Death of a Spartan King and Two Other Stories of the Ancient World.
by Lindsay, Jack; Counihan, Noel (illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0904381013
- ISBN 13
- 9780904381016
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Inca Books, 1974. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good condition, fine binding in quarter leather and cloth, black & white full-page drawings, faint price marks top corner tip front endpaper, tiny mark last two pages. 76 pp. Death of a Spartan King by Jack Lindsay has been revised from a version published as Come Home at Last (1937). The other two stories are here published for the first time. This edition is limited to 1000 copies: 175 copies numbered 26 to 200 are autographed and bound in quarter leather. This is no. 78.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40305
- Title
- Death of a Spartan King and Two Other Stories of the Ancient World.
- Author
- Lindsay, Jack; Counihan, Noel (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0904381013
- ISBN 13
- 9780904381016
- Publisher
- Inca Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- literature, novels, short stories, ancient world, general fiction, autograph, limited edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...