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EXPLORATIONS IN THE ISLAND OF MOCHLOS.
by SEAGER, RICHARD B.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston and New York, US School of Classican Studies at Athens, 1912.. FIRST EDITION, 1912, EX LIBRARY. 4to, 280 x 205 mm, 11 x 8 inches, 11 colour plates, 30 black and white plates showing 52 images, drawings in the text, in original publisher's plain boards with printed paper label to spine and upper cover. Binding rubbed, spine darkened, slightly worn at head and tail of spine and corners, top corners slightly bumped, grazed area at tail of spine extending onto both boards, caused by removal of library label, armorial bookplate of New College Library Oxford on front pastedown, small library stamp on front endpaper and at top of title page, 'withdrawn' stamps on endpapers, no library stamps within, 1 small pale stain on background of final colour plate, otherwise a good copy contents clean and bright. This book is a report of the excavations at Mochlos, off the coast of Crete, which the author conducted in the spring and summer of 1908. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Seller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 46146
- Title
- EXPLORATIONS IN THE ISLAND OF MOCHLOS.
- Author
- SEAGER, RICHARD B.:
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York, US School of Classican Studies at Athens, 1912.
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mochlos Crete Greece Excavations Archaeology America Prehistoric history Pottery
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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