Click for full-size.
Crete Proud Beauty
by Nikos Karapidakis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Smyrni, Greece: Topio Publications, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dimitris Talianis. Stunning book full of high quality full color photographs on fine paper, un paginated approximately 200 pages all depicting the beauty of the island of Crete, Greece. ancient architecture, places of worship and natural scenery, book is 11 inches in height by 11.25 inches in width, blue navy cloth with light wear, near Fine, binding tight and square, No previous owner bookplate or writing, beautiful full color end papers close up of tapestry, Jacket is near Fine, full color photography of beach and ocean, shows very nicely in a new mylar sleeve. A very clean and most presentable First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001684
- Title
- Crete Proud Beauty
- Author
- Nikos Karapidakis
- Illustrator
- Dimitris Talianis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Topio Publications
- Place of Publication
- Smyrni, Greece
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Greece, Crete, Photographs of Crete
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Frequently asked questions
Collecting the Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and ’70s was an explosive time in American history, and it inspired explosive literature. From Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, Jr., browse some of the most collectible books from and about that era.
Learn about Bayntun-Rivière Binders
Are you enchanted by books clad in fine bindings? This is the gallery for you to peruse! Learn more about Bayntun, Rivière & Sons, and their combined work as Bayntun-Rivière.
