Edward brooks adapted editor (1 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Offering this scarce original copy of the Brooks edition of "The Story of the Aeneid, or The Adventures of Aeneas" by Virgil. Adapted for boys and girls by Edward Brooks. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1899, 1st edition. Green cloth hardcover with ornate white-and-silver stamped design and title, and silver stamped lettering to the spine. Decorated endpapers, illustrations in b/w, including a frontispiece illustration with a tissue guard. 1-366, [367-368 with advertisements] pp. Overall condition is Very Good. The cover art is striking and bright with mild discoloration to the center figure (see picture). Cover has small bumps/nicks to the edges, else smooth and sharp. Pages and endpapers are age toned evenly. There is a name penned on the blank page preceding the frontis illustration, else the pages are clean and unmarked. The binding is firm. A handsome, solid copy.…