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
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
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
London: Cartographica Press, [2007]. Hardcover. Folio. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 160pp. Extensive color maps, numerous color illustrations. Fine/fine. Superb first edition. "Over 140 Maps Explore the Great Civilizations of the past," notes jacket front panel, "Including the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Aztecs, and More." 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
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
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, [1993]. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 238pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. A tight and perfect first edition. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, [2001]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 177pp. Illustrations, 2 maps. Fine/fine. Pristine and tight first edition of this excellent survey. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. Translation by E.B. Garside and Sophie Wilkins. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 428pp, xvi. Numerous illustrations, maps, line drawings, floor plans. Near fine/very good. Small engraved bookplate on front pastedown. A tight and handsome later (15th) printing of this popular..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. xvi, 441pp, xiv. Numerous illustrations, maps, line drawings, floor plans. Very good. Bit of age toning to endpapers. Second, revised edition of this popular overview -- tight and nice. More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. 220pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Tight, handsome first edition. More
Lyon, France: Guglielmo Rovillio, 1569. Hardcover. Small 4to. Rebound in quarter vellum with brown spine lettering and marbled paper over boards. 264pp, (8pp), 145pp, (7pp). Numerous full-page and smaller woodcuts, historiated initial capitals, headpieces and tailpieces, large foldout chart. Very good. Quite bright and tight, with virtually no foxing or..... More
Chicago: The Nutshell Publishing Co., 1925. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff tan decorative wrappers. 63pp, (1p ad). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Outer wrapper (only) age toned, else internally near fine. Tight, nice first edition of this quickie historical survey in this mini-educational series, touted as "Every Volume a College Education in..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and extensive gilt decorations and pictorial stamping, slipcase. xxii, 374pp. Illustrations (some color), maps, map endpapers. Fine/near fine. Bright and lovely, tight and handsome reprint of this 1983 study. More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 278pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/near fine. First edition. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [2005]. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. v, 50pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Pristine, tight fourth printing of this heavily-pictorial history of (to cite jacket front panel) "Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii." More
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, [1997]. Hardcover. Square small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 168pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/fine. Perfectly tight and pristine first edition of this outstandingly-illustrated study. More
New York: Pantheon Books, [1985]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 155pp. Very good/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn. Just a book club edition, but tight and attractive. Important translation of this medieval manuscript concerning William Marshal, grandson of William the Conqueror and an..... More
Jerusalem: Reubeni Foundation, n.y., [ca. 1968]. Hardcover. Folio. Green cloth, dust jacket. (Ca. 100pp). Illustrations, maps. Very good/good plus. Some jacket wear, with several edge chips and archivally closed (on verso) edge tears; newsprint text block age toned and slightly brittle as usual. Third printing of the first volume (only)..... More
Jerusalem: Reubeni Foundation, 1967. Hardcover. Folio. Green cloth, dust jacket. (Ca. 100pp). Illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Mildest bit of jacket wear; newsprint text block slightly age toned as usual. Second edition of the second volume (only) of this unusual (and unusually bound!) attempt to report ancient history in modern..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1976]. Hardcover. Translation by Rachel Kendall Gordon. Small 4to. Yellow cloth spine with copper lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 314pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. A tight and handsome first edition..... More
London: The Folio Society, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and extensive gilt decorations and pictorial stamping, slipcase. xxiv, 479pp. Illustrations (most color), map endpapers. Fine/near fine. This attractive, bright and tight volume reprints the 1961 first edition with minor emendations. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with burgundy and black lettering and pictorial/decorative stamping. xvi, 355oo, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout maps. Very good. Mild edgewear; delicate inner hinges expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight. Early printing of this 1885 study, a volume in this publisher's..... More