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Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology
by DOUGLAS, Norman
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
(London): Chapman and Hall Ltd, 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition, first issue binding. Octavo. Coarse fawn cloth, maroon leather spine label stamped in gilt, publisher's maroon top edge stain. A very fine, bright copy in very good dust jacket with moderate browning on spine, with light wear at crown, few soil marks and closed tear on front panel, else quite bright.
One of only a few copies, according to *Woolf*: "only a few copies bound in coarse fawn cloth. Copies issued later are bound in Prussian-blue cloth...". Of the 1425 sets of sheets, 326 bound copies and 425 sets of sheets were remaindered to Simpkin Marshall Ltd. in 1932; in June, 1932 these sheets and copies were bought by Chatto & Windus, and rebound in gray cloth. In July 1941 John Grant Ltd. bought the remaining stock of 678 unbound sheets and copies from Chatto & Windus. Rare.
One of only a few copies, according to *Woolf*: "only a few copies bound in coarse fawn cloth. Copies issued later are bound in Prussian-blue cloth...". Of the 1425 sets of sheets, 326 bound copies and 425 sets of sheets were remaindered to Simpkin Marshall Ltd. in 1932; in June, 1932 these sheets and copies were bought by Chatto & Windus, and rebound in gray cloth. In July 1941 John Grant Ltd. bought the remaining stock of 678 unbound sheets and copies from Chatto & Windus. Rare.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 516339
- Title
- Birds and Beasts of the Greek Anthology
- Author
- DOUGLAS, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall Ltd
- Place of Publication
- (London)
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Anthology, Nature, Mythology, VintageDustjackets, EnglishLiterature
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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