Leiden: Brill, [2016]. Hardcover. Small 4to. xxxii, 872pp. Illustrations (some color). Near fine. Slightest bit of irregular sunning to binding, else tight and fine. Superb first edition of this volume in the "Brill's Companions in Classical Studies" series. This thick essay gathering by leading academics in the field examines the..... More
Leiden / Boston: Brill, 2011. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth. xviii, 708pp. Near fine. Couple of corners slightly bumped, else tight and bright with text block pristine. Superb first edition. The ancient Greek poet, scholar and librarian at Alexandria (c. 310-240 BCE) supposedly wrote some 800 works, only a fraction..... More
New York: Facts on File, [1996]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 288pp. Numerous illustrations, line drawings, floor plans. Near fine/fine. Inoffensive circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on contents page and rear flyleaf. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this useful..... More
Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Sieback, [2016]. Hardcover. Edited by Donald A. Russell, Michael Trapp and Heinz-Günther Nesselrath. Introduction, text, translation and essay by Christian Brockman, Milena Melfi, et al. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. x, 164pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight first edition of volume 29 of this publisher's..... More
N.p. Chris Aldridge, [2016]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 154pp. Fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this oddball study by a professed "American Hellenist," who inscribes the title page large and bold "To Joan" in black ballpoint and signs. More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, [1980]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 192pp. Extensive illustrations (most color). Near fine. Right and nice first edition of this exhibition catalogue that highllights 173 artifacts relating to the life and legend of Alexander the great and popularized all things Macedonian. It toured..... More
London / New York: Routledge, [1998]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black buckram with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 342pp. Fine/fine. Faint circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on front flyleaf. Superbly, tight and bright first edition. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1977]. Hardcover. Translation by Robert Erich Wolf. 4to. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering and color oval pictorial plate to front board, pictorial dust jacket. 655pp. Extensive illustrations (most color; some foldouts) and floor plans. Very good/very good. Like any extra-heavy volume, this 9+..... More
Athens: Ekdotike Athenon S.A., 1985. Paperback. Translation by Brian de Jongh. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 80pp. Extensive color illustrations, maps. Near fine. Tight and handsome second edition of this guide to the ancient Greek city and its artifacts, first published in 1976. More
Athens: Ekdotike Athenon S.A., 1987. Paperback. Translation by L. Turner. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 79pp. Extensive color illustrations. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine; ownership initials on half-title page. Tight and handsome second edition of this guide to the noted museum..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, n.y. Hardcover. "Birds" introduction by Dudley Fitts and illustrations by Marian Parry. "Frogs" translation by William James Hickie, introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austen. 4to. Blue cloth with spine gilt lettering and front board pictorial giltstamping, slipcase. xii, 52pp; xviii, 62pp..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1962]. Hardcover. New version by Gilbert Seldes. Illustrations by Pablo Picasso. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and cream decorated paper over boards, slipcase. 117pp. Line drawings. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of slipcase wear. Tight, handsome later trade edition of the celebrated..... More
Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and brown patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 60pp. Numerous maps and floorplans (some foldout), illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket rather worn, with couple of edge chips and archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. First separate printing..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, [1989]. Paperback. Translation by Robert Fagles. Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra. Introduction by Adam M. Parry. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. xxvi, 123pp, (1p ad). Near fine. First softbound edition of this verse by the 6th century B.C. Greek lyric poet, first published in hardbound form..... More
New York: Time Inc., 1967. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff brown wrappers. 11pp. Illustrations, large partly-color foldout chart. Near fine. Touch of uneven sunning to front wrapper (only), else tight and near pristine. Between 1965 and 1968 Time-Life published the critically acclaimed, hardbound 21-volume set "The Great Ages of Man" --..... More
Oxford: Past Times, [1991]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 91pp. Line drawings. Very good/near fine. Inoffensive smudge at spine tail; usual faint textblock age toning. A tight and nice first edition of this tongue-in-cheek how-to. "From cocktail-party chitchat to bumper stickers..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [2007]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xxiv, 454pp. Maps, illustrations. Near fine. Tight and handsome later (8th) printing of this thick study first published in 1998 -- "a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome: from the..... More
Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art / The Tampa Museum of Art, 2002. Hardcover. 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 312pp. Numerous illustrations (most color). Near fine. Superb, tight first softbound edition of this hefty study -- scholarly essays and the catalogue of an exhibition that featured in these two museums in..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, [1989]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 291pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/near fine. Handsome and tight first U.S. edition of the revised text (originally published in 1972). Septimius Severus (A.D. 145-211) was a Libyan-born Roman politician who ruled from..... More
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, [1991]. Hardcover. Translation by Hans H. Wellisch. Small 4to. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. ix, 282pp. Near fine/near fine. Blank Rowfant Library “Gift of” bookplate on front pastedown. Tight, attractive 1st English-language edition of this volume in the "Wisconsin Studies..... More
New York: Mason & Lipscomb Publishers, [1974]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 246pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition. More
New York: George Braziller, Inc., [1967]. Hardcover. Folio. Quarter vellum with gilt lettering and red cloth, slipcase. (Ca. 400pp). Extensive illustrations (some color). Fine/very good. A lovely and fresh copy of this outstanding facsimile, with a fine copy of the accompanying 24pp folio illustrated introductory pamphlet by Braunfels. The Codex..... More
New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Frontispiece, map, illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Pristine and tight first edition. More
New York: Harper and Row, [1974]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxi, 356pp. Numerous full-page plates and line drawings, decorative endpapers, corrigenda slip tipped to copyright page. Fine/near fine. Touch of sunning to spine of otherwise-superb jacket. Quite handsome and tight first U.S...... More
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, [1992]. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 164pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (many color), map. Fine/near fine. Outstanding first edition of this superbly-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition so highly regarded that U.S. President George Bush and Greek Prime Minister Constantin..... More