Letters from Sardis
by HANFMANN, George M. A
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto. Pp. ix, 366. With 5 colour plates, 232 black & white illustrations, and 3 maps. Original brown and orange cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on front cover and spine, d/w. Minor rubbing to dustwrapper, bookplate on pastedown, but overall a near fine copy. "The letters published in this book provide an informal account of fourteen years of work by a Harvard-Cornell team to retrieve evidence of the greatness of Lydian culture as well as of the Prehistoric, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine civilizations that preceded and followed the Lydian kingdom." (From the flap.).
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34264
- Title
- Letters from Sardis
- Author
- HANFMANN, George M. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1972
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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