TALES OF ANCIENT GREECE [Faversham School]

Pub by Longmans, Green, 1872, 2nd edition, hardbound, 461 pp. Full leather binding with gilt stamping on spine, cover, and board edges. Marbled endpapers and fore-edges. This is a very nice copy with just minor nicks, wear, and fading on the cover. Even the delicate--and rarely seen--gold-stamping on the board edges is mostly bright and evident. There are what appear to be some small ink stains on the front cover. What makes this an especially desirable copy is the book's provenance. The cover is gold-stamped in four centered lines, QUEEN ELIZABETH'S / GRAMMAR SCHOOL / FAVERSHAM / 1873. On the first blank page someone has written in ink, "Class II / French 2nd prize". The second edition of this book is even more desirable than the first, having been fully bound in leather, and you'll seldom find a copy in this condition. As an extra bonus there's a pressed wispy lock of delicate blonde hair perhaps from the head of the bright little girl who won the book--or, perhaps, from the head of the girlfriend of the boy who won the book. (I'll remove the lock before mailing if you don't care to have it.) P&H is 3.75 plus 3.35 insurance. Higher S&H outside the U.S. FAST SHIPPING. .