Butler, Alfred JoshuaMareMagnum
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1975Not the athletic sports of the Olympics, but field sports - a survey of hunting and fishing in ancient Greece and Rome."As might be expected, hunting and fishing are the two main themes of the book, though some space is devoted to fowling and other sports. It will certainly surprise many readers to learn how highly developed were the care of horses and hounds, the choice of breed, and the rules of the hunt, and how remarkably near the ancients were to modern ways in much of their practise." Originally published by Ernest Benn.1930. 213p. illus. maps on endpapers. Usual library marks, and ffep missing, but otherwise text is clean and neat. Spine of dj sun faded. Ex-Library
1964239p. illus plates bibliography. index Crisp tight copy, tiny mark and slight scuffing at spine, else fine Book
1994Small format book about ancient Greece, well illustrated. Translation of a book originally published in France by Gallimard. 175p. plates (some col.) bibliography. index. Book
1960Brief account for students of the Greco-Persian Wars 36p,,illus maps Book
1987Survey of the rural economy of ancient Greece, and the way it supported and defined the development of the City-States. HC. 216p. Illus.maps.bibliography.index. Book
2000An exploration of the entire Greek experience. These distinguished contributors (Robert Browning, A.M.Snodgrass, Claude Mosse, A.A.Long, J.M.Cook, Peter Levi, Michael Austin, Averil Cameron, Judith Herrin, Speros Vryonis, Nick Svoronos, George Yannopoulos, Richard Clogg) analyze every facet of Greek history, life and culture, aided by an array of pictures which set the latest discoveries beside the acknowledged masterpieces and depict the extraordinary Greek landscape, the art and the people.With 367 illustrations, 70 in color First published in hardcover 1985. 328p, illus (some col) bibliography index. Crisp unread copy - as new except for remainder mark. NOTE : A VERY heavy, large size volume Book
1966" A study of the character and history of an ancient civilization and the people who created it." 256p. index Book
1957" A study of the character and history of an ancient civilization and the people who created it." 256p. index Book
1962Popular history of ancient Greece. vintage pbk, 240p. illus.glossary. bibliography.index . clean and crisp Book
" A study of the character and history of an ancient civilization and the people who created it."The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved "a totally new conception of what human life was for". Elaborating on that claim, the author explores the life, culture and history of classical Greece. The Greeks were extraordinary not least because they evolved 'a totally new conception of what human life was for'. Describing that claim, this title explores the life, culture and history of classical 256p. index Book
1988" A study of the character and history of an ancient civilization and the people who created it." 256p. index Book
1959Original vintage Penguin [ L14] 599p. maps Exceptionally neat copy but for small mark from price label on front cover and owners bookplate on ffep. Book
1958"The book amounts to a survey of Greek historiography down to the first century BC " Based on the Lane Lectures given at Harvard in 1908 Pbk. 278p.bibliography.index (Ex-Library,stamps ffep missing) clean complete text, faint pencil underlinings on a few pages Ex-Library
2013Reissue: Originally published Thessalonike Instituto Neoellenikon Spoudon, 2006. 302p. bibliography Book
No date of publication given, seems to be (from the Preface) a popular reprint of the1913 edition Undated. 885p.maps, illus. bibliography.index Book
1962French commentary on extracts from Xenophon in Greek. 128p.plates. Text clean and unmarked, but paper cover torn, now repaired.[5 copies found in WorldCat] Book
925 p. maps.illus.bibliography.index (exlibrary with usual marks, rebound, ffep and title page missing, but otherwise text clean and complete) Ex-Library
1985Foreword by John Carter. 128p. plates (Col.) NOTE: Very large format [31x29x2cm] Book
(Vintage series :Face of Greece #3) Locally produced tourist guide to the ancient sites of Athens, illustrated both with contemporary photographs (some by Spiros Meletzis and by D.Harissiadis) and also some reproductions of old prints.No date (c.1960 ?) 16p.text +146 illustrations (B & W), maps on end papers, Book
1977Collection of lovely photographs of Greek works of art in the National Museum, Athens. 23p. text + 88p. of plates. Book
1977Large format softcover book with the major highlights of the National Museum in Athens 173p. plates (col.) Book
1970Stories of the Greek Gods retold for children, with charming illustrations by an Australian artist who based them on the Francois Vase found in Italy in 1845. As the colophon states " Ergotinos made my vase, and Kleitias painted me. Sandra Jobson has retold my story and redrawn my illustrations in my book. Mondographic, Adelaide, set my type in Monophon Sabon 722 and I was printed and bound by the Continental Printing Co.Hong Kong"". 45p. illus. DJ now in protective sleeve Book
1966Illustrated history of ancient Greece for school children. 181p. illus (col) Book
1982Describes the agora, temple, gymnasium, stadium, theater, and homes of a Greek city state and the government, defense, gods, and daily life of the people. Originally published in 1979 as "An Ancient Greek Town" Adaptation français de F. Carlier. index 29p. illus (col) Book
1990A general history of Greece from its earliest beginnings down to the present day.It covers the Classical past, the conquest by the Romans, the Byantine era, the occupation by the Turks, ther dstruggle for Independence up r current events. "This history will help the visitor make sense of modern Greece against the background of its diverse heritage" 306p. Chronology, Gazetteer, index Book