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Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War]
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Thucydides [History of the Peloponnesian War] Hardcover - 1930

by Thucydides; Jowett, Benjamin (Trans.)

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Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1930. [2], 363pp, [1]. Full original pigskin by the W. H. Smith bindery, raised bands, spine in six panels, author and title to first panel, translator's name to second, publisher and date to foot. Spine slightly soiled, patch of discolouring to fore edge of lower cover, one or two small marks, page edges lightly browned, but generally internally quite bright and clean. Now housed in a cloth slipcase made by Temple Bookbinders. One of two hundred and eighty copies (with twenty on vellum), printed in Ptolemy type, with red side-notes in Blado italic, and red initials from the alphabet designed by Eric Gill for 'Utopia'), on Ashendene knight-in-armour paper. The opening line of each of the eight books was designed by Graily Hewitt, and is also printed in red. Franklin, 'The Ashendene Press', page 242; 'A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at The Ashendene Press', XXXVII. First Thus. Hardback. Good+. Folio. Private Press.
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