Iphigenia in Delphi; A Dramatic Poem with Homer's Shield of Achilles" and Other Translations from the Greek"
by Richard Garnett
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
T. Fisher Unwin, 1890. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1890. Limited Copy . Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Beige paper covered boards. Limited edition, number 4 of 30 copies. Flat signed by publisher to page containing limited edition information. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Cracking to front hinge with exposed binding. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Foxing and dark rubbing to board edges. Blue mark to front board.
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- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1639987013MHA
- Title
- Iphigenia in Delphi; A Dramatic Poem with Homer's Shield of Achilles" and Other Translations from the Greek"
- Author
- Richard Garnett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Date Published
- 1890
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...