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1987Set amid the arid landscape and stony resentments of Greece in the aftermath of its bloody civil war, this electrifying novel unfolds a series of interconnecting modern-day fables about childhood and family, love and betrayal. God's Snake is the story of the inventive, courageous Anna, a young girl who has inherited both the skepticism of classical Athens and the fierce stoicism of Sparta. It is also the story of Anna's parents: her mother, a woman as remote as she is seductive, and her father, a misogynist army officer who, when Anna cries, tells her, "we are not born to be comforted." As Anna picks her way through this emotional minefield, she encounters people and animals that possess the revelatory powers of figures in a dream: the snakes her father's adjutant kills as emissaries of the Devil, a poetry-loving general; a haunted girl whose mother dies of tuberculosis; a frozen crow that miraculously comes back to life, God's Snake is a work filled with passion, magic, and terror, conceived by a novelist of visionary authority 252p. Book
1978245x175mm. 249 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket slightly stained and tattered. Cover edges slightly rubbed and age-stained. Stamp on first whitepage. Else in good condition.
Illustrations of Hellenic National Costumes by Nicolas Sperling (1881-1940) were published by the Benaki Museum in 2 large format portfolios of coloured plates 1948-1954. This is an undated, unattributed large format facsimile of the painting of a woman's costume from PELION [Size17.5 x11.5" ] Printed on card stock suitable for framing. Book
Illustrations of Hellenic National Costumes by Nicolas Sperling (1881-1940) were published by the Benaki Museum in 2 large format portfolios of coloured plates 1948-1954. This is an undated, unattributed large format facsimile of the painting of a KARAGOUNA costume from THESSALY [Size17.5 x11.5" ] Printed on card stock suitable for framing. Book
199023x16 cm. 288 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly stained and dis-formed. Writing in pencil on several pages. Else in good condition.
1942Moving account by an American journalist who was an eye-witness to the suffering of the ordinary people and the devastation caused in the Balkans and Greece by the German invasion in 1941.353p.. Book
2001Dimitris and Damocles both desire Nana ".what follows is the story of a contest, as each sets out to conquer Nana's willing palate by ourperforming his rival in the kitchen. It is a bizzare and comic duel fought with sea-urchin salads, stuffed vine leaves octopus and other delicacies of Greek cuisine." Translated into English by Anne Marie Stanton-Ife.105p. Book
1986244p. illus.bibliography.index Book
2000What really happened to a soldier in the infamous Maori battalion, killed in the battle for Crete during World War II? Half a century later, two Oxford dons attend the funeral of expatriate New Zealander O'Dwyer, and one reveals that O'Dwyer spent his life haunted by a secret Maori curse.243p. Book
1987The various travellers - antiquarian, archaological, architectural, acquisitive, artistic, the pilgrims and philhellenes or the merely curious, who visited and described what they saw and found in Greece. 364p.+ plates, maps bibliography, index. maps on end papers , Book
1998Some ink underlining and marginalia, 2 small tears to front wrap. ; 140pp, illustrated. ; Hesperia Supplement 29; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 140 pages
2001(Flipguides) This publication book charts s an overall view of the Ancient World, showing the various developments and explaining the evolution from Homer to Constantine the Great. Originally published in Germany. Translated into English by Guy Laurie. It is issued in a unique format comprising a fan folded, double sided chart (equivalent to 19 page) together with a 19 page stapled brochure listing people and events. All as purchased - new and complete. [9 copies found in Worldcat] Book
2015Originally issued by Themelio in 1976. Translation Katerini Astrachas, bibliographic guide Spyros I. Astrachas,Katerini Astrachas,184p. index. Book
1965Life of people in the Aegean seen close up from the travels on a tradititional Caique through the Greek Islands with the irrepressible Captain Manoli and his family.175p.Crisp copy. Donor inscription. Book
1967Innocent hero unravels the plot of a clever Soviet espionage and intrigue in Greece. Witty and clever and showing the author's extensive knowledge of Athens. (Similar in plot, but with MUCH better writing, to the book by Dennis Wheatley called "Mayhem in Greece') [4 copies found in WorldCat] Book
1859pp. 426, 8 [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Frontis and Half Title. Light damp stain on top edge of first few signatures. Binder's ticket on rear paste down of Geo. W. Alexander, New York. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full patterned cloth binding. Slight loss at head and tail of spine. Purple cloth faded. Very good. First Edition. Hardbound. BAL 19663. Born in Kennett Square, Chester County, PA, Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) was a popular and influential American poet, literary critic, journalist, translator, and travel author. AI BX 2
2002The story of an unspoiled island and an English family making a home by the Aegean Sea. In the early 1960s Emma Tennant's parents, on a cruise, spotted a magical bay and decided to build a house there. This book is the story of that house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of the couple who have been at Rovinia since the feast in the grove that followed the roof-raising-Maria, a miraculous cook and the presiding spirit of the house, and her husband, Thodoros-and of the inhabitants of the local village, high on the hill above the bay. Tennant offers us the delights of quotidian adventures-salt water in the well, roads to nowhere, collapsing walls-all hilariously presented. That the house is still lived in and loved, with new generations coming to understand the delights of Corfu, is a tribute to the people and a special landscape which is distinctly Greek. Full of color and contrast, A House in Corfu shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the Tennant's arrival, and celebrates, equally, the joy of belonging to a timeless world: the world of vine, olive, and sea205p. Book
1972Contains a fold-out map. 28x21.5 cm. 128 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover corners and edges slightly wrinkled and worn. Pen inscription on few pages - NO damage to text. Else in good condition.
1977Critical essay on the Poem "Thrush" by George Sefereis. Offprint of article published in Canadian Review of Comparative Literature. Winter 1977 [pp80-102] Book
2012New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 242 p. Preface Administration and Society (18th - 19th century) 1. Cyprus 1750-1830: Administration and Society (in eds. Michalis N. Michael, Matthias Kappler and Eftihios Gavriel, Ottoman Cyprus. A Collection of Studies on History and Culture, Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, 2009, pp. 89-106. Reproduced by kind permission) 2. The "Double-Edged Sword": The Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Church of Cyprus (1571-1878) (adapted from Chapter I of ??????????? ??????????? ??? K????? ?? ??????????? ??????? ??? ???? 1600-1878, Nicosia: Kykkos Monastery Research Centre, 2001, pp. 21-78) 3. Dearth in 19th century Cyprus: the Correspondence of the Metochia of the Holy Sepulchre (adapted from part II.8 of ??????????? ??????????? ??? ?????? ????????? (1731-1884), Nicosia: Kykkos Monastery Research Centre, 2007, pp. 60-93) 4. Mutasarrif Mehmed Said Pasha (1868-1871) and the Administration of Cyprus in the Last Years of Ottoman Rule («? ????????????? Mehmed Said Pasha (1868-1871) ??? ? ???????? ??? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ??? ?????????? ????????», ????????? ??? ????????? ????????? ????????? ???????, vol. 8, 2008, pp. 157-183) 5. Between the Ottomans and the British: The Nature of the Administration of Cyprus in the 19th Century through the Correspondence of the Monks of the Holy Sepulchre (adapted from part IV.3.b of ??????????? ??????????? ??? ?????? ????????? (1731-1884), Nicosia: Kykkos Monastery Research Centre, 2007, pp. 251-261) Consulates, Consuls and Foreign Subjects (18th century) 1. The Ottoman Documents of the Archives of the Consulate of Venice in Cyprus (18th century) («T? ????????? ??????? ??? ????????? ?????????? ??? ???????? (18?? ??????)», ??????? ???????? A???????? A????? ??? ?????????? ??? ??? ???????? K?????, 4-6 M???? 2000, Athens 2001, pp. 87-99) 2. The Settlement of Heptanesian Venetian subjects in Cyprus in the middle of the 18th century and Local Reactions: An Ottoman Document of 1757 («? ??????????? ?????????? ???? ????? ??? ???? ??? 18?? ????? ??? ??????? ???????????», ????????? ??????? ????????????? ???????, vol. 35, 2009-2010, pp. 93-122) 3. The Beginnings of the Formation of a Greek-Orthodox Bourgeoisie in Cyprus: The Case of the Heptanesian Merchant Evangelis Peristianis (1757-1781) («O E???????? ??????????? ??? ????? ???????? (1757-1781)», E???????? K?????? E???????????? E??????, vol. 25, 1999, pp. 183-218) Revolts and Rebellions 1. The Rise and Fall of Mehmed Boyacioglu (1683-1690) («? ????????? ??? ?????? ????????????? (1683-1690)», ????????? ??????? ????????????? ???????, vol. 29, 2003, pp. 115-143) 2. Altiparmak and the "Greek Yoke": The Events of 1804-1806 in Cyprus (adapted from part II.4 of ??????????? ??????????? ??? ?????? ????????? (1731-1884), Nicosia: Kykkos Monastery Research Centre, 2007, pp. 35-50). OTTOMANIA Cypriot history Cyprus International relations The Ottoman Empire Suleiman the Magnificent.
1940Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 120 pages. 5 1/4"w x 7 3/4"h.
1972Foxing to top of textblock. Former owner's name to ffep. Light rubbing to DJ. Some foxing to 1 DJ flap ; Describes the region & country of Argos; the relationship between the Argives and their neighbours; and the role of the Argives as the leaders of a 'third force' in mainland Greek history, where they challenged the supremacy of the Spartans in Peloponnesian affairs. ; States and Cities of Ancient Greece; 289 pages
1972Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Minor shelfwear. ; Describes the region & country of Argos; the relationship between the Argives and their neighbours; and the role of the Argives as the leaders of a 'third force' in mainland Greek history, where they challenged the supremacy of the Spartans in Peloponnesian affairs. ; States and Cities of Ancient Greece; 289 pages
1963Interesting account of travelling through Greece and the Ionian coast of Turkey in search of locations for a filmed documentary about the beginnings of science with an intense interest in the scientific ideas of the Classical Greeks, who out of all of the other ancient cultures and civilizations were the only ones to invent the idea of abstract and general scientific theory. 222p.+ 16 leaves of plates. index, Maps on end papers. Book
1979A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to dust jacket. 194 pages. Black and white illustations and photos.
