Author Name: Bulfinch, Thomas
Title: Bulfinch's Mythology
Binding: Gilt Blindstamped Cloth Boards
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: Reprint
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher: NY Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
Illustrator: Blaisdell, Elinore
Seller Id: 6434
No date listed, no copyright info save for publisher's name at foot of title page, verso title page blank. Appears circa 1950's. Dark green cloth covered boards with gilt title and illust of apple tree branch w/fruit on frt board. Tips sharp, spine ends bumped, lightly surface worn extremities. Tight and bright text has occasional underlining and marginal notes in the first chapters only. DJ in glassine tattered, with split along the length of frt gutter showing clear cello tape, 1/4 of rear panel missing, 1 inch loss at head and and 2 closed tears horizontally along spine as well. Spine title remains legible. Contains dictionary-index of figures in mythology. Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of the works of Thomas Bulfinch, born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1796, son of Charles Bulfinch, one of the architects of the national Capitol. When Bulfinch died in 1867 he had written seven books. Three of these, The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne, printed in one volume, have become known throughout the English-speaking workd as the perennial favorite, Bulfinch's Mythology. It is a classic work and is still being printed, even 150 years after the first work, Age of Fable, was published in 1855. Books are cleaned and dust wrappers placed in new mylar whenever possible. Book images are available, just ask. Offered from a five star, full-time, professional bookseller and proud member of the Virginia Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Your satisfaction is our #1 priority. We love what we do and it shows!
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