in good condition. A nice copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013192
- Title
- Sappho and the Island of Lesbos
- Author
- Patrick Mary Mills
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Sappho
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; History; Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...