IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS OF GREEKS AND ROMANS
by Landor, Walter Savage
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Edward Moxon, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original embossed green cloth, gilt stamped title on spine. Light general wear with rubbing and fraying to spine ends. ownership blind stamp. Light scattered foxing.
As Landor wrote later, "When I was younger..among the chief pleasures of my life, and among the commonest of my occupations was the bringing before me such heroes and heroines of antiquity, such poets and sages, such of the prosperous and unfortunate as most interested me ... Engaging them in conversations best suited to their characters..."-h.van thal.
As Landor wrote later, "When I was younger..among the chief pleasures of my life, and among the commonest of my occupations was the bringing before me such heroes and heroines of antiquity, such poets and sages, such of the prosperous and unfortunate as most interested me ... Engaging them in conversations best suited to their characters..."-h.van thal.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51889
- Title
- IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS OF GREEKS AND ROMANS
- Author
- Landor, Walter Savage
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Edward Moxon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
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Lost Horizon Bookstore
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Santa Barbara, California
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We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...