The Athenian Agora: A Short Guide
Athens: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1986. Soft cover. 5.5" x 8.5" Blue card wrappers. 32 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Fine. More
Greece
Greek Dress: A Study of the Costumes Worn in Ancient Greece, From Pre-Hellenic Times to the Hellenistic Age
London: John Murray, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth. 134 pp. 54 figures. Spine tilted and darkened, some chafing to extremities, bumping to spine ends, a few small stains to cloth. Light foxing to interior. More
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The Persians [Persae]
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, 92pp. Bookplate of C.B. Farrar on front pastedown. Spine a bit faded, light wear on edges o/w fine. This play, translated into English rhyming verse, "was first acted in 472 BC, eight years after the Battle of Salamis"..... More
From the Silent Earth: A Report on the Greek Bronze Age
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Full blue cloth. Map endpapers. xviii, 296 pp. [1] fold out table. B&W illustration in text. Spine ends sunned, minor bruising to corners. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly edge worn. More
L'Eglise Greque et Les Eglises D'Orient: Leur Histoire, Leur Foi et Leur Culte
Bruxelles: Librarie Chretienne Evangelique, 1858. Soft cover. 18mo. French translation of The Greek and Eastern Churches: Their History, Faith and Worship. Original yellow paper wraps, sewn and glued binding. XIII, 258 p.p. Wear to spine, chipping and soiling to covers. "322" stamped to head of front cover + fly-title, and..... More
Crete on The Half Shell: A Story About an Island, Good Friends and Food
Toronto: Harper Flamingo Canada, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition. White paper boards with black lettering to spine. 268 p.p. Bumping to spine ends, scuff to lower rear cover near joint. Spine tilted. Dust jacket lightly bumped at extremities, else fine. An engagingly funny voyage of sumptous food..... More
Crete on the Half-Shell: A story About an Island, good Friends and Food
Toronto: Harper Perennial, 2004. First Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. Paperback, xvii, 268pp. Remainder mark at top-edge of textblock o/w near fine. A travel memoir to the beautiful island of Crete, which is a "soulful love love affair with culinary arts." More
Greek Lyric Poetry
New York: Schocken Books, 1972. Tzalos, Helle. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. 310 pp. Covers are sunned, ink inscription to inside front cover, else fine. More
Collection Des Anciens Alchimistes Grecs Publiee Sous Les Auspices Du Ministere De L'instruction Publique Par M. Berthelot...Avec La Collaboration De Ch.-em. Ruelle.
Paris: George Steinheil, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 4to. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, red morocco labels on spines. Three volumes bound in two. This is a limited edition of 150 copies, this being No. 11. Volume 1: xxvjii, 284 p.p.; Volume 2: 458 p.p., Volume 3: x, 477..... More
Collection Des Anciens Alchimistes Grecs Publiee Sous Les Auspices Du Ministere De L'instruction Publique Par M. Berthelot...Avec La Collaboration De Ch.-em. Ruelle.
Paris: Georges Steinheil, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Modern navy calf, red calf labels on spines, gilt compartments, Greek key borders to boards and to inner edges. Custom binding, with original wrappers bound in. Marbled endpapers. T.E.G. xxviij, 268, 106, 115 pp. Illustrations throughout text of alchemical symbols. Some..... More
Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer's Ithaca
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Hardcover. 4to. Navy cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Navy endpapers. xx, 598 p.p. Numerous colour and B&W photographs and figures thoughout. A few spots of staining to tail edge of text block. Light bumping to dust jacket in a few places, but overall..... More
A History of Greece, for Schools and Academies
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912. Hardcover. 16mo. Orig. green cloth, gilt vignette to front board. xiii, 381 pp. [11] plates, illustrations and maps in text. Stain and spot of wear to head of front board, else fine. More
Periclean Athens
New York: The Dial Press, 1971. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Dial Press Crosscurrents in World History Series. Orig. brown cloth. Map endpapers. 303 pp. Minor chafing to extremities. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, chipped to spine foot. More
Pericles and Athens
London: Hodder & Stoughton for the English Universities Press, 1948. Hardcover. 18mo. Teach Yourself History Library Series. Full tan cloth. Map endpapers. Top edge blue. xxv, 253 pp. Spine creased. Two small stains to upper front board, bumping to top corners and slight fraying to front lower corner, light smudging..... More
Greece and Britain
London: Collins. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [N.d., ca. 1965] Orig. aqua cloth, maroon stamped vignette to front board. 112 pp. [11] colour plates + 64 illustrations in B&W. Rubbing to spine ends. Some foxing to interior. Dust jacket is sunned tos pine, foxed to covers, short tears to edges. Lt.-Col..... More
Passions and Ancient Days
New York: The Dial Press, 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Translated by Edmund Keeley by George Savadis. Greek with facing English translation. Soft cover. xxiii, 68 pp. Sunned to extremities with offset panel to front cover. The Alexandrian Greek poet C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933)..... More
Greek Bronzes
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full navy paper boards. 164 pp., XXXII plates. Illustrations in text. Spine cocked. Red ink stain to ffep. Inner hinge cracked at p. 65. Dust jacket is price clipped, edge worn, age toned, damp..... More
A Kitchen in Corfu
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth boards. vi, [2], 199 p.p. B&W maps. Chip to spine foot, brusing to foot of front board. Age toning to pages. Dust jacket hs some bumping and a short tear to foot. More
Story of Ulysses
New York: American Book Company, 1900. Hardcover. 12mo. 283 p.p. Cloth. No jacket. Some photographs throughout. Some general wear to boards. Very light foxing to pages. Overall, a near fine copy of book. More
An Epitome of Grecian Antiques, For the Use of Schools
Boston: Hillard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1827. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter brown cloth, tan paper boards. xii, 13-177 pp. Deckled edges. Worn to spine and joints. Boards are tamp stained, worn and bumped to covers. Bookseller ticket to front pastedown. Pencil inscription to..... More
Greece Under Military Rule
New York: Basic Books, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Full navy paper boards. xxii, 272 pp. Spine slightly cocked. Bookseller ticket of Princeton Antiquarian Bookfinders. Dust jacket is age toned, lightly bumped to extremities with some short tears. More
Angelic & Black: Contemporary Greek Short Stories
River Vale, NJ: Cosmos Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Modern Greek Literature Library. Soft cover. 261 pp., ads. Fine. More
Greece in The Twentieth Century
London & New York: Frank Cass, 2004. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. xvii, 336 pp. Slight pink staining to upper front cover, worn sticker to rear cover, else fine. This book examines the transformation that Greece has experienced in the last decades of the twentieth century by exploring its gradual..... More
Theras: The Story of an Athenian Boy
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1942. Hardcover. 18mo. The Kings Treasures of Literature Series no. 125. Original red cloth, gilt titling to spine. 191 p.p. Illustrated title and frontis, B&W illustrations in-text. Staining and soiling to boards. Foxing to edges of text block. Chip to foot of p. 31. More