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Secret History of Procopius. Newly Translated from the Greek By Richard Atwater
de Atwater, Richard (Translator)
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Chico, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. This famous work of classical history was written by the Secretary to the General Belisarius, and gave us an insider's view of Justinian and Theodora. The translator, Richard Atwater (1892-1948). won a Newberry Award in 1939 for a children's book he wrote with his wife. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First Edition, in a Fine Binding. Blue cloth with fancy decoration in gilt. Clean text; 286 pages; gilt top edge. This edition is LIMITED to 760 copies and has been SIGNED by Atwater and Douglas C. McMurtrie, whose distinctive typeface design is used here for the first time. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. A lovely book, and a pleasure to read.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Librería
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 004173
- Título
- Secret History of Procopius. Newly Translated from the Greek By Richard Atwater
- Autor
- Atwater, Richard (Translator)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good (Plus)
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Pascal Covici
- Lugar de publicación
- Chicago
- Fecha de publicación
- 1927
- Tamaño
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Classical History and Literature;
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Quercus Rare Books
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Chico, California
Sobre Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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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...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Fine Binding
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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