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ASHENDENE PRESS -- THUCYDIDES (c.471-c.400 B.C.). The History of the Pelopennesian War. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1930. 2° (403 x 277mm). Each chapter with a 3-line initial designed by Graily Hewitt in red, the opening lines of each book, the chapter summaries and shoulder-notes all printed in red. (A few leaves with faint spotting.) Contemporary pigskin by W.H. Smith (light soiling, light scattered spotting on endpapers).
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ASHENDENE PRESS -- THUCYDIDES (c.471-c.400 B.C.). The History of the Pelopennesian War. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Chelsea: The Ashendene Press, 1930. 2° (403 x 277mm). Each chapter with a 3-line initial designed by Graily Hewitt in red, the opening lines of each book, the chapter summaries and shoulder-notes all printed in red. (A few leaves with faint spotting.) Contemporary pigskin by W.H. Smith (light soiling, light scattered spotting on endpapers).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 260 copies on paper, from an edition of 280 copies only. Hornby XXXVII.
LIMITED EDITION, one of 260 copies on paper, from an edition of 280 copies only. Hornby XXXVII.