Oedipus The King
by Sophocles (the Greek text translated into English verse by Francis Storr)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Easton Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. Brown leather with gilt and four raised bands to spine, black silk endpapers and attached ribbon bookmark, all edges gilt. Introdiction by Thornton Wilder. A selection from The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. ; MCF04572; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 159 pp .
Synopsis
Contains Grene's 1942 translation of Oedipus Rex; also includes Grene's 1991 introduction to Sophocles I, entitled The Theban plays by Sophocles.
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Details
- Bookseller
- McCormick Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40878
- Title
- Oedipus The King
- Author
- Sophocles (the Greek text translated into English verse by Francis Storr)
- Illustrator
- Demetrios Galanis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Literature Fiction Greek
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
McCormick Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About McCormick Books
Mail order book store specializing in Genealogy, History and Michigan History.
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- Gilt
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