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Plays of the Greek Dramatists

By: AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, EURIPIDES and ARISTOPHANES

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago, Puritan Publishing Company: [c.1940s-50s]

Stock No.: 82502

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

A representative selection from plays by four of the more noted Greek dramatists in an edition possibly produced for a book club. Includes an introduction by Arthur Ziegler. --- In very dark blue cloth-covered boards mostly missing gilt spine titling. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A Good only copy, with soiling to cloth and nearly complete loss of spine titling. Interior remains tightly-bound and quite bright, though a few leaves with creases.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 360 pages
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Greek Literature for the Modern Reader

By: BALDRY, H. C.

Price: $14.50

Publisher: New York, Cambridge University Press: 1951

Stock No.: 73888

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

In this work, the author paints a picture of everyday life in ancient Greece in order to help the modern reader understand the context in which such classicists as Homer or Aristophanes wrote their enduring works. With maps of Greece and the Aegean Sea at endpapers. With snippets of translated sections of various works scattered throughout. --- In maroon cloth-covered boards with spine titling and decorations in gilt. Jacket in lavender with image of seated lyre player to front panel. --- Interior with discreet pencilings to several leaves, else a clean, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped jacket wi...
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Récits tirés du théâtre grec (Stories of Greek Theatre)

By: CHANDON, G. (adaptor)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Paris, Fernand Nathan, Éditeur: 1963

Stock No.: 83435

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

A collection of stories from Greek theatre, in an illustrated French language edition. The stories are adapted by G. Chandon from notable Greek authors such as Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aristophanes. Includes color and black & white illustrations by Clifton Dey. --- In pictorial hardcovers, with color Dey image of a Greek soldier confronting a woman. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A sound copy, unmarked and tightly bound, but with some separation of cover's clear outer skin from underlying paper and a little soiling to covers.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 256 pages
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The Discourses of Epictetus

By: EPICTETUS; MATHESON, P. E. (transator and prefatory material); ERNI, Hans (illustrations)

Price: $34.00

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1968

Stock No.: 83299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

A deluxe Heritage Press reprint edition offering the philosophical principles of Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived in Rome. His Discourses were recorded by Arrian, a pupil, in about 108 A.D. His advice is relevant in the modern world because of his practical observations about living a happy, successful life. Translated by P. E. Matheson, who also offers considerable prefatory information about Epictetus and his philosophy. Includes illustrations by the noted Swiss artist Hans Erni. Sandglass flyer not present. --- In green floral print paper-covered boards backed in green cloth,...
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Euripides I: Alcestis / The Medea / The Heracleidae / Hippolytus / The Cyclops / Heracles / Iphigenia in Tauris, The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume V (Modern Library #314.1)

By: EURIPIDES; GRENE, David; LATTIMORE, Richmond (editors)

Price: $16.50

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1962]

Stock No.: 83994

Condition: Good in Very Good dust jacket

A Modern Library collection of seven classic Greek tragedies, Volume V in the Modern Library series "The Complete Greek Tragedies". Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, with a general introduction by Richmond Lattimore. "Alcestis" translated and introduced by Richmond Lattimore, "The Medea" translated and introduced by Rex Warner, "The Heracleidae" translated by Ralph Gladstone, "Hippolytus" translated and introduced by David Grene, "Cyclops" and "Heracles" translated and introduced by William Arrowsmith, "Iphigenia in Tauris...
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Goldsmith's Roman History, Abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools: Ninth American Edition

By: GOLDSMITH, Oliver

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Poughkeepsie, Paraclete Potter: 1816

Stock No.: 82447

Binding: Leather

Condition: Fair

A leatherbound relic from the early 19th century, this history of the Roman Empire was later revised by others. --- In brown leather, with spine titling in gilt. Minimal publication details provided. With prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, and rubberstamping to front endpaper, age-toning and some foxing to leaves, chafing to cover edges. Though somewhat battered and soiled, this copy is holding together rather well and remains tightly bound.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); 263 pages
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

By: HARVEY, Sir Paul (compiler and editor)

Price: $20.50

Publisher: London, Oxford University Press / At the Clarendon Press: 1951

Stock No.: 83418

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

An alphabetical listing of important literature produced by the ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as a guide to references therein; ideal for the student of classical literature. The editor has included modern literature which makes allusion to the ancients. With maps, drawings and building layouts from the eastern Mediterranean and the Roman Empire. --- A 1951 revised reprint of the original 1937 edition, in full navy cloth-covered boards with titling and Oxford University Press device to spine in gilt. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and sturdy, t...
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The Satyricon of Petronius

By: PETRONIUS

Price: $20.50

Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1964

Stock No.: 83822

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

A handsome Heritage Press reprint edition in slipcase of the ribald novel attributed to Petronius, a member of the court of Roman Emperor Nero. In the translation of William Burnaby, which has been revised for this edition by Gilbert Bagnani, who also provides an introduction. With illustrations by Antonio Sotomayor. Sandglass flyer not present. --- In red cloth-covered boards with Sotomayor drawings to covers and gilt titling to spine, both on black blocks; red topstain. Slipcase covered in black paper. --- A bright, clean copy but with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Sli...
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The Satyricon (Modern Library Spine 5, ML #156.1)

By: PETRONIUS (Petronius Arbiter)

Price: $24.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1929-1930]

Stock No.: 83469

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

A Modern Library edition of the ribald novel attributed to Petronius, a member of the court of Roman Emperor Nero. In the translation of William Burnaby, with an introduction by C. K. Scott Moncrieff. --- In Toledano spine #5 / full blue balloon cloth-covered limp boards / gilt titling and grapevine decorations on spine / gilt-stamped torchbearer logo to front cover / faded blue topstain / blue Kent endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1929-1930 (no publication date appears in book). ML #156.1. --- With severe sunning to spine, neatly-printed prior owners' names to half title, ...
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Plato's The Republic (Jowett Translation) (Modern Library #153.2)

By: PLATO

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1965]

Stock No.: 83989

Condition: Good in Very Good- dust jacket

A Modern Library reprint edition of Plato's famous work, which has been described as ". . .the most famous of the Socratic dialogues. [The Republic] offers guidance in the principles under which man can live in amity with his fellow-man". Complete and unabridged, translated from the Greek by Benjamin Jowett; and w/Jowett's marginalia. --- In Toledano spine 11 / rust cloth / ML hex torchbearer logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1965 (no publication date appears in book). ML #153.2. --- Wit...
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Oedipus the King

By: SOPHOCLES

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Norwalk, Connecticut, The Heritage Press: [c.1970s-80s]

Stock No.: 83866

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

An attractive reprint edition of the classic Greek tragedy. Offered in Greek and English, side-by-side throughout. Translated from the Greek by Francis Storr, with wood engraved illustrations by Demetrios Galanis and an introduction by Thornton Wilder. --- An undated copy, likely published c.1970-1980s. Bound in full burgundy leather-look paper-covered boards with gilt titling stamped on cover and spine. Volume housed in black paper-covered slipcase. Sandglass flyer laid in (Norwalk, no. II-R: 44). --- A bright, tightly-bound, copy of this classic work. Slipcase with considerable sunning but r...
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Sophocles I: Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone, The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume III (Modern Library #312.1)

By: SOPHOCLES; GRENE, David; LATTIMORE, Richmond (editors)

Price: $13.50

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1964]

Stock No.: 83992

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Very Good dust jacket

A Modern Library collection of three classic Greek tragedies, Volume III in the Modern Library series "The Complete Greek Tragedies". Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, with an introduction by David Grene. "Oedipus the King" translated by Mr. Grene, "Oedipus at Colonus" translated by Robert Fitzgerald and "Antigone" translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff. --- In Toledano spine 11 / blue cloth / ML hex torchbearer logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style j, verso lists titles in ML catalog, but no tota...
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Poems of François Villon (Modern Library Spine 5, ML #58.1)

By: VILLON, François

Price: $11.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: [c.1929-1930]

Stock No.: 83471

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

An ex-library Modern Library edition offering a selection of poems by the 15th century French poet François Villon (c.1431-c.1463). Per Wikipedia, Villon was a ". . .ne'er-do-well who was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. . .". Translated, with lengthy introduction, by John Payne. --- In Toledano spine #5 / full green balloon cloth-covered limp boards / gilt titling and grapevine decorations on spine / blindstamped torchbearer logo to front cover / faded green topstain / green Kent endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. Likely publi...
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Category: >>Greek & Roman Classics