Classical world – Smith (William, DCL, ed.), A Dictionary of...

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Classical world – Smith (William, DCL, ed.), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London, John Murray 2nd edn., 1882 8vo., woodcut illus., xii + 1293pp, cover loosening, spine wear; Smith (William, DCL, ed.) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, 2 vols., London, John Murray 1878, 8vo, woodcut illus and maps, Vol I: Abacaenum to Hytanis, xi +1108pp, front board cracking; Vol II: Iabadius to Zynothus, viii + 1383pp; Smith (William DCL, ed.) Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology,, 3 vols., London, James Walton & John Murray, 1870 8vo, Vol. I: Abaeus to Dysponteus, xii + 1093pp, front board loosening; Vol. II: Eurinus to Nyx, xii + 1219pp, front board almost detached; Vol. III: Oarses to Zygia, viii + 1406pp, front board detached; all the above with marbled edges and endpapers bound en-suite brown calf, front boards gilt embossed with arms and motto of Christ Church, Oxford, five raised bands gilt titles and lines to spines, all with presentation bookplate on ins. cover from the college to Randle Fynes Wilson Holme, 1887 (6)
****These books originated from the library of Sir Randle Holme FRGS. He was born July 4, 1864, in Beckenham, Kent, England, the son of Caroline Fynes Clinton and James Wilson Holme. He was educated at Sherborne, going to Corpus Christi where he took a first in law, 1887. He qualified as a solicitor, and in 1891 was called to the bar but is most notable as an explorer, in Brazil and Labrador. He was President of the Law Society 1939-1940 and knighted in 1941. In 1892 he married Evelyn Frances d'Egville, but they had no children and he died Dec. 23, 1957.