Sculptured Tombs of Hellas
by Percy Gardner
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1896 Book. Good. Burgundy Buckram. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Study of the rituals, burial customs and memorials of the Ancient Greeks, with the aim of discovering the beliefs of the common people of the time. 259pp illustrated throughout with black and white plates and figures to the text. Gilt lettering to spine, edges tinted. Ex Library book with usual stamps and markings, withdrawn stamp to endpaper and slight bumping to spine, otherwise good copy.
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Details
- Seller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 015498
- Title
- Sculptured Tombs of Hellas
- Author
- Percy Gardner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition.
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
Washburn Books
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
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- Buckram
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