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Best.-Nr. 0656507195.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0666651833.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1332905536.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1332954812.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1334211248.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1913Best.-Nr. 300881London : Rivingtons 1913. Third Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xvi161p. ; 22cm. Subjects: Greek poetry ; Translations into English. London : Rivingtons hardcover
1989Best.-Nr. Q-0140445234Penguin Classics 1989-06-06. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
Best.-Nr. x-0911198059Purdue Univ Pr 1963. Paperback. New. 113 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. Purdue Univ Pr paperback
1906Best.-Nr. 270539Houghton Mifflin and Company Boston and New York 1906. First Edition Limited Edition. Cloth. Good . Half-title: The Idylls of Theocritus. Contains 54 poems and poetic excerpts including fragments of the 3rd century BCE Greek pastoral poet in modern English verse forms. Notable also for the decorations taken from various designs on antique gems. One of 330 copies the entire edition; this is number 143 printed at the Riverside Press Cambridge Massachusetts October 1906; designed by Bruce Rogers utilizing his Brimmer Italic typefaces. Warde #69. Illustrated by Few b/w Decorations including Title Page & headpieces Calverley's 1831-1884 sensitive translation was first published in 1869 reissued here in one of Bruce Rogers' finest productions. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. 1801250023The Bibliophile Society 1905-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. One of 477 copies. 3 volume set. Original boards. Good binding and cover. Minor rubbing. Marginal foxing. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
1905Best.-Nr. D14572Boston: The Bibliophile Society 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edited by Henry Aiken Metcalf. Three volumes. lix 195; xxv 229; xv 248 pp. 8vo. bound in publisher's paper-covered boards in cardboard slipcases. A beautifully printed edition of Theocritus and two of his fellow Greek poets. The texts are printed in Greek with the English translation on the facing page. This edition was limited to 477 sets for members only printed at the De Vinne Press on specially made hand-made paper. Light wear only. A near fine set. The Bibliophile Society hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 197231London Dasanova Society 1925. 1925. 4to. Translated with three page introduction by R.C. Trevelyan. Original 1/2 gilt stamped vellum over blue boards uncut and unopened. Dust jacket unclipped; spine a bit darkened. Very good. #46/750 numbered copies. Hardcover. London, Dasanova Society, 1925. hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 18113New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1925. Edition ltd. to 750 copies small 4to pp. xv 1 105; title within decorative rule; orig. linen-backed marble-grained paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine spine and label darkened light wear to extremities a few untrimmed fore-edges browning and curling else very good. Albert & Charles Boni unknown
1906Best.-Nr. 74341Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1906. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Translated into English Verse by Calverley. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Numerous headpieces and vignettes. 172pp. Tall 8vo original decorative brown boards; partly uncut. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1906. Fine. One of 330 numbered copies. Houghton Mifflin unknown
Best.-Nr. 000937Casanova Society 1925 a numbered copy from a limited edition of 750. Small 4to Very good in good to very good dust jacket. 105pp. Pages unopened paper covered boards vellum spine. The dust jacket is soiled and lightly edgeworn. Translated by R.C. Trevelyn. Drama Poetry. Casanova Society Hardcover
1767Best.-Nr. 1416455London UK: Printed for the Author by Dryden Leach 1767. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo lvi 288 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Half bound in contemporary black leather. Spine paneled with gilt stamping and lettering. Includes preface essay and one volume of Theocritus's works with continuous pagination but noncontinuous signature marks. Volume one has an individual title page. Holes from bookworms near tail of spine rear cover and last two pages including back free end-paper. General shelf wear. Rubbing to spine and boards. Tearing to bottom of front and rear boards. Fraying to edges of boards. Burn mark to bottom of textblock. Mild gutter damage to front and rear boards interior. Foxing and rubbing throughout textblock interior. Some small pencil markings throughout. Lacking final errata leaf. Contains a black and white frontispiece of Theocritus. NOTE: Shelved in Room X. ESTC: T138182. 1416455. Special Collections - Downstairs. Printed for the Author by Dryden Leach hardcover books
1792Best.-Nr. 330912Bath: R. Cruttwell 1792. hardcover. Translated from the Greek into English Verse by the Reverend Richard Polwhele. 2 volumes bound in one. viii 319 3; iv 226 1 pages. Thick 8vo attractively bound in 19th century 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; marbled page edges. Bath: R. Cruttwell 1792. A new edition corrected. A fine copy with very clean pages. R. Cruttwell unknown books
1684Best.-Nr. 1018H30Oxford: L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens 1684 . First edition. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A very scarce first edition in English of Creech"s Theocritus with Rapin"s influential discourse on the pastoral tradition illustrated with an engraved pastoral frontispiece. In a contemporary calf binding rebacked with later calf. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Collated complete. First edition in English of Thomas Creech"s translation of Theocritus prefaced by his translation of René Rapin"s influential Discourse of Pastorals. Thomas Creech 1659-1700 was among the most active English classical translators of the Restoration period best remebered for his popular translation of Lucretius for which he received a Fellowship at Oxford. Theocritus the Sicilian Greek poet of the third century BCE is traditionally regarded as the founding figure of bucolic or pastoral poetry. These Idylls helped establish a literary tradition of the pastoral later developed by Virgil and generations of European writers. An interesting example of Restoration engagement with the Greek classics. In a contemporary calf binding rebacked with later calf. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Rubbing to boards resulting in minor surface loss. One or two light scratch marks to calf. Hinges strained but holding. Front free endpaper almost fully detached holding at upper extremities only. Rear free endpaper partially detached to upper extremities with loss to lower corner. Rear pastedown lacking exposing the underlying board and calf to edges. Pages characteristically age toned more so to first and final leaves. Light tide marking and soiling with the odd handling mark to fore edge of first and final few leaves. Slight cockling to leaves. Good L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens hardcover
1767Best.-Nr. 1416455London UK: Printed for the Author by Dryden Leach 1767. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo lvi 288 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Half bound in contemporary black leather. Spine paneled with gilt stamping and lettering. Includes preface essay and one volume of Theocritus's works with continuous pagination but noncontinuous signature marks. Volume one has an individual title page. Holes from bookworms near tail of spine rear cover and last two pages including back free end-paper. General shelf wear. Rubbing to spine and boards. Tearing to bottom of front and rear boards. Fraying to edges of boards. Burn mark to bottom of textblock. Mild gutter damage to front and rear boards interior. Foxing and rubbing throughout textblock interior. Some small pencil markings throughout. Lacking final errata leaf. Contains a black and white frontispiece of Theocritus. NOTE: Shelved in Room X. ESTC: T138182. 1416455. Special Collections - Downstairs. Printed for the Author by Dryden Leach hardcover
1792Best.-Nr. 1026F45Bath: R. Cruttwell; T. Cadell C. Dilly et al 1792 . Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A bright example of Cornish clergyman poet and historian Richard Polwhele's translation of Theocritus's rustic poetry. Complete in two volumes bound in one this is a 'new edition corrected' of Richard Polwhele's English language translation of Theocritus's work. The 'Idyllia' by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus is a collection of short poems mostly set in the lush landscapes of Sicily and the Greek islands. The work is widely considered to be foundational to the pastoral poetry tradition which idealizes the rustic lives of shepherds herdsmen and country folk. Rebound with endpapers renewed. Library markings to front free endpaper with a Public Reference Library blind stamp to head of a number of leaves. The work influenced later classical poets such as Virgil. Rebound in cloth with endpapers renewed. Externally fine. Library markings to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with only the odd spot or light handling marks. Library blind stamps to the head of a number of leaves. Very Good R. Cruttwell; T. Cadell, C. Dilly et al hardcover
1786Best.-Nr. 068294Exeter England: R. Thorn . Rebound quarto--half leather with marbled boards-- in very good condition; mild shelf wear and rubbing short tear in leather at spine head former owner's name on new front end paper but the rest of the textblock is unmarked and in very good condition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1786. R. Thorn hardcover
1792Best.-Nr. 330912Bath: R. Cruttwell 1792. hardcover. Translated from the Greek into English Verse by the Reverend Richard Polwhele. 2 volumes bound in one. viii 319 3; iv 226 1 pages. Thick 8vo attractively bound in 19th century 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; marbled page edges. Bath: R. Cruttwell 1792. A new edition corrected. A fine copy with very clean pages. R. Cruttwell unknown
Best.-Nr. 0428916600.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
