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THE GREAT STORIES OF THE GREEKS.
by Hyde, Lilian Stoughton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Small, Maynard, 1904. 233 pp, 7 7/8" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering/decoration on front board. B&w plates. "In the preparation of this book, the aim has been to present in a manner suited to young readers the Greek myths that have been world favorites through the centuries, and that have in some measure exercised a formative influence on literature and the fine arts in many countries." from the Preface. Contents: Prometheus; How Troubles Came into the World (Pandora); The Great Deluge; Apollo and Daphne; How Apollo got his Lyre; Mercury and Argus; Ceres and Proserpine; Phaethon; Clytie; The Seven Sisters; Endymion's Sleep; Why Cadmus founded a City; Echo; Narcissus; Hyacinthus; Perseus; Arachne; Jason and the Golden Fleece; Hylas; Procne and Philomela; Bellerophon; Tithonus; Comatas and the Honey-Bees; Adonis; King Midas; The King and the Oak; Juno and Halcyone; Hercules; Theseus; Philemon and Baucis; Orpheus and Eurydice; Ganymede; The Bag of Winds; Circe; Arion and the Dolphin; Psyche; Pronouncing and Explanatory Index. Light toning to endpapers and pages, slight separation between page gatherings at pages 130 & 131 but still firm in binding, illustration pages and adjacent pages have light foxing, small tear at bottom of page iii - archivally taped, browning to edges of text block with some light foxing on bottom, light edge wear - moderate at top/bottom of spine (with wrinkling) and at corners, slight fading to spine colour.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30431
- Title
- THE GREAT STORIES OF THE GREEKS.
- Author
- Hyde, Lilian Stoughton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Small, Maynard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Greek Myths, Prometheus, Mythology, Ancient Greeks, Great Deluge, Flood, Apollo, Daphne, Mercury, Gods, Goddesses, Argus, Ceres, Proserpine, Earth-Mother, Phaethon, Clytie, Seven Sisters, Endymion, Cadmus, Europa, Dragons, Echo, Narcissus, Hyacinthus, Per
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens; Myths, Legends & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
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- Edges
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