Ancient & Classical
3985 Aldred, Cyril Akhenaten and Nefertiti Viking Studio 1973 0670111392 Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing. Brown cloth binding, gilt titles. Many plates -- mostly B&W -- of sculpture & stonework in this oversized volume. Some spotting to edges, endpapers and outside pages. Small chip to backstrip at top but binding ok. DJ very good with some rubbing to back panel, minor edgewear. 240 pp. $40 Add to Cart
2577 Clapp, Nicholas Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen Houghton Mifflin 2001 0618149856 Soft Cover First Edition Advance reader's softcover edition. Unread, as new, with a slight warp due to improper storage. 360 pp. $15 Add to Cart
10001 Durant, Will The Life of Greece - The Story of Civilization II Simon & Schuster 1966 Hardcover BOMC Edition Twenty-sixth BOMC printing. Maroon cloth binding, gilt titles and stamped portrait to front board. Map endsheets, maroon topstain. Book unread and overall very good but was dropped, resulting in 3/4" tear to front board at foreedge and a few (unrelated) spots to topstain. DJ very good minus with a 2-1/2" split--crease-tear at top of front panel and minor rubbing. 754 pp. $25 Add to Cart
7677 Durant, Will and Ariel The Story of Civilization IV: The Age of Faith Simon & Schuster 1950 Hardcover Book Club Edition A History of Medieval Civilization -- Christian, Islamic and Judaic -- from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300. Book club, 16th printing. Maroon cloth binding, gilt titles to spine & front board, maroon topstain, map endpapers. Book near fine with slight bumping to boards at foreedge corners and slight fading to topstain. DJ also very good with some rubbing and one 1/2" tear at front fold. 1196 pp. $75 Add to Cart
9049 Gibbon, Edward The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 3 Vol Complete Modern Library 1953 Hardcover Reprint ML G6, G7 and G8. Vol. 1 (AD 180-395) grey cloth, black/gilt titles, decoration to front. Toledano spine 5G. Blank endsheets, no topstain. Near fine with light topsoil. 956 pp. DJ (G5) very good plus with short wrinkle-tear at head of spine, other edgewear, price clipped. Vol 2 (AD 395-1185) red cloth, black/gilt titles, Toledano spine 5G, black topstain, blank endsheets. Book near fine, 923 pp. DJ (G5) also near fine with price clipped. Vol 3 (AD 1185-1453) same descr. as Vol 2, also near fine. DJ (G5) near fine w/price clipped. 898 pp. A beautiful set! $135 Add to Cart
9128 Marozzi, Justin The Way of Herodotus: Travels with the Man Who Invented History Da Capo Press 2009 0306816210 Soft Cover First Edition ARC/softcover proof. By the author of Tamerlane. Unread, as new in printed wraps. Includes Bibliography. 333 pp. $15 Add to Cart
8436 Page, R.I. Runes Cuneiform to the Alphabet The British Museum Press 1987 0714180653 Soft Cover Reprint 10th printing, 2001. Unread, as new with very slight bump at bottom foreedge. 64 pp. $20 Add to Cart
561 Plato et al Plato - Epictetus - Marcus Aurelius Grolier 1980 Hardcover Reprint Selected writings. Faux leather binding, gilded edges, ribbon bookmark. No DJ as issued. Slight crease to ffep, else unread, near new. 345 pp. $10 Add to Cart
8040 Rieu, E.V. (TR); Homerus The Illustrated Odyssey A&W Publishers 1981 0894790765 Hardcover First Edition First thus. Originally published in 1946 by Penguin Books. Black cloth binding, gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. A prose translation by Rieu of Homer's Odyssey. Accompanied by B&W and color plate illustrations depicting possible geographic locations and archaeological artifacts pertinent to the narrative. Introduction by Jacquetta Hawkes. A near fine copy with faint spotting to top edge and slight bump to bottom edge. DJ in Mylar also near fine with slight rubbing. 255 pp. $35 Add to Cart
518 Schwab, Gustav Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece Pantheon Books 2001 0375714464 Soft Cover First Edition First thus. Translated from the German by Olga Marx and Ernst Morwitz. Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library. Illustrated in B&W. Unread, as new. 764 pp. $20 Add to Cart
7905 Zeruneith, Keld The Wooden Horse: The Liberation of the Western Mind from Odysseus to Socrates The Overlook Press 2007 158567818X Soft Cover First Edition Advance uncorrected softcover proofs. Translated from the Danish by Russell Dees. Unread, as new with bump/crease to front cover. Extensive notes included; Index TK. 597 pp. $20 Add to Cart