Dilke, O. A. W.MareMagnum
1987Former owner's name on ffep. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover. Light shelfwear otherwise. ; Reading the Past, Vol. 2; 63 pages; This fully illustrated book outlines the ancient systems of mathematics and measurement and describes how they were used in mapping, surveying, telling time, trade and commerce, as well as in leisure pursuits such as games and puzzles, and in the occult.
1987Minor foxing. ; Reading the Past, Vol. 2; 63 pages; This fully illustrated book outlines the ancient systems of mathematics and measurement and describes how they were used in mapping, surveying, telling time, trade and commerce, as well as in leisure pursuits such as games and puzzles, and in the occult.
1960"World War II is finally over, and after four torturous years serving the Crown in Egypt, Lawerence Durrell seeks peace in the landscapes he has loved ever since his youth in Corfu: Mediterranean islands. He is posted to the Greek island of Rhodes, and from his first dip in the dazzling blue Aegean - which jolts his soul awake for the first time in years - he immerses himself in the rhythms and moods of local life, befriending eccentric villagers and quaffing ouzo as through the war was a distant dream. With his dazzling poet's eye and passion for excavating ancient history, Durrell recaptures the mythic Rhodes of legend, of knights and crusades, that lies beneath its war-ravaged surface. It is a place that you will never forget."198p. bibliography Book
1993Waviness to about 3-4 pages (moisture? ). Else VG. ; In this single-volume history, R. Malcolm Errington provides a modern account of the political and social framework of ancient Macedon. He places particular emphasis on the structure of the Macedonian state and its functioning in different stages of historical development from the sixth to the second century B. C. Errington's main emphasis is not on the biographies of the great kings but rather on the flexible political interplay between king, nobility, and people; on the growth of cities and their political function within the state; and on the development of the army as a motor of military, social, and political change. ; Hellenistic Culture and Society, 5; 320 pages
1908Spine slightly browned. Light chipping to spine ends. Some staining to boards. Pages tanned. Owner's name and old price in ink to ffep. Greek text has heavy notes in ink and pencil. Remainder of text is clean Else good. ; English Introduction and Commentary with Greek Text. ; 202 pages
1978Corner creasing to upper corner of wraps and first few pages. Chipping to upper corner. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Else VG. ; 96 pages
1913Ffep and half-title page are detached but present. Boards are worn. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Reading copy only. ; 258 pages
1986Pages slightly tanned. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; This book is about the study and understanding of the history of the Greeks and Romans, about the evidence available to historians and its severe limitations; about the practices of the historians in dealing with the evidence, and about alternative procedures that might be attempted. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 131 pages
1986Gift card taped down to front inner board. DJ is price-clipped. ; This book is about the study and understanding of the history of the Greeks and Romans, about the evidence available to historians and its severe limitations; about the practices of the historians in dealing with the evidence, and about alternative procedures that might be attempted. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 131 pages
1974Stapled offprint. Minor shelfwear. ; Pp 13-31; Offprint. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Classical Association Volume LXXI 1974; 18 pages; Are the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" just charming poetic fantasies? Or do they give a more or less accurate picture of the Mycenaean period, the early Dark Age of Homer's own era? Do archaeological discoveries like Schliemann's excavations at Troy bear out Homer's account of the Trojan war? The author offers an analysis of Homer's depiction of kinship and community, Helen and Hector, morals and values, Paris, Priam and the gods.
1956Spine browned. Minor shelfwear. ; 182 pages; Are the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" just charming poetic fantasies? Or do they give a more or less accurate picture of the Mycenaean period, the early Dark Age of Homer's own era? Do archaeological discoveries like Schliemann's excavations at Troy bear out Homer's account of the Trojan war? The author offers an analysis of Homer's depiction of kinship and community, Helen and Hector, morals and values, Paris, Priam and the gods.
1968First 9 pages are loose but present. Former classics scholar's name on ffep (T. D. Barnes) ; Begins with the foundation of the city in the tenth century B. C and covers gradual expansion of Spartan authority in the Peloponnese until her collapse and eventual Roman Roman conquest of 195 BC. ; Classical History and Literature; 160 pages
1919Former owner's name on ffep in ink. Pencil underlining to many pages with pencil notes to some. Spine browned. Some rubbing to extremities. ; Macmillan's manuals for students; 332 pages
1907One page of table of contents loose. Pencil underlining on a few pages. Spine cover is torn along one side (3") . General wear. ; Macmillan's manuals for students; 332 pages
1908Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Spine darkened. Scholar's name to ffep. Staining to ffep from removed plate. ; Macmillan's manuals for students; 332 pages
1978Former owner's name on ffep. Else unmarked, VG in foxed dustjacket. ; illustrated. The influence of Greece and Italy on Britain. ; 179 pages
1953Pen notes and underlining to a few pages. Former owner's name on ffep. ; 142 pages; A reader adapted from Aesop, Theophrastus, Lucian, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and Plato.
1965Comprehensive account of life, traditions and customs in a farming village in Boeotia in the 1950's. 110p. plates.map.bibliography. This copy has notes and underlinings, a student reading copy only. Book
1987Light shelfwear. ; Reprint of the 1930 ed. , with a new preface by S. G. Miller. Xviii, 246pp, illustrated. ; 246 pages
1987Light pencilling. Small stain to titlepage. ; Reprint of the 1930 ed. , with a new preface by S. G. Miller. Xviii, 246pp, illustrated. ; 246 pages
1998Very faint shelfwear. ; In this collection of sixteen literary and historical essays, Peter Green informs, entertains, and stimulates. He covers a wide range of subjects, from Greek attitudes toward death to the mysteries of the Delphic Oracle, from Tutankhamun and the gold of Egypt to sex in ancient literature, from the island of Lesbos (where he once lived) to the challenges of translating Ovid's wit and elegant eroticism into present-day English verse, from Victorian pederastic aesthetics to Marxism's losing battle with ancient history. This third volume of Green's essays (several previously unpublished) reveals throughout his serious concern that we are, in a very real sense, losing the legacy of antiquity through the corrosive methodologies of modern academic criticism. ; 328 pages
1998In this collection of sixteen literary and historical essays, Peter Green informs, entertains, and stimulates. He covers a wide range of subjects, from Greek attitudes toward death to the mysteries of the Delphic Oracle, from Tutankhamun and the gold of Egypt to sex in ancient literature, from the island of Lesbos (where he once lived) to the challenges of translating Ovid's wit and elegant eroticism into present-day English verse, from Victorian pederastic aesthetics to Marxism's losing battle with ancient history. This third volume of Green's essays (several previously unpublished) reveals throughout his serious concern that we are, in a very real sense, losing the legacy of antiquity through the corrosive methodologies of modern academic criticism. ; 328 pages
1972An illustrated article on cruising in the Greek islands disbound from an issue of National Geographic (Vol. 142 #2) August 1972.pp. 147-193. Magazine
1973An illustrated article exploring Ulysses route home from Troy to the Ionian Islands .Disbound from National Geographic (Vol 144 #No.1) July 1973 pp.1-39 Book
1989Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Pages tanned. Spine a bit slanted. Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; 620 pages