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The Elektra of Sophokles
by SOPHOCLES; BAYFIELD, M. A. (introduction and notes)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1901. Fair. First edition. 8vo. In Greek, with introduction in English. B/w frontis. Red textured cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine grubby, spine ends worn. Small stain to front board. Edges dusty. Ffep excised, pastedowns spotted. POI and title in pen to verso of frontis. Occasional annotations. Else, clean. Scarce in this edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 930
- Title
- The Elektra of Sophokles
- Author
- SOPHOCLES; BAYFIELD, M. A. (introduction and notes)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co., Limited
- Date Published
- 1901
Terms of Sale
Quair Books
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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