Buy this book on-line R.C.TREVELYAN : The Idylls of Theocritus. Translated from the Greek by R.C.Trevelyan. (INSCRIBED)The Casanova Society, 1925
First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies, (this being #215) and additionally inscribed by Trevelyan to Arthur Dakyns and dated the year of publication. Small 4to. 105pp. Vellum-backed boards lettered in gold at the spine. Tips of corners knocked and with some spotting to the endpapers and to several preliminary leaves. A bright if slightly dusty copy housed in a somewhat spotted, tanned and handled dust wrapper, with a two-inch area of loss to the head of the spine panel. Arthur Dakyns, the recipient of Trevelyan's inscription, was the youngest son of Henry Dakyns, himself a noted Greek translator, the tutor of Alfred Lord Tennyson's children and subsequently House Master and Assistant Master at Clifton College from 1862-1889 and founder of Clifton College Rugby Club. Henry Dakyns died in 1911 and Trevelyan was amongst the mourners at his funeral.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of R.C.TREVELYAN : The Idylls of Theocritus. Translated from the Greek by R.C.Trevelyan. (INSCRIBED). Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, first editions, libri rari, used books and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |