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The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe (The Windmill Library)
by MOORE, George (translator); LONGUS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heineman Ltd, 1930. Very Good. Second edition, second impression. Translated from the Greek. Small 8vo, pp. 161, (1). Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and Pan/satyr motif to upper board; blind-stamped windmill device to lower board. Brown top edge. Light bruising to head of spine and bottom corners. Ffep excised, band of tanning to half-title, else, pleasingly clean and tight for its age. In VG original DJ (in clear protective cover) - light soiling, small closed tears to top edge of back cover. The back wrapper lists 13 titles in Heinemann's reprint series.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 880
- Title
- The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe (The Windmill Library)
- Author
- MOORE, George (translator); LONGUS
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heineman Ltd
- Date Published
- 1930
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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