The Sea-Kings of Crete
by Baike, Rev James
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1910. Covers the legends, the Homeric Civilization, the Palace of Broad Knossos, Pliaesta, Hagia Triada, and Eastern Crete, an account of the relation between Crete and Egypt. The Minoan age with Mesopotamia, a description of the art, culture, and life in general of the Minoan period. CONDITION Presentation binding from St Paul's School, London in Red Leather with 5 raised bands, decorative gilt borders and decoration, School Armorial to front and bust of John Colet with armorial to rear, gilt dentille edge, gilt to all edges, marble eps with prize plate, pp xiv 274, 32 photo plates and 2 maps. Covers have been wet with some damp wrinkling and bleeding to end pages, internally very bright and crisp. Overweight. Full-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15471
- Title
- The Sea-Kings of Crete
- Author
- Baike, Rev James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...