Rambles and Studies in Greece
by Mahaffy, J.P.[ John Pentland]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates, 1900 Book. Illus. by Photos T.H. McAllister. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. The Dictionary of National Biography relates the story than on "His first visit to Greece in 1875, for which he absented himself during Trinity term and was severely reprimanded by the board of the college, led to his charming and popular Rambles and Studies in Greece " (The first edition was issued by Macmillan in 1876). As well as describing his travels in 19th.C. Greece in search of classical sites it includes a chapter on Medieval Greece. Illustrated with 30 interesting contemporary photographs by T.H.McAllister reproduced in photogravure by A.W.Elson & Co. (protected ) 535p. Plates, Fold-out map at rear. Hinges starting. Nice original decorative binding, green cloth with bright gilding, a little less bright on spine. (Identical except for imprint on title page to the 4th. edition first published in 1892 by John C.Winston) This is an ORIGINAL vointage copy of the book, not a reprint you have to wait for!.
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041132
- Title
- Rambles and Studies in Greece
- Author
- Mahaffy, J.P.[ John Pentland]
- Illustrator
- Photos T.H. McAllister
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Greece Greek Antiquities Description & Travel Athens Attica Delphi Corinth Sparta Boeotia Olympia Olympian Games Peloponnese Mycenae Tiryns
- Bookseller catalogs
- Greece 1840-1900;
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About KALAMOS BOOKS
Kalamos Books specializes in Books about Greece (Ancient,Byzantine and particularly Modern Greece) and also books about the Balkans & Ottoman Turkey. As well there is a wide selection of Fiction including stories set in Greece, or by Greek authors, as well as historical novels. We can special order books from Greece and handle library purchase orders for books in Greek. In addition we have interesting travel books about other countries, and have some Canadiana and popular fiction.Ask about antique maps and prints and vintage postcards of Greece.
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