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1942réf. 346726London ; New York etc. : Published for the Royal Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs by Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 121 pages : plates facsimiles ; 19 cm. Subjects; World War 1939-1945 Atrocities. Italy Foreign relations Turkey. Turkey Foreign relations Italy. Greece Politics and government 1935-1967 ; Sources. World War 1939-1945 Diplomatic history ; Sources. Italy Territorial expansion. Albania Foreign relations 1912-1944. World War 1939-1945. London ; New York [etc.] : Published for the Royal Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs by Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. hardcover
1942réf. 32490London: Hutchinson 1942. First Edition. First Printing. fair ex-lib. 19 cm 121 illus. facsim. footnotes usual library markings boards weak worn and soiled sticker inside front board. Largely a collection of diplomatic material. Preface by Emmanuel Tsouderos Prime Minister of Greece. Hutchinson hardcover
1943réf. 45995Washington DC: Am Council on Public Affairs 1943. good ex-lib. 121 wraps usual library markings covers somewhat worn and soiled. Issued in cooperation with the Greek Office of Information. Preface by Emmanuel Tsouderos Prime Minister of Greece. Am Council on Public Affairs paperback
réf. 1330526678.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1528468171.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2007réf. 041629London: Tauris Academic Studies 2007 Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. International Library of Political Studies Volume 22 "How do those living in diaspora form their own national and transnational identity The Greek Idea offers a new critical paradigm from which to explore these identities. Drawing upon postcolonial theory Maria Koundoura addresses and analyzes the cultural material that produced Greeces representation as both Europes origin and "other". The long association of Greece and English Literature began with English travellers' "discovery" of Greece in the late-eighteenth century and the reinforcement of the myth which placed Greece as the location of Western culture. However Greece now finds itself on the boundary of a Europe which had originally placed it at the center. Koundoura maps what this dual representation signifies for Greeks both national and diasporic. In doing so she touches on England Greece the United States Australia and twentieth century diaspora cultures. For scholars of postcolonial English European Balkan Modern Greek and Diaspora studies this fascinating contribution to the growing area of transnational culture studies opens up the critical discourse in their field." 214p.bibiography index. Tauris Academic Studies hardcover
1969The glories of Greece in photographs, both colour and B & W Introduction by Jacques De Lacretelle. 36p, illus, map. Donor inscription, else as new.NOTE: Large format [27x24x2 cm] heavy volume Book
1840pp. xix, 549, (1)[Errata], (1)[Publisher's advertisement]. 8vo. 22 cm. Partially unopened. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind; rear joint repaired. Manuscript ownership of Richard Mansfield (1857-1907), who was considered the greatest actor of his era. Printed bookplate of J. Mortimer Lichtenauer (b. 1876), a famous art collector and painter of mural decorations in a Grecian style. The text includes "Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry" (Twining's translation); "Excerpta Critica" (Canons of Criticism from Various Sources); "Examination Papers"; Etc. This Irish classic in the history and criticism of Greek drama is quite scarce in the marketplace. John Richard Darley (1799-1884) was born in Fairfield, County Monaghan, Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed headmaster of Dundalk Grammar School in 1826, and of the Royal School Dungannon in 1831. In 1874 he was consecrated Bishop of Kilmore. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W121
1808réf. 217381Philadelphia: Mathew Carey 1808. Third American edition. 335 pp in continuous pagination. 12mo. Original sheep red spine label. A bit rubbed two areas of minor worm damage on upper board; Very Good. Contemporary owner's signature. Third American edition. 335 pp in continuous pagination. 12mo. Mathew Carey unknown
1818réf. 047670Philadelphia: ABRAHAM SMALL 1818 Ex-Library. Good. Leather. 5th or later Edition. Title on spine "Goldsmith's Greece" Vintage copy of this popular general history of Ancient Greece. Vol 1 pages 3-193 and Vol 2 pages 198-335 Two volumes in one. Tightly bound in original scuffed and worn contemporary calf .Paper age toned but other wise the text is neat tight and complete. Ownership stamps of ' Niagara Public Library 1848 " with some inked and pencil marks and missingEnd papers Sstill readable after 200 years of wear . ABRAHAM SMALL hardcover
1917Cover portrait of The late Major-General E.C. Ingouville-Williams. This issue devoted to the Roll of Honour 1916. Centerfold illustrations of trench scenes. Front cover secured by tape. Book
1917Front cover photo of M. Eleutherios Venizelos - ex-Prime Minister of Greece and Head of the National Provisional Government. The Balkans and the Greek Imbroglio (conclusion). Full page photo showing Kaymakchalan after its capture from the Bulgarians, September 28th-29th, 1916. Marvels of the British Transport Service on the Western Front. Photo of Nissen huts, an invention which vastly reduced the hardships of the third winter campaign. Many photos of the many forms of transportation employed. Front cover secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
2015réf. 200603In English. Soft cover 29 cm 248 pp. ill. ISBN: 978-960-6878-91-6. Gerald Cadogan's contributions to the archaeology of the East Mediterranean are directly related to the two great Islands Crete and Cyprus where he has directed excavations at Myrtos – Pyrgos and Maroni – Vournes respectively. This volume comprising mostly Cretan and Cypriot studies is offered by an array of scholars who have been taught or examined by Cadogan or who have collaborated with him in the field or excavation workrooms over the last fifty years. More than thirty short papers reflect Cadogan's wide range of interests from interpreting excavation data – architecture stratigraphy pottery and small finds – to matters of prehistoric chronology ethnography and gender technology environment and osteology mythology and iconography religion and death. The collection is a fascinating testament to the continuing achievements of one of the finest archaeologists of the region. Kapon paperback
1998réf. 42486Clarendon Press. Fine. Softcover. The arrival of the Sophists in Athens in the middle of the fifth century B. C. Was a major intellectual event for they brought with them a new method of teaching founded on rhetoric and bold doctrines which broke away from tradition. In this book de Romilly investigates the reasons for the initial success of the Sophists and the reaction against them in the context of the culture and civilization of classical Athens.; 8.4 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches; 280 pages . 1998. 019823807X . Clarendon Press paperback
1998réf. 35982Clarendon Press. Very Good. Softcover. Small scratch to spine else fine.; The arrival of the Sophists in Athens in the middle of the fifth century B. C. Was a major intellectual event for they brought with them a new method of teaching founded on rhetoric and bold doctrines which broke away from tradition. In this book de Romilly investigates the reasons for the initial success of the Sophists and the reaction against them in the context of the culture and civilization of classical Athens.; 8.4 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches; 280 pages . 1998. 019823807X . Clarendon Press paperback
1920réf. 022280London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1920. Second Revised Edition 1st P:rinting 1st Printing. Red Cloth Gilt. Near Fine/No DJ. 10" Tall. Plates Throughout; Folding Color Map; Map Endpapers. 352 Pp. Red Cloth Gilt Deckled Foredge. Maps On Endpapers. First Printing 1920 Of The Second Revised Edition. A Particularly Bright Clean Example With Gilt Still Brilliant No Names Or Marks Hinges Tight. Almost Fine Except Just Beginning To Fray Along Top Edge Of Spine And A Small Area At Bottom Of Spine And A Point At Lower Front Tip. Per Wikipedia John Clarke Stobart 1878 - 1933 Commonly Known As J. C. Stobart Was A Classical Scholar A University Of Cambridge Lecturer An Hm Inspector Of Schools And The Bbc's First Director Of Education. After The War He Helped Organize The 1924 British Empire Exhibition At Wembley And In 1925 Joined The Bbc As Its First Director Of Education. He Was Responsible For Two Long-Lasting Programs Children's Hour And The Epilogue And According To One Source Suggested The Bbc's Motto 'Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation'. He Also Proposed Creating A New Cultural Network To Be Named The Minerva Programme After The Roman Goddess Of Wisdom But This Idea Was Turned Down And Was Not Realised Until The Creation Of 'The Third Programme' At The End Of The Second World War. Stobart Became Well-Known All Over The World For His Regular New Year's Eve Broadcast 'The Grand Good-Night'. He Disagrees With Edward Gibbon's Pessimistic View Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Pointing Out That 'The Mere Notion Of Empire Continuing To Decline And Fall For Five Centuries Is Ridiculous' And Remarking That 'This Is One Of The Cases Which Prove That History Is Made Not So Much By Heroes Or Natural Forces As By Historians' Since 'If All The Roman Historians Had Perished And Only The Inscriptions Remained We Should Have A Very Different Picture Of The Roman Empire A Picture Much Brighter And I Think Much More Faithful To Truth.' He Admires The Romans For Their Law Discipline Engineering And Especially Their Sanitation But It Is Clear That He Prefers The Greeks For Their Art Philosophy Mathematics And Literature. Sidgwick & Jackson hardcover
1983réf. 36228Oxford University Press. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps call numbers.; The description of the procession staged by Ptolemy II Philadelphus in Alexandria during the first half of the third century B. C. Exists as one of four extant fragments from a larger work about Alexandria by the Hellenistic author Kallixeinos of Rhodes; this book provides the text of this fragment a translation and an extensive commentary - not a line-by-line commentary - on it.; Oxford Classical and Philosophical Monographs; 234 pages . 1983. 0198147201 . Oxford University Press hardcover
8vo large xxxi-502pp.as new copy.
2004"When half-Greek, half-Scots private investigator Alex Mavros is asked to trace a missing teenager, an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, he doesn't see any connection with the recent plague of violent killings afflicting Athens. As he follows the trail to the missing girl, he discovers that the present day killings have their roots in the brutal civil war. And that he has put himself and the woman he oves in mortal danger...." Book
1976" They called him The Golden Greek, the man with the Midas touch who'd build a business colossus in the shipping of oil. For Kostas Levantikos had two advantages when he began his career in the turbulent post-war years - the soul of a pirate, and a genius for striking a bargain. A sea-novel of action, adventure and intrigue laced with the lethal ingredients of love, money, power and sex." 267p. Neat tight unmarked text, slightly scuffed paper covers. Book
1996Front inner hinge torn but very solid, else Fine. Light edgewear to DJ now in plastic sleeve. ; 240pp, profusely illustrated. Cloaked in mystery for the past 50 years, the legendary Gold of Troy is now on display at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. This handsome volume, the official catalog of the Pushkin exhibition, tells the compelling tale of these ancient artifacts and how they were discovered by the wealthy German businessman Heinrich Schliemann. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 240 pages
200027x17.5 cm. 93 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly dusty. Else in good condition.
2012Five novellas of the loves of the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus.395p. Journal
1979Novel about Helen of Troy. Book
1918in-8°, pp. XXV-292 con 91 tavole illustrate f.t. e 34 figure intercalate n.t. Leg. in tela edit. con titolo in oro al dorso e sul piatto ant. Tracce del tempo e d'uso e leggere sfilettature della tela.