Search Results: delphi by poulsen frederik

Forgotten Books, 2012-07-02. Paperback. Used: Good.

CL 1005 Poulsen, Frederik, 1876- Delphi. Translated by G. C. Richards. With a preface by Percy Gardner. London: Gyldendal, [1920], xi, 338 p. illus. (incl. ports., plans), index. "Hymn to Apollo" I (text, translation and music): p. 165-168. Cover little dull with couple of spots on front cover (faint), good, clean tight copy. Substantial book. $25.00 Poulsen, a Danish classicist, visited Delphi in 1907, and first wrote about his visit in 1919. Includes many photographs of the site, which was where Greek rulers pilgrimaged to obtain predictions about the future, from a priestess known as the "Oracle." The book includes an entire chapter on the Oracle.

GB: Gyldendal, 1920. Small white shelf number on spine (bit no other library marks). Fairly clean tight book but spine rather worn. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB £5. Packed weight 1500g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. G+/No DW.

London: Gyldendal, 1920. Hardcover. Shelfworn, weak hinges, minor ex-library marks, a good reading copy only without dust jacket. 338pp., 164 b&w illus.