Coldstream, J. N. — Geometric Greece

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1977. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, copper dust jacket, 405 pp. BW illus. "The Geometric style of pottery flourished in Greece during the ninth and eighth centuries B.C.: a most creative age, which saw the dawn of Hellenic civilization and the evolution of the Greek city-state, the composition of the Homeric poems, the invention of the Greek alphabet after several centuries of illiteracy, the rebirth of figured art, the rise of the great Panhellenic sanctuaries (Olympia, Delphi, Delos), and the first exodus of the Greek colonists to the shores of South Italy and Sicily." (dj) Weaves their history into their artwork. VG- (Slight scuffs to binding; slight wear to dj edges; dj is aging on flaps and interior; fomer owner name and year on first page; page edges are beginning to tan lightly; text and illus. are clear.) .