Black Sparta. Greek Stories

by Naomi Mitchison

$75 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. Historical fiction FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 14cm , pp.320. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Light toning throughout, minor spotting to textblock edges and preliminaries. A few stains/scuffs to cloth. Spine sunned. General edgewear. Includes a loose bookmark. Very good. Baroness Naomi Mitchison was a prolific author of historical novels set in the classical period, as well as a travel writer and political thinker.

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