In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The story of the finding and identification of the lost entrance to Hades, the Oracle of the Dead, the River Styx and the Infernal Regions of the Greeks
by PAGET, R.F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Roy Publishers, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Terra cotta paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp. Illustrations, maps, plans. Near fine/very good. Jacket lightly rubbed and edgeworn, with several tiny chips at corners. Attractive and tight first edition of this account of doing for Virgil's "Aeneid" for Heinrich Schliemann did for Homer's Troy -- locating the actual physical site, a crater west of Naples -- that served as the poet's inspiration.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49354
- Title
- In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The story of the finding and identification of the lost entrance to Hades, the Oracle of the Dead, the River Styx and the Infernal Regions of the Greeks
- Author
- PAGET, R.F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Roy Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Ancient World;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...