A History of Greece, to the Death of Alexander the Great
by BURY, J.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902.. Second edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xvi, 502; x, 534 pp. Contemporary prize binding from Liverpool College of full calf although the endpapers have been renewed removing any record of a prize bookplate or inscription, spines sometime rebacked rather plainly, raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, all edges marbled. 7 maps, including two folding of which one is in colour, plus another 30 maps and plains in the text Some light wear to the boards, else very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45758
- Title
- A History of Greece, to the Death of Alexander the Great
- Author
- BURY, J.B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Date Published
- 1902.
- Keywords
- Travel Greece History
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...