On the track of Ulysses, together with an excursion in quest of the so-called "Venus of Melos", two studies in archaeology, made during a cruise among the Greek Islands
by Stillman, W. J. [William James]
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin/ Riverside Press, 1888 Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st US Edition. Literary and archaeological essays originally published in Century Magazine in 1887 magazine written by American journalist, photographer and Philhellene W.J.Stillman [His wife was the Pre-Raphaelite painter Maria Spartali ] In the original decorative green covers with gilt titles, with some shelf wear.106p, frontis, illus.[B & W] Text block crisp, neat and tight, end papers slightly stained..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- On the track of Ulysses, together with an excursion in quest of the so-called "Venus of Melos", two studies in archaeology, made during a cruise among the Greek Islands
- Author
- Stillman, W. J. [William James]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin/ Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- New York / Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Ulysses Odysseus Homer Aegean Venus De Milo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Greek Islands; Odyssey; Aegean;
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