The Oresteia
by Aeschylus
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£81.14£60.86
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Book. Illus. by Michael Ayrton. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Brown cloth with red leather spine wrap. Gilt "O" on front cover . Tan title plate with gilt lettering to spine. This is number 615 of 1500 SIGNED by the Artist. Monthly news letter laid in. Comes in the original rust cloth covered card board slip case with title label to the spine. This copy is FINE. No noticeable blemishes. Looks and feels unread. Slip case is VG with modest rubbing around the edges as well as toning to the spine and around the edges. Very nice !.
Synopsis
In the Oresteia —the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity—Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, the family’s spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. This masterful translation by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles includes an introduction, notes and glossary written in collaboration with W. B. Stanford.
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- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002985
- Title
- The Oresteia
- Author
- Aeschylus
- Illustrator
- Michael Ayrton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Slip Case
- A protective sleeve, often made of decorative cardboard or leather which houses a book. It is open on one end, so as to allow...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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