Gennadius Library Catalogue

£450.00

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[004332] [Gennadius Library] Catalogue of the Gennadius Library – American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1968. First Edition. Folio. Hardback. Good+ / No Jacket (as Issued?) ISBN: 0816108358. Nine volumes complete, 1968-1981 – Volume One – ‘A-Bres’, [2], iii-v, [1], 797pp, [1]; Volume Two – ‘Bret-Ec’, [2], 800pp; Volume Three – ‘Ed-Hes’, [2], 800pp; Volume Four – ‘Het-Lon’, [2], 812pp; Volume Five – ‘Loo-Paq’, [2], 788pp; Volume Six – ‘Par-Sik’, [2], 778pp; Volume Seven – ‘Sil-Z’, [2], 786pp; Volume Eight – ‘First Supplement’, [2], iii-iv, 852pp; and Volume Nine – ‘Second Supplement’, [2]-iii, [1], 833pp, [1]. Original cloth, title, volume and publisher blocked in silver to spine (First Supplement blocked in gilt)

Occasional light rubbing, small ink stain to fore edge of upper board, margin of last few pages, lower pastedown, and lower board of volume three, (but unobtrusive), one or two small bumps and scrapes, but generally quite bright and clean

Monumental library catalogue, taken from the old card indexes, with a couple of related pamphlets

Uncommon, only this set appears in the auction records

A very heavy set, overseas postage costs will be considerable