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1990Large format beautifully illustrated book about Constantinople, showing the architecture and life of the late 19th.century. Laid in is a folded facsimile of an old MS Greek map of the city. Jacket has paper band announcing "Vraveio Akademias Athenon 178p., illus (col) bibliography. Tiny tear on last end paper, else as new. Book
1980Thesis submitted to the Theological school st the University of Athens. Contents:Vioi hagion, Homiliai, Euchai. Apolesthenta, amphivallomena kai kakos apodothenta kai apodidomena eis ton Kalliston erga.377p. [32] leaves of plates : facsimiles, bibliography, index [WorldCat lists only 10 copies] Book
1970The beginnings of modern Greek history from the Frankish conquest of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade of 1204 to the final Turkish conquest. Comprehensive, well documented account by a distinguished Greek historian. 414p.plates. maps. bibliography. index. maps on end papers Book
1952Report on some of the work done in Haghia Sophia between 1934-1938. It includes a double page colored cloured frontispiece, 51 pages of text describing the process of restoration,followed by 36 pages of plates with XXXVI images illustrating the condition of the Deesis panel before and after the reconstructon of the mosaics. It was covered up again from 1940-1945 for protection..Slight wear to wraps, else fine Book
1977History textbook from Rome to the end of Byzantium for 2nd. year Greek high school students. 367p. illus. [Only ONE copy found in WorldCat] Book
1991History textbook on Byzantium for grade 5 Greek students 251p. illus.col. Book
1966Well illustrated introduction to the glories of Byzantium. 192p. illus (some col) bibliography.index Book
1981History textbook from Rome to the end of Byzantium foe greade 5 Greek schoolchildren. 183p. illus. ) Name of student, stamps of Canadian organization, else fine. Book
1956The Polis both in Orthodox and Ottoman times. 256p + 14 page of plates (B & w) tables.index.Name of previous owner, else fine Damaged DJ repaired, now in plastic sleeve Book
1962Translated into English by D.L.B.Hartley)228p. illus.index. Book
1963315p. bibliography. index. maps on end papers. The flaps of the dj have been clipped and glued to the half-title.Mark on spine and stamp on half title. Slightly sun-faded spine, Otherwise a clean,tight copy . Ex-Library
1965Fictional account of Constantine, and the conversion to Christianity after the Battle of Milvian Bridge. Book
1990Pbk. 40p. plates (some col.) Book
1996Glossy illustrated periodical publication. This issue (Spring 1996) was dedicated to the Habitat II Conference. Contains items such as "From Byzantium to Istanbul : The Growth of a City" by Dogun Kuban, and "Istanbul in the 1990's : A Statistical Survey " by Mustafa Sonmez" as well as number of other interesting articles . 122p. illus. [NO copies found in WorldCat] Magazine
1986Beginning in Istanbul - formerly Constantinople - this book then explores the European and Asian provinces of Turkey, along the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara, the Dardanelles, the Aegean, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, across the downs of Thrace and the mountains of Anatolia.400p.illus. glossary, tables. bibliography. index Book
1969Travels along the Black Sea coast of Turkey from Istanbul to Kars, describing North-Eastern Turkey through Trebizond to the borders of the USSR. 212p. plates.index. Book
1988Article by Severy " Suleyman the Magnificent" (pp. 552-601) Book
1990Large format beautifully illustrated book about Constantinople, showing the architecture and life of the late 19th.century. Laid in is a folded facsimile of an old MS Greek map of the city. Jacket has paper band announcing "Vraveio Akademias Athenon 178p., illus (col) bibliography. Tiny tear on last end paper, else as new.NOTE: This is a VERY heavy [1.7 kg] oversized volume [30x39x3 cm] Book
1998Mansel's sweeping narrative of the last five centuries of Constantinople reinterprets the history of the Ottoman Empire and provides an enthralling biography of "the city of the world's desire". "This is a work for the general reader which will also earn the admiration of all academic specialists in Ottoman history" 528p. bibliography index. Clean crisp tight copy Large format softcover weighs over 2 lbs. Book
1980Standard study of Byzantine culture - society,politics,art & theology - from 323-1453 .Includes a Chronological list of Byzantine Emperors. 334p.Illus.Maps.Bibliography. Book
2012This classic guide to Istanbul by Hilary Summer-Boyd and John Freely is here, for the first time since its original publication thirty-seven years ago, published in a completely revised and updated new edition. Taking the reader on foot through this captivating city - European City of Culture 2010 - the authors describe the historic monuments and sites of what was once Constantinople and the capital in turn of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, in the context of a great living city. Woven throughout are vivid anecdotes, secret histories, hidden gems and every major place of interest the traveler will want to see. Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best." 494p. + col. plates. diagrams, maps, index Book
1992Facsimile of the edition first published by Methuen, London 1926) 310p. index. Name of previous owner on ffep. else as new. Book
1996"An excellent assessment . of the Byzantine empire during a crucial phase in the history of the Near East. Well illustrated with original maps, it covers the last decade of the Roman Empire as a superpower of the ancient world, the crisis of the seventh century, and the means whereby its embattled Byzantine successor hung on to Constantinople ans Asia Minor until the Abbasid Caliphate's decline opened up new perspectives for Christian power in the Middle East. 477p. index Remainder mark, else as new, unread copy Book
1959History of the Byzantine Empire, from its beginning to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Includes a chronological chart of the Byzantine Empire and world events. Vintage school textbook, Grades 7 and up.126p. illus, maps, index.Crisp neat copy except for library bookplate and stamp. Book
1996(Mediaeval Academy Reprints for Teaching) Edited by Edgar Holmes McNeal . 'Among the many remarkable episodes of the crusading age, perhaps the most astounding was the exploit of those French knights and Venetian seamen who set out to rescue the Holy Land and ended by capturing Constantinople. This expedition, known to modern historians as the Fourth Crusade, is memorable also for the number of contemporary accounts which it inspired. One of these is the story dictated by Robert of Clari, a simple, obscure knight of Picardy, who was a member of the crusading host and shared its experiences.' 150p. bibliography index Book