HELLENISTIC POETRY. Translated by Jacob Hammer and Moses Hadas. With a Preface by Edward Delavan Perry
by Korte, Alfred
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Columbia University Press, 1919.. 1919.. Very good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt between decorative gilt rules on the spine with a vignette stamped in gilt on the front cover. The covers are lightly bumped & rubbed. xviii, [i] & 446 pages. There is staining to the front pastedown & the front endpaper is lacking, else very good. <p>First edition.<p>Korte deals with the later period of Greek poetry from 321 B.C. to the beginning of the reign of Augustus.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3975
- Title
- HELLENISTIC POETRY. Translated by Jacob Hammer and Moses Hadas. With a Preface by Edward Delavan Perry
- Author
- Korte, Alfred
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Columbia University Press, 1919.
- Date Published
- 1919.
- Keywords
- CLASSICAL; GREEK LITERATURE; HELLENISTIC; COMEDY; MENANDER; ELEGY; EPIC; DRAMA; MIME; EPIGRAM; ALFRED KORTE; EDWARD DELAVAN PERRY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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- Classical Studies;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Gilt
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