The Story of the Persian War from Herodotus
by CHURCH, REV. ALFRED J
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Seeley & Co 1888. Octavo, light-brown buckram boards with gilt lettering & blind-stamped motif to spine, gilt lettering and red decorative rule & illus to front board, dark brown eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 292pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG (bruising & fraying to spine extrems & corners, slight cracking to front gutter paper, foxing, owner's name in ink to title page)
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- Title
- The Story of the Persian War from Herodotus
- Author
- CHURCH, REV. ALFRED J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley & Co 1888
- Keywords
- Rev Alfred J Church Herodotus Persian War classics history ancient Greece
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...