GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
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THE PERSIAN EXPEDITION
Written by Xenophon; Rex Warner; George Cawkwell; Theodore K. Rabb.
Illustrated by Bob Venables.
Stock no. 1830792
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Xenophon's story of the disastrous Greek military expedition through Turkey and into modern Iraq fighting the Persians. Brown pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Translated by Rex Warner, introduction by George Cawkwell, preface by Theodore K. Rabb, illustrations by Bob Venables. l and 285 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- PERSIA
- HISTORY (GREEK)
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
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THE GREEK MYTHS
Written by Robert Graves; Kenneth Mcleish.
Illustrated by Grahame Baker.
Stock no. 1830751
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Introduced and edited by Kenneth McLeish. Dark brown leather spine with gilt title. Pictorial cloth boards. Attractive two-tone colour illustrations. Originally published in two volumes, this is the combined edition. 700 pages including index. Top headband unglued from inner spine (common fault). Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
DARK HISTORY OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS: FROM JULIUS CAESAR TO THE FALL OF ROME
Written by Michael Kerrigan.
Stock no. 1830638
Published by Amber Books Ltd.
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
From the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. to the fall of Rome in 476 A.D., revealing the adultery, incest, profligacy, sadism and insanity of Rome's 500-year empire. Pictorial glazed boards. Blue illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations and photos. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 9781908273833. Small corner crease to front flap of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
FOUR GREEK HEROES
Written by Jennie Hall.
Stock no. 1329758
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1928.
Almost very good condition.
All-Time Tales series. Leonidas, Phidias, Themistocles, Socrates. Blue cloth with red titles and decoration. 135 numbered pages. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some rubbing to cover edges and spine faded. Name and address(?) in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout, heavy to textblock. Originally published in 1913, reprinted in this series 1928.
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- CHILDRENS
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- LEGENDS
ROMAN AQUEDUCTS & WATER SUPPLY
Written by A. Trevor Hodge.
Stock no. 1829805
Published by Duckworth.
2nd
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Second edition. A comprehensive study that ranges through the Roman aqueducts of France, Germany, Spain, North Africa, Turkey and Israel. Pale green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations. viii and 504 pages including index. ISBN: 0715631713. Text block slightly grubby. Name & date in ink to half-title page. Contents clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- ROMAN
- WATER
THE ROMANO-BRITISH VILLA AT CASTLE COPSE, GREAT BEDWYN
Written by Eric Hostetter; Thomas Noble Howe; et al.
Stock no. 1829536
Published by Indiana University Press.
1st
1997.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This volume presents the results of a systematic study of the ruins of the large Roman courtyard villa at Castle Copse, located near the village of Great Bedwyn, in southwest England. Edited by Hostetter and Howe with contributions by many others. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxiv and 550 pages including index. ISBN: 0253328020. Spine is slightly concave. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.
BATTLES OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLDS
Written by John Drogo Montagu.
Stock no. 1322595
Published by Greenhill Books.
1st
2000.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A chronological compendium of 667 battles to 31 BC, from the historians of the ancient world. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 1853673897. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.
THE ARMY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Nick Sekunda.
Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 2134744
Published by Osprey Publishing.
1ST
1984.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850455391. Spine browned.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (GREEK)
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- ARMY
MOSAICS IN ROMAN BRITAIN: STORIES IN STONE
Written by Patricia Witts.
Stock no. 1821250
Published by Tempus.
2007.
Nearly fine condition.
The stories illustrated in mosaics graphically link us to the world of the Romans. Roman culture, the passing of time, and the evocation of protection and prosperity were popular themes along with scenes from the arena and the hunt. This book identifies the figures of known mosaics from Roman Britain and explains what they would have meant to a contemporary viewer and discusses their significance. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 9780752434216. Reprint.
ROMAN ARMY WARS OF THE EMPIRE
Written by Graham Sumner.
Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Stock no. 1816015
Published by Brassey's.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Brassey's History of Uniforms. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1857532120. Spine slightly cocked, contents fine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- ROMAN
- UNIFORMS
- ARMY
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- MILITARY
ROMANS IN BRITAIN
Written by Rodney Legg.
Stock no. 1807872
Published by Heinemann.
1st
1983.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0434413305. Dustwrapper spine faded.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
PHOCION THE GOOD
Written by Lawrence A. Tritle.
Stock no. 1604353
Published by Croom Helm.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Croom helm Classical Studies. Tracing the life, and subsequent image, of Phocion of Athens, the most enigmatic of Plutarch's heroes. ISBN: 0709943636.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- HISTORY (GREEK)