Quo Vadis
by SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
1897. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Jeremiah Curtin. Numerous black & white illustrations, tissue guards. 2 vols. Thick 8vo, beautifully rebound in 3/4 green morocco, spines evenly faded, marbled boards, t.e.g. Boston, 1897. New Edition with Maps of Ancient Rome, and Photogravures from pictures by Howard Pyle, Edmund Garrett, and Evert Van Muyden, and from Ancient Sculptures. Six of the numerous photogravure plates are by Howard Pyle.<br/> <br/>
Reviews
On May 18 2021, a reader said:
I received this book as a gift for my 18th birthday in 1955. The title, age and not liking to read, I filed it. When I did pick it up in n my 30's and read it it became one of my favorite reads.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295452
- Title
- Quo Vadis
- Author
- SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1897
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
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New York, New York
About Argosy Book Store
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled boards
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