Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, front hinge has tear.. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with design of Acropolis and titles in gilt on front boards and gilt titles on spine. Top edges gilt. xviii, 535pp, index, color folding map at rear. Many photogravures. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 39629
Title: Rambles and Studies in Greece
Author: Mahaffy, J. P
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine sunned, front hinge has tear.
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Henry T. Coates & Company
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1900
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: GREECE, Vintage Travel
Bookseller catalogs: Travel and Adventure;

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Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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