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The Golden Honeycomb
by Cronin, Vincent
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. First edition. 267 p.p. Red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Light bumping to spine ends and corners, and sunning to top edge.. Illustrated dust jacket is price clipped and has some wear to spine ends, edges and corners.Twelve unnumbered B&W plates, incl. frontis. According to Diodorus, the Sicilian historian, Daedalus, prototype of all artists, fashioned as a thanksgiving offering to Aphrodite for his escape from the wrath of Minos, King of Crete. Was the story meant to be taken as fact or legend? Mr. Cronin's search for the answer to this question led him to all those parts of Siciliy which have enchanged men since Daedalus first set foot there. He observed its tombs and temples, its fruitful valleys and teeming piazzas and describes them with the freshness of love and understanding knowledge.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002564
- Title
- The Golden Honeycomb
- Author
- Cronin, Vincent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rupert Hart-Davis
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Vincent Cronin, Monreale, Cathedrals, Temple of Concordia, Agrigento, Taormina, Greek Theatre, Syracuse, Aphrodite, Roman Mosaic, Cefalu, Palermo, Baroque, Churches, Modica, Sicily, Crete, King Minos of Crete
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Ancient Greece; Art;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
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Whitby, Ontario
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