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Mouzelis,Nicos P.
Modern Greece : Facets of Underdevelopment
Neo-Marxist theories used to analyze the economic history of Greece in a series of essays. "a notable analysis of social inequality, political change and capitalist 'modernization' processes in Greece." includes a survey of the Junta period. 222p. bibliography. index Book
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Moyer, Linda Lancione & Willes, Burl
Undiscovered Islands of the Mediterranean
"Are there any undiscovered Mediterranean islands? .... In this book [there are] island treasures off the coasts of France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Turkey where you will encounter few other tourists, hospitable people, and beautiful landscapes. Along with insider information on each island's character and ambience, they tell the traveler how to get there, where to stay, where to eat, and even where to find that very special walk. ... off the beaten track to islands of unusual charms, glorious climate, and unrivaled beauty. 220p. illus. MAPS Book
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MOZZATI Luca
La Grèce antique, de l'art grec archaïque à l'hellénisme. Collection : Globe.
Bruxelles, Roularta Books, 2005. 13 x 21, 143 pp., très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, broché, état neuf.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 30731
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MOZZATI Luca
La Grèce antique, de l'art grec archaïque à l'hellénisme. Collection : Globe.
Bruxelles, Roularta Books/Le Vif l'Express, 2005. 13 x 21, 143 pp., très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, broché, état neuf.
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MOÜY (Ch. de)
Souvenirs et causeries d'un diplomate.
Paris, Plon, 1909 in-8, III-398 pp., demi-basane verte, dos à nerfs orné, couv. cons. (reliure postérieure). Mors fragiles avec petits manque.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 163722
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Mpekos Demetris
Olympiako Lefkoma : Olympiakoi Agones 2004
42p. illus. [col.] Book
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Mrs (Elizabeth Mayhew Waller) Edmonds
RHIGAS PHERAIOS THE PROTOMARTYR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE A Biographical Sketch
<p>This is truly one of the world's rare and valuable books: A first edition near fine copy of Mrs. Edmonds sketch of the 18th century Greek hero. Includes a laid-in series 3 of N.Y. Times 1897 stories of the Greek-Turkish War at that time.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Longmans, Green, And Co. hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : biblio1372
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Mucznik, Sonia
Assaph 2005-2006: Studies in Art History - Vols. 10-11. Studies in Honour of Asher Ovadiah
Contains B&W plates. 280x220 mm. 667 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained and slightly rubbed. Cover corners slightly bumped. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pen marking on title page - no damage to text. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Mueller Ian Alexander Of Aphrodisias Caston Victor
Alexander of Aphrodisias: On Aristotle Prior Analytics: 1.8-13 (with 1.17 36b35-37a31) (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)
BRISTOL CLASSICAL PR 1999 256 pages in8. 1999. Cartonné jaquette. 256 pages.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 100134088
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MUGLER Charles
Deux thèmes de la cosmologie grecque : Devenir cyclique et pluralité des mondes
193pp., avec quelques illustrations dans le texte, dans la série "Etudes et commentaires" volume 17, 25cm., brochure originale, pour la plupart non coupé, bon état, F1005043
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MUGLER Charles
La physique de Platon
263pp., dans la série "Etudes et commentaires" volume 35, 26cm., brochure originale, pages pour la plupart non coupées, texte et intérieur frais (sauf un soulignement en encre à la page 19), bon état, F105271
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Muir, Jean
The Smiling Medusa
A legacy from an uncle she has never known brought Suzy Benson to Hydra ... too late she discovered that she was heiress to the evil of a guilt-ridden past.171p. Book
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Muirhead, L.Russell
Blue Guide : Athens & Environs
Vintage copy of a finely detailed guide to archaeological and other interesting sites in Athens & Attica. 158p.fold-out maps. plans. index. Crisp and tight but usual library marks Ex-Library
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MUKHERJEE BRATINDRA NATH.
KUSHANA SILVER COINAGE.
CALCUTTA. INDIAN MUSEUM. 1982. IN-8 CARRE DE 92 PAGES, RELIURE DE L'EDITEUR PERCALINE BLEUE, SOUS JAQUETTE ILLUSTREE. ILLUSTRE DE 9 PLANCHES HORS-TEXTE. BEL EXEMPLAIRE.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 285
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MULLER Hans Wolgang. LLOYD Selon. MARTIN Roland.-
Architecture de l'Antiquité. Mésopotamie, Egypte, Crète et Grèce.-
Paris. Berger-Levrault. 1980. In-4 (260 x 286mm) cartonnage sous jaquette illustrée en noir et blanc, 411 pages, très nombreuses illustrations dans et hors texte. Quelques rousseurs sur les gardes sinon très bel exemplaire.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : ORD-7667
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Muller Karl Otfried Donaldson John William
A History of the Literature of Ancient Greece - VOLUME II + VOLUME III
Associated Faculty Pr Inc 1971 in8. 1971. Relié. 2 volume(s).
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 100132912
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Muller Karl Otfried Donaldson John William
A History of the Literature of Ancient Greece - VOLUME I
Associated Faculty Pr Inc 1971 in8. 1971. Cartonné. 3 volume(s).
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 100145224
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MULLER LLOYD MARTIN
ARCHITECTURE DE L'ANTIQUITE
Berget levrault , jaquette légérement passée , bon état , 1980 , 410 p , photos 28 x 26 cm
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 499
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Muller Luciano /A. Dobelli
Metrica dei greci e dei romani
Volume in 16° legatura editoriale rigiida, pagine 172. Legatura salda,pagine sane.COMPLETO
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MULLER Sylvie, REBILLARD Laurence, GRANDJEAN Yves, BOUSQUET Jean, et alii
Bulletin de correspondance Hellénique (CXVI-1992), II : Etudes, chroniques et rapports.
Athènes, Ecole Française d'Athènes/De Boccard, 1992. 18 x 24, 509 pp., très nombreuses figures, broché, bon état.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 68730
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Muller Walter lith.
Erechtheum
Veduta generale dei ruderi del tempio. Stampata a colori
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Muller Walter lith.
Jupiter - Tempel / (Olympieion)
Veduta generale dei ruderi del tempio. Stampata a colori
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Muller Walter lith.
Korinth / mit Akrokorinth
Veduta panoramica dell'antica città greca e della fortezza. Stampata a colori
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Muller Walter lith.
Minerva - Tempel auf Agina
Veduta dei ruderi del tempio. Stampata a colori
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Muller Walter lith.
Monument des Lysikrates in Athen
Raffigurazione dell'antico tempio. Stampata a colori
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Muller Walter lith.
Saulenordnungen und Tempel
Tavola raffigurante le varie parti artitettoniche di un tempio. Stampata a colori
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Muller Walter lith.
Sparta
Veduta panoramica dell'antica città e dei suoi dintorni. Stampata a colori
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Muller Walter lith.
Theseus - Tempel in Athen
Veduta generale del tempio. Stampata a colori
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Muller Walter lith.
Turm der Winde in Athen
Raffigurazione della "Torre dei Venti". Stampata a colori
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MULLER, Johannes
Icônes byzantines
1977 Editions Siloé - 1977 - In-folio, cartonnage toilé beige sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs de l'éditeur - 513 p. - 59 reproductions d'oeuvres d'art contrecollées hors texte en couleurs avec texte en regard
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 115138
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Multi-national Women's Liberation Group
Foreign Women in Greece
Useful guide for foreign women with information on community services, marriage, citizenship, family law, adjustment, education, employment, language, housing, children's eduction, cross-cultural children - all kinds of useful advice. (now rather dated bacause of many legislative and social changes, but a snapshot of Greece c.1979) 109p. Very good (some notes added - new phone numbers inserted). (Has stamp of bookstore in Athens, Greece) Book
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Multiple Contributors
Air Enthusiast Magazine - Issues 16, 17 and 18 (1981-82) Bound in One Volume
Features: The rise and fall of the VNAF - the rise and fall of the South Vietnamese Air Force, from 1951 to 1975; America's Spitfires - the USAAF was second only to the RAF as a major operator of the Supermarine Spitfire - a review of their operational history in American service; The RAF in Greece - 1940/41 - the fulfillment of Britain's treaty obligations; CW-21 - the St. Louis Lightweight - the story of the relatively unknown Curtiss-Wright CW-21 fighter in WWII; Sixes and Sevens - completing the story of the 4-engined Douglas transport family, begun in AE/15 - the DC-6 and DC-7; The Blenheim in Yugoslavia - two successful years of Blenheim operations in Yugoslavia were followed by eight days of disaster in 1941; F13 - the Pioneer from Dessau - first flown in 1919, the Junkers F 13 was still serving after WWII; Armstrong Whitworth's Flying Wings - Laminar flow research and boundary layer control, as applied to the A.W.52 flying wings; Walrus - amphibious angel of mercy - designed by Reginald Mitchell; PR Flying and the Spitfire - an account of war-time photographic reconnaissance operations in the Middle and Far East; "Britain Captures Schneider Trophy" - this 1931 headline summed up the culmination of an 18-year endeavour; The MiG Killers of Korea - the North American F-86 Sabre achieved the greatest success in air-to-air combat; Fokker's D VIII - the reluctant Razor - the world's first operational cantilever-winged fighter; Caught by the wing-tip - C.E. 'Bud' Anderson's experiences as a test pilot in the wing-tip coupling experiments; Bombay - Pegasus Draught, Bristol Dray - the flying characteristics and operational career of the Bristol Bomber-transport; Quest for Altitude - The First Generation MiGs - a comprehensive account of the first fighters to bear the MiG appellation; Return of the Razorbacks - the restoration and flight demonstrations of the only Allison-engined Mustangs now extant; A seversky in the Spanish War - the SEV-3; Stratocruiser - ending an airline era - the role of the Boeing Stratocruiser in post-war air transport evolution; Destination - Disaster - how 8 new Saab B 18Bs of the Swedish Air Force met their doom, and how they came back; Estonian Air Power, 1918-1945. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Equinox - The Magazine of Canadian Discovery: September/October 1984
Features: Life and Death of the Sea Tuskers - The Sea Cow Fishery on these islands is totally annihilated; Victorian Canada - A Photographic portfolio selected by Edward Cavell; Classic Revival - Greece battles to save the Sacred Rock of the Western World; Earth's Great Dyings - Scientists seek clues to the mystery of mass extinctions. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Explorer's Journal, September 1982
Features: Bradford Washburn - 50 years on ice - an outstanding mountaineering career; Searching the Denmark Strait - why do the Whales congregate there?; The Owls of Lavrion - Silver mines of ancient Greece; "Mummy" Dearest - clues to ancient maladies - autopsy of a 2,200 year-old man; Hang-Gliding on K-2 - an emergency descent of 7,600m; The Rara Expedition - collecting fish of a high Himalayan Lake; Hominid Discovery in the Awash Valley - Ethiopian site yields significant fossils; Continental Coytes - most adaptable of modern carnivores; Rabbits of the Paramos - their range in the Venezuelan Andes; Biography Briefs of 50-year members. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Explorer's Journal, September 1985
Features: Hill Tribes of the Golden Triangle; Avalanche Rescue - a new method; The Ancient Silver-Lead Mines of Laurium, Greece; George Schaller's World; Harold Jefferson Coolidge; Oceanography - past, present, future; Cave paintings of Baha, Mexico; Names for the Birds; Jan Mayen; Follow-up on a Paleolithic site in India. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, 2 May 1983 - Alvin Toffler
Features: Krugerrand advertisement; Belgium - a flourishing hub of illicit trade in endangered species; Q and A with Alvin Toffler; Arafat leaves Beirut for Greece, ending 12 years of PLO activity in Lebanon; Marc Lalonde's federal budget - big for business; Is Canada's Tax System Fair? - by Linda McQuaig; Questions about Bryce Mackasey's Finances; Peter Blaikie leaves the federal PC leadership contest; Politics and property rights in Canada; Central American dilemmas; Bombing at U.S. embassy in Beirut - with photo; Vintage colour ad for Radio Shack TRS-80 computer family; Poland - heading back to the brink?; Ontario's great Trust Affair - Leonard Rosenberg; Brazil's struggle with debt; Peter C. Newman on Walter Gordon; Carling Bassett scores a big breakthrough; Canada's field hockey future; The new bad nuclear news - with photo of a B-52 on the 'Trestle' - shielding electronic circuitry from the EMP threat; Acid Rain controversy; Allan King's controversial documentary on the effects of unemployment; Great vintage colour ad for the Apple personal computer; the University of Waterloo has quietly become one of North America's leading training grounds for computer scientists; Canal to connect the Danube with the Rhine; Fine tuning for Canadian pay TV. Average wear. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, 29 March 2010 - Resurrecting Jesus
90 pages. Features: The Toyota acceleration problem; Bernice Packford - why she wants to kill herself; Harper's hard right turn; Why the Tories love Canada Post; What Naema Ahmed's expulsion from a French class really shows; Safe haven for an alleged killer - Bill Horace; Why Republicans are so often caught in gay sex scandals; At risk of insolvency, Greece takes on its underground economy; Canada's love of submarine sandwiches; How Canada has recovered so quickly from the recession (?); Save the planet - stop eating meat; An eminent historian argues for Christ's divinity; Raymond Anthony Vint - in Memoriam; and much more. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, August 9, 1982
Features: Toyota 1982 Corolla SR5 Hardtop ad; Peter C. Newman - Canada is the world's luckiest land; The Subtle art of clowning around, by Michael Clugston; Delaying democracy - the Liberals delay calling by-elections; Three dead at Archambault Prison; Canada's antiquated sex laws, by Susan Riley; The grim resort to desert law - Beirut; Mad Mike Hoare jailed; Indira Ghandi visits Washington; Somalia - lessons for a shaky leader; Confidence crisis over the Canadian banks; Penn Square Bank failure; Lietzke win's Canadian Open; Cover Story - After-Hours Learning is our most popular pastime; Photo of Miss Universe Karen Baldwin; Photo of Prince Charles and Lady Di with baby Prince William; The little towns and villages that grew - people moving out of the bigger cities; Airdrie Alberta - a town gone wild; Money Mart - cashing cheques with or without ID; The Synchro-Energizer; Nationalizing antiquity in Greece; Injecting soul into a new machine - the band TBA; Entertainment reviews. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Maclean's Magazine, May 15, 1965 *HOW CHATHAM, ONTARIO GOT A BAD NAME*
Features: Frank Boucher's Challenge - how we can end the farce of sending fourth-rate teams to the world hockey championships; Nurse Joyce Relyea and her job at the Hospital for Sick Children; Chatham - the good town that's fighting a bad name - its politicians live in fear of nameless terrorists, Ottawa lists it as a 'depressed area', the morals of the children have been thrown into serious question; The Pleasure of Ruins, by photographer Roloff Beny - with great b/w photos, including the Shah and queen of Iran; How the Hedlin family of Winnipeg leaped the language barrier together and learned French; Dr. John Knox, former Danish Ambassador, writes about the Canadian beaver; Robert Thomas Allen on Greece; Volkswagen van ad featuring the entire population of Jiggs, Nevada in one van!. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The New York Times Magazine, August 15, 1965 *COVER PHOTO OF GREEK KING CONSTANTINE*
Features: D.N. Aidit, Head of the Communist Party of Indonesia (Partai Kommunis); The armed Negro civil-rights organization, Deacons for Defense and Justice; King Constantine II of Greece; Flight Director Chris Kraft masterminds the upcoming Gemini 5 mission; The Pilots of Danang Aren't 'Flyboys'; Martha's Vineyard is the place to go. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, April 1954
Features: Seeking Sunken Gold - may be regarded as a sequel to 'The Wreck of the General Grant'; A Cowboy Astray - a trip from Arizona to the Montanas up the Colorado River goes very wrong; Fox-Hunting Extraordinary - using cars to hunt Reynard in Australia; Bedroom Number 5 - a 'queer' story from 'Commerford House'; Fortune in the Air - an amusing tale from Palestine; The Cat Trick - a wireless operator from a Merchant Vessel recalls what happened after a consignment of whisky came onboard; Stowaway to the Arctic - the author was anxious to visit Baffinland and meet the Eskimos - great photos; The Golden Image - a remarkable story from India; Fire-Dancing in Greece - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Wide World Magazine, May 1954, Australian Edition
Features: Seeking Sunken Gold - may be regarded as a sequel to 'The Wreck of the General Grant'; A Cowboy Astray - a trip from Arizona to the Montanas up the Colorado River goes very wrong; Fox-Hunting Extraordinary - using cars to hunt Reynard in Australia; Bedroom Number 5 - a 'queer' story from 'Commerford House'; Fortune in the Air - an amusing tale from Palestine; The Cat Trick - a wireless operator from a Merchant Vessel recalls what happened after a consignment of whisky came onboard; Stowaway to the Arctic - the author was anxious to visit Baffinland and meet the Eskimos - great photos; The Golden Image - a remarkable story from India; Fire-Dancing in Greece - photos; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Nice copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Time Magazine, Canadian Edition, August (Aug.) 4, 1974 - Alberta/Peter Lougheed Cover Illustration
60 pages. Features: Canadian Troops to Cyprus; Feature Article on Alberta - The New Industrial State; Eric Lafferty Harvie, Q.C.; Building Empires in the Oil Sands; Major Coverage of The Fateful Vote to Impeach Richard Nixon; Chairman Peter Rodino; Support for Nixon at San Clemente; Passing of Wayne Morse, "The Tiger", of Oregon; Greek Military Junta Resigns; Constantine Caramanlis returns to Greece; Tense aftermath of three-da war between Turkey and Cyprus; South Korean politics and Park Chung Hee; Celebrity photos of Johnny Unitas, Gloria Swanson, Hank (Henry) Aaron and Mark Sptiz; Bufo Plague in Australia; Rev. George von Hilsheimer of the Green Valley School for troubled children in Orange City, FL; Return of a Supergroup - CSNY (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) - article with photo of the band at Seattle sound check; Cellist Janos Starker; Desegregation - Historic reversal in Detroit; Back to the Unfabulous '50s; Fashion - The Loose Look; Ad for the Skyline Hotels; A Challenge from Evangelicals; Dealing with Inflation; Federal Reserve Chairman-Designate Alan Greenspan - article with photo; Race for natural resources in Wyoming; Battle of the Little Big Cars - short article with photos of the Ford Monarch and Granada; Inflation, Communist Style; Nice half-page ad for the CBC's news show "The National' with photos of seventeen of its journalists; and more. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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MUND-DOPCHIE Monique
"L'Atlantide de Platon; histoire vraie ou préfiguration de l'utopie de Thomas More ? Collection : L'Académie en poche, N° 91."
Bruxelles, Académie Royale de Belgique, 2017. 11 x 18, 82 pp., broché, très bon état.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 98412
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MUNDT THEODOR
Die gotterwelt der alten volker. Nach den dichtungen der orientalen, griechen und romer.
Berlin, Morin, 1846. (mm. 180 x 110). Tela dell'epoca con titolo in oro al dorso e fregi a secco ai piatti. pp. (4), 596. Con 24 tavole f.t. con disegni di sculture.
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Munn, Mark H
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA; The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
University of California Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Minor shelfwear to DJ. DJ spine a bit sunned.; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals military tactics and battle scenes. . 0520076850 . University of California Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 33134 ISBN : 0520076850 9780520076853
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Munn, Mark H
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA; The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
University of California Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Very minor shelfwear to DJ else Fine.; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals military tactics and battle scenes. . 0520076850 . University of California Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 6977 ISBN : 0520076850 9780520076853
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Munn, Mark H
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA; The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
University of California Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Slight discoloration to DJ spine.; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals military tactics and battle scenes. . 0520076850 . University of California Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 7012 ISBN : 0520076850 9780520076853
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Munn, Mark H
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA; The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
University of California Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals military tactics and battle scenes. . 0520076850 . University of California Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 7013 ISBN : 0520076850 9780520076853
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Munn, Mark H
THE DEFENSE OF ATTICA; The Dema Wall and the Boiotian War of 378-375 B. C.
University of California Press. 1993. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Dustjacket is protected in mylar.; 259 pages; The enigmatic three-mile-long Dema wall in the countryside outside ancient Athens has perplexed archaeologists and historians for decades. When was it built and what role did it play in Greek military history In a tour de force of archaeological and historical argument Mark H. Munn establishes the place of the Dema wall in the defense of Athens and offers a completely new perspective on the Boiotian War. Since no ancient reference to the wall survives scholars have contested the date and purpose of the wall's construction placing it anywhere between the Geometric Age and Hellenistic eras. While directing the excavation of a watchtower above the wall Munn's chance discovery of a datable sherd in the wall's remains fixed the date of the wall's construction at 378 B. C. the onset of the three-year Boiotian War. Munn offers an absorbing narrative account of the war and his descriptions and effective use of literary extracts render a vivid portrayal of the opposing generals military tactics and battle scenes. . 0520076850 . University of California Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 7514 ISBN : 0520076850 9780520076853
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