Hypolympia; or, The Gods in the Island. An Ironic Fantasy
by Edmund Gosse
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1901. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1901. First American Edition. 12mo; publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth, top edge gilt; [8],220pp. Moderate scuffing to cloth extremities, spine gilt a bit dulled, small soil spot to upper cover, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.
Short dramatic and anachronistic scenario written in prose and blank verse: "The scene of this fantasy is an island, hitherto inhabited by Lutherans, in a remote but temperate province of Northern Europe. The persons are the Gods of Ancient Greece. The time is early in the Twentieth Century" (p. [vii]).
Short dramatic and anachronistic scenario written in prose and blank verse: "The scene of this fantasy is an island, hitherto inhabited by Lutherans, in a remote but temperate province of Northern Europe. The persons are the Gods of Ancient Greece. The time is early in the Twentieth Century" (p. [vii]).
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28479
- Title
- Hypolympia; or, The Gods in the Island. An Ironic Fantasy
- Author
- Edmund Gosse
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
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