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SAPPHO AND THE ISLAND OF LESBOS

SAPPHO AND THE ISLAND OF LESBOS

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SAPPHO AND THE ISLAND OF LESBOS

by PATRICK, Mary Mills

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  • Hardcover
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About This Item

London: Methuen, 1924. (UK) Second edition. Green cloth with gold spine titles, 17.5 x 11 cm, [i-vi], vii-xv, [xvi], [1], 2-180pp. Index. Frontis and 23 B&W plates showing Greek locales and artifacts.(26 illus in total as there is one plate with two photos per page). This book was first published in 17 October 1912; this is the stated second edition of 1924. This copy has a written inscription from a Laurie Wallace to Mrs. John Galen Howard dated May 1944 in Berkeley CA. John Galen Howard was the architect who was appointed to oversee the implementation of the Bernard design for the UC Berkeley campus in the early years of the 20th century and was a figure in the Arts and Crafts movement in America. This copy has the endpapers tanned, cover corners eased, a bit of rubbing to the corner tips and to the head of the spine, 1/2" split to cloth at the lower spine edge of the front cover, with some rubbing to the spine edge, no other markings, interior pages are clean and tight, overall Good ; no Dj. (1.3 JM HOQ 100/b4. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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Bookseller
JWMah CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
27680
Title
SAPPHO AND THE ISLAND OF LESBOS
Author
PATRICK, Mary Mills
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
2nd
Publisher
Methuen
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1924
Size
12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Keywords
Sappho Life Works Lesbos Ancient Greek Poets Biography
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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....
Jacket
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Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.

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