This is Greece; as Photographed by Members of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1941

A striking visual record of early 20th-century Greece, This is Greece (1941) presents a curated selection of black-and-white photographs captured by members of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and their associates. Designed to showcase the landscapes, architecture, and cultural life of Greece, the book blends artistic composition with documentary clarity.

This is Greece; as Photographed by Members of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and Their Friends.

Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. His signature in pencil to title page. Please see our other listings for related works.

Published by Hastings House, Publishers, New York, 1941. First edition.

A very good blue cloth hardback with printed white titles. With light wear and age toning to extremities. With very good original dustjacket, now housed in clear, removable, protective plastic. Fully intact, with some edge toning and sun-toned to spine. Soundly bound.

Text is clean, but with mild age-toning. Copiously illustrated throughout with black and white photographic reproductions.

Text in English.

128pp.

Weight approximately 464g (unpacked).

Dimensions: Approximately 210mm high x 185mm wide x 13mm deep.