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
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1988]. Hardcover. Translation by Edward P. Coleridge. Preface by Moses Hadas. Illustrations by A. Tassos. Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver lettering, rules and decorations, slipcase. xvii, (3pp), 307pp. Color plates, line drawings. Near fine/fine. Tight and handsome "to cite title page) "Epic Poem First..... 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
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
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Hardcover. Introduction by Kenneth McLeish. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, slipcase. xxv, 254pp. Color illustrations, 4 maps, map endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight, quite attractive second printing of this publisher's edition of a biography first published in 1981. A volume in..... 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
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
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1963. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 278pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/near fine. First edition. 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
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
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1958]. Hardcover. Translation by Adrian Recinos. Small 4to. Green cloth with silver spine lettering. xix, 267pp. Illustrations, map. Very good. Faint edgwewear and single tiny chip at left of spine head. A tight and nice fourth printing of this 1950 version of the history and..... More
London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1821. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Half burgundy leather and blind-embossed burgundy cloth. xv, 449pp; viii, 474pp. Good plus. Hinges tight, but leather spines sunned to a dark gold; minor edgewear; touch of spotting and foxing, mainly to endpapers. Thirteenth edition, a fairly attractive set..... More
Columbus, OH: The Book Concern, 1938. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. 391pp. Very good/good plus. Jacket very slightly soiled and edgeworn, but overall attractive. First edition, seldom seen in the jacket. More
Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Terra cotta paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 300pp, (6pp). numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine, cryptic modern reprint edition, a facsimile of a study originally published in German in 1862. More
New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., [1965]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown decorated cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 415pp. Extensive illustrations (many color), maps. Very good/good plus. Jacket edgeworn, with several edge chips. Tight, attractive copy of this hefty history, travelogue and compilation of all things Hellenic. Thius publisher does NOT indicate edition..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth, dust jacket. 272pp. Extensive maps and floor plans, line drawings. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first U.S. edition. More