A History of Greece. [Complete set.]. [With an Introduction by A.D. Lindsay.] GROTE COMPLETE IN EVERYMAN
by GROTE George
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- Hardcover
- first
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dent,, [1907]. 12 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of red ribbed cloth, upper boards blocked in blind, gilt backs, dark tops, pictorial endpapers, two or three joints with tears (but all bindings wholly sound), a very good, bright, clean set. With personal bookplate on front paste-downs. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE. EL 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195,196, 197; Seymour 461.0, 462.0, 463.0, 464.0, 465.0, 466.0, 467.0, 468.0, 469.0, 470.0, 471.0, 472.0.
Synopsis
A History of Greece by Grote is Victorian era work of historical interpretation of Greece which manages to maintain relevance to modern times and the debates about democratic society.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49301
- Title
- A History of Greece. [Complete set.]. [With an Introduction by A.D. Lindsay.] GROTE COMPLETE IN EVERYMAN
- Author
- GROTE George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dent,
- Date Published
- [1907]
- Keywords
- everyman's library, everymans library, grote, george grote, greece
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