Add this copy of The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes to cart. $200.00, very good condition, Sold by James Cummings Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Signal Mountain, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1928 by Shakespeare Head Press.
Add this copy of The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes (Plutarch's to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Autumn Leaves rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Allentown, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1928 by Shakespeare Head Press / Houghton Mifflin Company.
Edition:
1928, Shakespeare Head Press / Houghton Mifflin Company
Publisher:
Shakespeare Head Press / Houghton Mifflin Company
Published:
1928
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10626736744
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Seller's Description:
Illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky. Very Good with no dust jacket. Eight-volume Set; A very nice complete eight-volume set of this well-regarded translation, or rather, duo of translations, since the translator into English worked from a prior translation into French. This is number 238 of a limited edition of 500 copies. I assume that 500 were published for the Shakespeare Head Press by Basil Blackwell for the British market and an additional 500 by Houghton Mifflin for the American market, but as the edition statement reads "Five hundred copies of this edition have been printed in Great Britain for sale in the United States of America", I am guessing that this set is identical to the Basil Blackwell set and that although Houghton Mifflin is the publisher of record, the same press actually produced both printings. The books are printed on a wonderful, thick paper, which has aged beautifully, with no foxing or tanning. The edges are deckled, and the pages are uncut at the tops. The boards are covered with light blue-gray paper, with dark blue buckram spines, on which is printed "large paper edition". The bindings are sound and the boards are largely free of wear, although the edges of a few have small dents in them from some mishap in storage or handling, and there are a few corners that show slight wear. The only other condition problems is erosion of the labels on the spines, which are composed of light leather with gold stamping. The leather has started to break down and chip away, in some places more so than others. Scans on request.; Oversize.