Daphnis and Chloe: A Love Idyl
by Longus
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket; Boards sunned and stained, pages toned, inscription on front free endpaper, jacket toned and chipped
- Seller
-
Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Pantheon. Good in Good dust jacket; Boards sunned and stained, pages toned, . inscription on front free endpaper, jacket toned and chipped with several . pieces missing.. 1949. First Printing. Hardcover. Decorated orange cloth. Black and white woodcut illustrations by Aristide Maillol. Illustrated edition of an early Greek pastoral romance. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 175 pages .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38589
- Title
- Daphnis and Chloe: A Love Idyl
- Author
- Longus
- Illustrator
- Aristide Maillol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket; Boards sunned and stained, pages toned, inscription on front free endpaper, jacket toned and chipped
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books, Ancient Greek Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...