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BASTIS Christos G.
[Sale Catalogue of] Greek Antiquities from the Collection of the late Christos G. Bastis. 9 December 1999. Sale Code: 7404. FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous fine coloured reproductions (several full-page) in the text, and pictorial endpapers; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the auctioneer's compliments slip loosely inserted. With illustrated biographical introduction by Dr. Carlos Arturo Picon. The catalogue lists 167 lots.
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MIDDLETON T.F.
The Doctrine of the Greek Article applied to the Criticism and Illustration of the New Testament. With prefatory Observations and Notes by Hugh James Rose. New [Third] Edition. IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED CONTEMPORARY BINDING
8vo., Third Edition, neat contemporary signature on title ,some very faint spotting on title; attractively bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with black leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in blind, red sprinkled edges, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Middleton's classic treatise was first published in 1808 when he was Prebendary of Lincoln and shortly before his famous appointment as Lord Bishop of Calcutta where he founded Bishop's College. This, the second posthumous edition, is dedicated to his wife. A lovely copy in wholly unrestored contemporary binding. Extremely scarce.
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MURRAY Gilbert
Sophocles: The Antigone. Translated into English rhyming Verse with Introduction and Notes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; green cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip.
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MENANDER
Broadway Translations. Menander. Three Plays. The Girl from Samos. The Arbitration. The Shearing of Glycera. Translated and interpreted by L.A. Post. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title in red and black, free endpapers, half-title and some page edges mildly browning; original red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the trade ticket of Thornton of Oxford on front paste-down. Published in the authoritative series 'Broadway Translations'. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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PORPHYRY
On Abstinence from Animal Food. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor. Edited and introduced by Esme Wynne-Tyson. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, neat signature on front free endpaper; original terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With an introduction by the editor. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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MOORSOM R.
A Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient and Modern; containing the Greek and Latin; the German, Italian, French, Danish and Welsh Hymns; the First Lines; the Names of all Authors & Translators; Notes and Dates. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
12mo., First Edition, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; original salmon cloth, upper board blocked with gilt cross, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, bevelled boards, red edges, black endpapers, very neatly recased, covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Unusually robust copy of the original edition of a seminal work more often known in the second edition of 1903 which, given its availability, was comparatively widely issued. A rare survival. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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CHURCH A.J.
Three Greek Children. A Study of Home in Old Time. With Illustrations after Flaxman and the Antique. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece in black and terracotta (original tissue guard present) and 11 plates, small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, primrose endpapers, backstrip very lightly rubbed at head and tail else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Scarce.
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BIBLE
The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. IN FULL PERIOD ROAN
8vo., text in double-column; original early nineteenth century full roan, sides with multiple frame border in gilt and blind, back with five flat bands elaborately tooled in gilt, all compartments tooled in gilt to a floral design, all edges, gilt, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a bright, firm copy in wholly unrestored period binding. Pica 8vo.
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SMITH (ed.) William
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Edited by William Smith. Second Edition, Improved and Enlarged. IN PUBLISHER'S PICTORIAL CLOTH
Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with title-vignette and very numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; original black pictorial cloth, boards with Greek key frame in blind enclosing illustrations blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, very neatly recased, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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SABIN, P.
The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare. FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., roy. 8vo., with numerous illustrations and maps; cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in the dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: Greece, the Hellenistic World and the Rise of Rome; Vol. II: Rome from the Late Republic to the Late Empire
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PALLIS Marietta
Tableaux in Greek History. London: 25 March 1943 - 25 March 1944. NEAR FINE COPY
Large folio, First Edition, on laid paper, text in red and black, with 8 splendid plates (a number in gilt and colours; all original tissue guards present) and several illustrations (a number coloured by hand) in the text; original ivory laid paper boards, upper board with five decorative cross-stitches in sisal, blue cloth back, uncut, a near fine copy. A magnificent record of the original exhibition. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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LONGINUS
A Treatise on the Sublime. Translated from the Greek into English by Frank Granger.
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper; original yellow ochre boards, printed paper labels on upper board and backstrip, yellow top, uncut, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. The author was editor of Vitruvius. SCARCE
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SELTMAN Charles
A Book of Greek Coins. [King Penguin 63]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with48 pages of plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 63
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CORBETT P.E.
The Sculpture of the Parthenon. [King Penguin 76].
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 40 pages of plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 76.
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ELDER R.
Greek Architecture. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; small marginal stain on front endpapers; red cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, a bright, firm copy. With publisher's presentation stamp in blind on title. The author was Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton. SCARCE.
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MARQUAND Allan
Greek Architecture. PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; small marginal stain on front endpapers; red cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, a bright, firm copy. With publisher's presentation stamp in blind on title. The author was Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton. SCARCE.
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MITCHISON Naomi
Black Sparta. Greek Stories. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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PLUTARCH.
Plutarch's Lives. Translated from the original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical; and a Life of Plutarch. By S[amuel] Langhorne, William Langhorne, John Dryden etc. New Edition, with Corrections and Improvements. CRISP, CLEAN SET IDEAL FOR BINDING OR RESTORATION
6 vols., 8vo., on laid paper; early nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, gilt backs (first volume wanting backstrip, three volumes with loss at head), leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt (one label chipped not affecting lettering), red sprinkled edges, boards moderately age-faded, three volumes effectively disbound else an unusually crisp, clean set ideal for binding or restoration. This set can be rebound to specification or expertly refurbished to a high standard. Please enquire for details.
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HUMPHREYS H. Noel
The Butterfly Vivarium. Or Insect Home, being an Account of a new Method of observing the curious Metamorphoses of some of the most beautiful of Native Insects, also a popular Description of the Habits & Instincts of many Insects. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY WITH HAND-COLOURED PLATES
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece COLOURED BY HAND, 7 fine plates COLOURED BY HAND and engraved illustrations in the text; original red pictorial cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, joints mildly rubbed else a very good, bright, fresh copy. Freeman 1836. EXTREMELY SCARCE, THE MORE SO IN THIS CONDITION.
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PLUTARCH
Fall of the Roman Republic. Six Lives by Plutarch. Marius. Sulla. Crassus. Pompey. Caesar. Cicero. Translated by Rex Warner. [Penguin Classics].
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. PC L84.
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ZIMMERN Alfred E
The Greek Commonwealth. Politics and Economics in Fifth-Century Athens. Second Edition, Revised. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with a map in the text and 2 large folding maps (one coloured in outline), free endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut and partially unopened, a very good, bright, crisp copy. Zimmern's classic account was first published in 1911. In addition to corrections and expansions, this edition benefits for the first time from Toynbee's large and detailed map of Attica. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WEBSTER T.B.L.
Greek Terracottas. [King Penguin 54]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 54 plates toned in sepia, free endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of pictorial boards, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at upper edge of rear panel. King Penguin 54.
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CHITTENDEN Jacqueline
Greek Art. A Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held in 1946 at the Royal Academy Burlington House London. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; dark olive buckram, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and blue, gil top, a near fine copy.
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MEREDITH Hugh Owen
Four Drama of Euripides. Hecuba. Heracles. Andromache. Orestes. Translated into English Verse. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green buckram, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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SMITH Peter C.
War in the Aegean. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The standard account of the Dodecanese campaign of 1943, a bitter war involving regular and irregular forces, and with considerable naval involvement. SCARCE. Enser, p.193; Law 0361.
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MURRAY Gilbert
The Electra of Euripides. Translated into English rhyming Verse with explanatory Notes. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, free endpapers very lightly browned; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. First published in 1905.
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ROGERS Benjamin Bickley
The Acharnians of Aristophanes. The Greek Text revised with a Translation into corresponding Metres, Introduction and Commentary. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE SECOND EDITION
4to., Second Edition, with parallet texts in Green and English, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, covers very lightly age-marked else a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1910.
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AESCHYLUS
The Seven against Thebes [Septem contra Thebas]. Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Introduction and Notes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip and fold-ins.
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AESCHYLUS
Prometheus Bound. Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Introduction and Notes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with two short tears.
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RUSKIN John
The Queen of the Air. Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Clouds and Storm. Twenty-Fifth Thousand. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Twenty-Fifth Thousand, signature on front paste-down, free endpapers and half-title lightly browned; original green cloth, sides framed in blind, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, cream endpapers, a very good, bright, crisp copy. First published in 1869.
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MURRAY Gilbert
Four Stages of Greek Religion. Studies based on a Course of Lectures delivered in April 1912 at Columbia University. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, small neat contemporary signature on half-title; green cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Collects four of Murray's most penetrating essays: Saturnia Regna; The Olympian Conquest; The Failure of Nerve [title conceived during a conversation with J B Bury] ; The Last Protest. His translation of Sallustius, completed in 1907 for a small class at Oxford, is included as an appendix. SCARCE.
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SHIPP G.P.
Studies in the Language of Homer. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. Here Shipp considers the language of both Iliad and Odyssey. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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GINNER Ruby
The Revived Greek Dance. Its Art and Technique. Second Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, upper board framed and lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. First published in 1933. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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EURIPIDES
The Bacchae and other Plays. Ion. The Women of Troy. Helen. The Bacchae. Translated by Philip Vellacott. [Penguin Classics]. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN CLASSICS
8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges browning very slightly; original printed wrappers, covers very faintly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover roundel, designed by Berthold Wolpe, is based on the illustration of Agave with the head of Pentheus from the Sandys edition of The Bacchae. Penguin Classics, L44.
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ROGERS Benjamin Bickley
The Peace of Aristophanes acted at Athens at the Great Dionysia BC 421. The Greek Text revised, with a Translation into corresponding Metres, Introduction and Commentary. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy.
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SOPHOCLES
The Theban Plays. King Oedipus. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone. Translated by E.F. Watling. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN CLASSICS
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, covers very faintly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Watling's translation. The cover roundel is based on an alleged bust of the dramatist. A note in Penguin's Bristol archives suggests that one 'Bert Pugh' was responsible for the design (see Edwards Hare & Robinson, p.60). Penguin Classics, L3.
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WRAY Daniel
Observations on a Greek Inscription brought from Athens. Read at the Society of Antiquaries, 18 April 1771. IN MODERN BOARDS
8pp. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with engraved plate and illustration in the text, final leaf present in photofacsimile; modern boards, upper board with printed paper label, uncut, a bright, crisp copy. Extracted from Archaeologia, vol. II.
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BLOM Louis H.
The Windmills of the Greek Islands. FINE COPY
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Bibliotheca Molinologica vol. 14. SCARCE.
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CORBETT P. E.
The Sculpture of the Parthenon. [King Penguin 76]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 40 pages of plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 76.
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WALTERS H. B.
Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum. Vol. II. Black-Figured Vases. [THIS VOLUME ONLY.]. [Preface by A.S. Murray.] NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with 7 plates and numerous illustrations in the text; original dark green cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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GREEN Roger Lancelyn
Tales of the Greek Heroes. Retold from the Ancient Authors. Introduced by Stephen Fry. Author's Note included. Illustrated by Romy Blumel. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 6 coloured illustrations (2 double-page) and double-page map; pictorial red cloth, boards and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, printed endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's blocked board slip-case.
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GRAVES Robert
The Greek Myths. Introduced by Kenneth McLeish. Illustrations by Grahame Baker. FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
2 vols., 8vo., with frontispiece, 15 plates and endpaper maps; pictorial boards, brown cloth backs lettered in gilt, a fine set in publisher's brown board slip-case lettered in gilt.
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Petrangeli, Carlo
I Monumenti Dei Culti Capitolini
This is a very good softcover copy with just light toning to the covers. Very clean inside and out. One small handstamp from the scholar who previously owned the catalog, on the front endpaper, Text in Italian. Illustrated in black & white with 16 photographic plates. 8" high X 6" wide, 69 text pages + plates.
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Paribeni, Enrico
Museo Nazionale Romano : Sculture Greche del V secolo originali e Repliche
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in the publisher's grey paper covered boards, printed in red and black, with just light cover wear. Very clean inside. A former owner name, of a well known scholar in the field, neatly written in a small hand, on the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean. Text in Italian. 125 black & white photographic plates of 5th century Greek sculpture. Concordance. All 125 works catalogued here with extensive entries. All in the collection of the Museo Nazionale in Rome. 10" high X 7" wide, 69 text pages + plates.
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Kennedy,Roger G.
Greek Revival America
This is now the major survey of Greek Revival architecture in America. Written by the Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History, very active in his role as a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Small folio size, 12" high X 10" wide, 455 pages, illustrated mostly in color. Interesting appendices like,"A Speculation on Power and Sex in Greek Revival America". Another is a "Gazetteer of Important Greek Revival Buildings in the United States Today". Bibliography. Index. This is a near fine cloth copy in a very good dust jacket, completely clean, inside and out, just a few scuffs to the dust jacket, otherwise a fine copy.
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Marshall, F. H.
Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum
This is a good hardcover reference copy in an about very good dust jacket. Slight exposure to moisture makes this a reference copy. The page-edge has very faint tan spots. But no stains internally, just a little stiffness to the lower part of the pages. NO mustiness, no stains. The jacket is worn around the edges, corners, and small piece gone from base of spine. Jacket bottom edge stuck to book front and rear boards. All text and plates clean. 35 black & white plates + many drawings in the text. This is the 1968 reprint of the Marshall's classic work first published by the British Museum in 1902. 10" high X 8" wide, 258 text pages + plates. A good reference copy of this important work. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Deubner, Ludwig
Attische Feste
This is a very good hardcover copy in slightly soiled gray cloth. Completely clean inside. Text in German. This is the 1962 edition. 40 black & white photographic plates of Greek pottery and some sculpture showing details of festivals. Fold-out 'Festkalendar'. 10" high X 7" wide, 266 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ananich, Elena
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Russia. Fascicule VIII. The State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg. Lucanian Vases. Fascicule I.
This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original cream-colored paper-covered boards printed in black and red with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, but the private owner we acquired them from removed their bookplates from the inside front pastedown, so a ghost of a removal there, otherwise fine. No other marks of any kind. Text in English and Russian. This is Fascicle 1 in the monumental Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum series, this fascicle 1 of 4 devoted to the holdings of South Italian Greek Vases in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Workshop of the Pisticci and Amykos Painters, the Intermediate Group, The Workshop of the Creusa and Dolon Painters, the Choephoroi Painter, the Roccanova Painter and the Primato Painter discussed and illustrated. Various indices. Concordance. 47 black & white plates. 13" high X 9"wide, 38 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sidorova, Natalia
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Russia. Fascicle 4: Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Attic Red-figured Vases
This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original cream-colored paper-covered boards printed in black and red with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, but the private owner we acquired them from removed their bookplates from the inside front pastedown, so a ghost of a removal there, otherwise fine. No other marks of any kind. Text in English and Russian. This is Fascicle 4 in the monumental Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum series, this fascicle 1 of 8 devoted to the holdings of ancient Greek Vases in the Pushkin State Museum in Moscow, Russia. Concordance with Beazley. 51 black & white plates. 13" high X 9"wide, 68 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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To Archaiologiko Ergo Ste Makedonia Kai Thrake
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in navy blue cloth and with title label in white on the spine. Recently released from a major museum non-lending library (as a duplicate) and bearing one handstamp to an endpaper and a small tipped in note identifying it as a gift. A bookplate or slip has been removed from the inside front cover. Otherwise completely clean throughout, no other marks to text pages or illustrations. Text in Greek with English summaries. Original card covers bound in. The full title of this volume is: To Archaiologiko Ergo Ste Makedonia Kai Thrake 2, 1988. About 45 essays on different archeological matters pertaining to Macedonia and Thrace. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, 524 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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