A Glimpse of Greece
by Edward Hutton
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Medici Society, 1928. Hardcover. Good. 1928. No edition remarks. 324 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Deckled edges. Pages are mildly tanned. Notable cracking to hinges, however binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Removed plate to rear endpaper. Moderate foxing to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Moderate tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1704819425MXP
- Title
- A Glimpse of Greece
- Author
- Edward Hutton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Medici Society
- Date Published
- 1928
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...