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HOMER AND THE EPIC.
by Lang, Andrew
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London & New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893., 1893.. Fair. - Large octavo, 10-1/2 inches high by 7 inches wide. Light gray boards backed with a creamy white spine, with a device in black on the front cover. The joints are split and the spine has perished and is thus lacking. The covers are rubbed and stained. xii, [ii] & 424 deckle-edged pages with wide margins. The remnants of an early bookseller's label adheres to the top corner of the front pastedown. The contents are near fine and the book would be well worth re-backing.
Number 68 of a limited edition of 107 "Large Paper" copies.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96792
- Title
- HOMER AND THE EPIC.
- Author
- Lang, Andrew
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London & New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893.
- Date Published
- 1893.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CLASSICAL STUDIES; ANDREW LANG; HOMER AND THE EPIC; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LARGE PAPER COPY; LIMITED EDITION; NUMBERED; LONGMAN, GREEN, AND CO.; CLASSICAL LITERATURE.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical Studies;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
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