Wasps of Aristophanes: With Introduction, Metrical Analysis, Critical Notes, and Commentary
by Aristophanes; Starkie, W.J.M. (ed.)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Item Price
A$55.86A$44.69
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co., 1897. Cover rubbed/soiled, corners rubbed/bumped, spine sunned, spine ends rubbed/bumped; edges age-toned/lightly soiled; endpapers unevenly age- toned/faintly soiled, bookplate on front pastedown, rear pastedown rubbed, previous owner's signature and faint erasures on ffep, cracked along gutter at half title page, half title page faintly soiled, 1/2" tear and tiny chip at top of page xxxi, rusty paperclip attached to top of page 415, causing minimal tearing to the page and soiling on pages 414 and 417, cracked along gutter of pages 432/433; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted.. hardcover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Munster & Company, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 617366
- Title
- Wasps of Aristophanes: With Introduction, Metrical Analysis, Critical Notes, and Commentary
- Author
- Aristophanes; Starkie, W.J.M. (ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Date Published
- 1897
Terms of Sale
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Munster & Company, LLC
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Corvallis, Oregon
About Munster & Company, LLC
Munster & Company is a family owned business with over twenty years of experience in buying and selling books. In October of 2017, we purchased Black Oak Books, originally in Berkeley, California, and moved it all to where we live in Corvallis, Oregon. Our inventory currently features a robust number of titles on mathematics, books about books, literature, poetry, and signed books. New arrivals are listed nearly every day.
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