HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn. 2nd. Imp. 34th.* Date of Publication: April 1960* Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Navy blue cloth, gilt title to spine & impressed logo to face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to upper & lower edges and to head and tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: Text illustrated dust wrapper with small green vignette to face, Black titles to face and spine with faded green decoration. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of 15/- net. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with minimal loss. Aged and faded particularly to spine. Now in clear protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. End papers slightly aged. Prelims & top/fore edge spotted. Otherwise clean, crisp, tight and bright with little or no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to top & fore-edge, otherwise no major faults. VG+* Illustrations: Colour frontis & a number of b/w plates within text throughout.* Pages: 300 pp. text. xvii pp., advertisements, glossary & index at rear.* Description: During the thirty years since the first edition of this book in 1907 much new appreciation of the original documents and archaeological background has taken place. Guerber?s work has now been carefully revised; more frequent use has been made of the original texts of Theocritus, Ovid and Apuleius, and the English summaries of the Iliad, Odyssey and Aeniad have been brought into closer accord with the eppic narratives of Homer and Vigil. The English literary allusions have also been overhauled and greatly augmented.* A NEAR VG+ copy with some age & minor faults now in a protected dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2241
Title: The Myths of Greece and Rome
Author: Guerber, H A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG+/VG
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2nd. Edition, Late Imp.
Publisher: George G Harrap & Co. LTD
Place of Publication: London Uk 308
Date Published: 1960-01-01

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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....
Tail: The heel of the spine.
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...