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1994Reprinted from "Aristophanes : the Eleven Comedies" Translated by Sir Louis Sterling?] originally published by The Athenian Society. London 1912.This edition in the Dover Thrift Editions series 1994 54p. Book
1959An amusing translation of Aristophanes "Thesmophoriazusae" in which a bunch of feisty Athenian dames discover an interloper at their female only fertility festival. The author's send up of the poetic excesses of fellow dramatist Euripides is well rendered by this translator for a contemporary audience to enjoy.134p, notes index Very crisp copy, almost as new. Book
1952145p. map [Almost as new] Book
1999Reprinted from "Aristophanes : the Eleven Comedies" Translated by Sir Louis Sterling?] originally published by The Athenian Society. London 1912.This edition in the Dover Thrift Editions series 1999.48p. 54p. Book
1991Plays for Performance Series." "Aristophanes' great anti-war drama glorifies the power of fertility in the face of destruction. Mr. Rudall's new translation recaptures the splendid variety of diction in Aristophanes, so that instead of a heavily poetic presentation the play becomes highly theatrical" 65p. Book
1972164p. illus. chronology index, ame of previous owner Book
1880An original vintage copy NOTa reproduction (Volume I of a 2 Volume set - will NOT be sold separately) Clean, tight, unmarked text. Scuffing to head and foot of spine, corners slightly bumped Book
1959[1] The Frogs: translated from the Greek by William James Rickie with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austen. 62p. [Bound Dos-A- Dos together with] [2] The Birds : with an introduction by Dudley Fitts" Six Greek Plays"issued by the Dryden Press.) 52 p.. 114p; Slight shelf esp.to foot of spine.. Book
1959[1] The Frogs: translated from the Greek by William James Rickie with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austin. 62p. [Bound Dos-A- Dos together with] [2] The Birds : with an introduction by Dudley Fitts" Six Greek Plays" issued by the Dryden Press.) 52 p.. 114p; Shligh shelf waer eap to foot of soune. " Spine just a little damaged at foot Book
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1965Collection of ancient Greek comedies by various translators Edited by Robert W.Corrigan. Includes Aristophanes : Lysistrata,The Birds, Peace,Plutus. and Menander : The Grouch Book
1931Vintage copy of this revised edition of this scholarly work which " surveys the origin and development of Greek Comic Drama, with full discussion not only of Aristophanes and Menander but also of other important playwrights whose work had previously received scant notice because only fragments of it have survived. The important papyrus finds of the previous forty years have been expounded and used. The final chapter is an introduction to comic metre and rhythm" 431p + 3 indeces [1 in Greek] Exceptionally neat copy but for stamp of previous owner on ffep. Book
2015Apodos kai scholia Kostas Barnales. This seems to be a re-issue of the text published by Ellenika Grammata in 1998. 116p. Book
1962New English versions of Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, and Ladies' Day. "Thanks to Dudley Fitts...we can appreciate Aristophanes' vigor, his robust style, his scorching wit, his earthy humor, his devotion to honesty and his poetic imagination" 341p.index Book
2015Apodos kai scholia Kostas Barnales. The play is a satire on the social and political life of classical Athens during the Peloponnesian War and in this respect it is typical of all the dramatist's early plays. It is unique however in the relatively small number of its characters and this was due to its scurrilous preoccupation with one man, the pro-war populist Cleon 118p. Book
1977['Ancient Culture and Society Series] 168p + 2 p. of plates. bibliography. index. Clean crisp text, l0oks almost unread. Book
1961This book was originally published in 1934. Beginning with Aristotle's observation that from the earliest stage Attic Comedy had 'certain definite forms', F. M. Cornford shows that these forms are clearly observable in the plays of Aristophanes and that they derived from a ritual drama common to both tragedy and comedy. Edited with Foreword and additional notes by Theodore H. Gaster. Crisp, tight vintage copy - looks almost unread.Old bookstore stamp on ffep. else fine Book
1990Sequel to 'Goatsong'. Eurpolis of Pallene, Athenian comic dramatist, gentlemen farmer, failed husband and now citizen soldier has survived the disastrous Sicilian campaign, only to be accused of treason on his return to Athens. Hilarious fictional autobiography of Eupolis, rival of Aristophanes inAttic Comedy, and acute observer of the vagaries of Athenian politics. Book
Gr. In-8, 272p. Préface de Madame Dussanne. Quelques passages soulignés au crayon, sinon bel exemplaire.
In-8, 189p. Première édition. Quelques minimes rousseurs. Exemplaire à toute marge tel que paru. En bon état. Errata à la fin du volume. Rare. Note sur l'auteur: Paul Antoine Laval, connu sous le nom de Nolivos de Saint-Cyr, était un ancien capitaine d'infanterie, chevalier de Saint-Louis, et surtout comédien. Note sur l'oeuvre: l'écrit de Nolivos de Saint-Cyr veut s'inscrire dans le débat entre J.J. Rousseau et d'Alembert sur la présence des spectacles à Genève.
2007Octavo in red DJ; ix, 177 p : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Signed by author. || A historical and sociological evaluation of the snowman and snowman building travels backward through time from the modern world's regard of snowmen as a pop culture symbol to prehistoric early constructions. || Humor; Snowmen; Christmas; History.
1938Octavo in yellow DJ; 188 p : b&w illus/plates; 21 cm. Unfolds the life of the merry prankster Tyll, from his rowdy infancy to his final joke at his own funeral. || Humor.
1957Red octavo; unpaged, b&w illus; 24 cm American wit and humor, Pictorial.