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The Odyssey Rendered Into English Prose For The Use Of Those Who Cannot Read The Original (Plus Two Photographs)
by Butler, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, And Co. Good with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-libris bookplate, "Esher," to front pastedown. Fading to spine and to margins of boards. A couple of 1/4" tears to cloth at head and tail of spine. Some knocks to edges of boards. Some spotting to preliminary and final leaves. ; xv, [1], 326 pages + plates + frontis + advertisements. Cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 224mm x 140mm. Two black and white photos. Written on back, "'Mesopotamia' Ruins of home of Samuel Butler. Author of Erewhon," and "'Mesopotamia,' present residence with chimney of 2nd right-hand building still standing on June 5. 1930[?]. Temperature at 4am 20. far too cool for [?]." Dimensions of photos: 83mm x 107mm. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7629
- Title
- The Odyssey Rendered Into English Prose For The Use Of Those Who Cannot Read The Original (Plus Two Photographs)
- Author
- Butler, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, And Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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