HERODOTUS; THUCYDIDES
The Histories; The Peloponnesian War
The Histories; The Peloponnesian War
London: The Folio Society, 2020; 2023
Illustrated by HAYES, Nick
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A unique opportunity to acquire Folio Society's limited editions of Herodotus' The Histories and Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War, both in near-fine condition and both hand-numbered 671.
Overall NEAR-FINE condition for both. The Histories volume shows the usual wear to extremities caused by a slipcase that is too tight - perhaps showing a little more on this example than in other unread copies we have handled, but please study the pictures which show the level of rubbing; else a fine, as-new, unread copy, in like slipcase with a hint of shelf-wear. The Peloponnesian War is a new, unread copy in its original box; a fine copy in like slipcase, with only a couple of small spots of wear to the protruding extremities which inevitably rub slightly against the slipcase. It must be said, we have handled quite a few copies of the two editions in this series, and we have yet to find one that shows zero wear; their slipcases are usually just a tad too tight.
Listing for two books as follows:
The Histories, by Herodotus. London: The Folio Society, 2020. Limited edition of the first great work of history, exquisitely hand-bound in full-grain leather and limited to only 750 hand-numbered copies, out of which this is copy number 671.
Bound by Smith Settle in Yorkshire in full-grain leather blocked in gold and black foils with a design by Nick Hayes. Limitation tip blocked in gold foil signed by Robin Waterfield, Nick Hayes and Peter Frankopan. Translated by Robin Waterfield. Introduced by Peter Frankopan. Editorial material by Carolyn Dewald Frontispiece and nine two-colour illustrations by Nick Hayes. Two two-colour maps. 824 pages set in Haarlemmer. Printed on Abbey Pure paper. Woodstock endpapers printed in gold with a design by Nick Hayes. Gilded page tops. Ribbon marker. 11½" x 8". Presented in a cloth-covered slipcase blocked with a design by Nick Hayes Slipcase lining printed with a design by Nick Hayes.
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The Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides. London: The Folio Society, 2023. Limited edition of the first great military history, expertly handbound in full-grain leather and limited to only 750 hand-numbered copies, out of which this is copy number 671.
Bound by Smith Settle in Yorkshire in full-grain leather blocked in black and gold foils with a design by Nick Hayes. Signed by Nick Hayes and Katherine Harloe. Nine two-colour illustrations and page decorations by Nick Hayes. Five maps. 744 pages set in Haarlemmer. Printed in two colours on Abbey Pure paper. Freelife Merida endpapers printed in gold with a design by Nick Hayes. Gilded page-tops. Black grosgrain ribbon marker. 11½" x 8". Additional introduction and notes by P. J. Rhodes. Blocked, cloth-covered slipcase lined with printed paper.
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