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$55.00
2g25/34

Auctor & Actor: A Narratological Reading of Apuleius's Golden Ass


WINKLER, JOHN J.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, xi + 340pp, nr fine (v slight foxing to page fore-edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1991

KEYWORDS: John J Winkler Apuleius classics literary criticism Greco-Roman literature religious history Latin

$26.50
2g28/41

Pindar's Pythian Odes: Essays in Interpretation


BURTON, R. W. B.

First edition, super octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 202pp, VG+ (foxing to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (browning to spine & edges, foxing, cellotape residue stains internally, 2cm closed tear with 13cm diagonal crease to lower front edge)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: first edition RWB Burton Pindar Pythian odes Greek literature poems poetry classics literary criticism

$45.00
2g27/43

The Male Characters of Euripides: A Study in Realism


BLAIKLOCK, E. M.

First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 267pp, VG (light bruising/discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to pgs sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand University press 1952

KEYWORDS: first editoin EM Blaiklock Euripides Greek literature literary criticism text analysis male characters

$30.00
2g29/3

Weissenborn's Homeric Life


Translated & adapted to the Needs of American Students

SCOGGIN, GILBERT CAMPBELL & BURKITT, CHARLES GRAY

Ex library, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & blind rule to front board, maroon eps, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG- (fading to spine, fraying to spine extrems & board corners, relatively light library markings, label residue damage to front pastedown, three owners' names in pencil & ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: American Book Company 1903 (?)

KEYWORDS: Edmund Weissenborn Gilbert Scoggin Charles Burkitt Homer classics literature literary criticism

$30.00
2g29/18

The Oresteia of Aeschylus


WARR, GEORGE C. W.

This Volume only, quarto, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & black statue motif to front board, frontispiece, liii + 220pp, illus, VG- (browning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, browning to eps, foxing & tanning to pages & page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Allen 1900

KEYWORDS: George CW Warr classics Greek literature dramatic poetry poets poems essays literary criticism Aeschylus Oresteia

$26.50
2g29/21

Homer and His Critics


MYRES, JOHN L. & GRAY, DOROTHEA (Ed)

First edition, super octavo, grey/green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 302pp, illus, VG (owner's name & year in ink to fep, browning to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (browning & foxing to spine & rear, 4cm untidy tear to spine upper extrem, small nick to lower spine extrem, bruisng & nicks to corners, 2cm tear & creasing to rear upper corner, tiny hole to rear/spine fold, foxing & fading internally)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1958

KEYWORDS: John L Myres Dorothea Gray Greek literature classics Homer literary criticism archaeology anthropology first edition

$35.00
2g29/22

Seneca


HOLLAND, FRANCIS

First edition, super octavo, red buckram boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 206pp, VG- (browning to spine, fading & soiling to boards, esp front board fore-edge, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, owner's name & year in ink to fep, tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1920

KEYWORDS: Francis Holland Seneca biography ethic physic philosophy literary criticism history classics first edition

$26.50
2g29/24

Herodotus Father of History


MYRES, JOHN L.

First edition, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, iv + 315pp, VG (heavy foxing to eps, cellotape residue stains to eps, tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (cellotape residue stains internally, browning to spine, tanning & foxing, bruising & nicks to rear upper edge & spine upper extrem)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1953

KEYWORDS: first edition John L Myres Herodotus classics literary criticism biography Greek literature history

$40.00
2g29/40

Aeschyli Persae


Ad Fidewm Manusriptorum Emendavit Notas et Glossarium

BLOMFIELD, CAROLUS JACOBUS

TEXT IN LATIN & GREEK, book is re-bound & has four-page prospectus for something else bound in at front, super octavo, blue boards with green cloth spine with black lettering in white label to spine, xxxi + 228pp, VG- (heavy rubbing, bruising & soiling to boards & spine, owner's name in ink to fep, ex library stamp to page preceding originaal 1818 title page, heavy foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Cantabrigiae 1818

KEYWORDS: Carol Jacob Blomfield Aeschylus Persians ancient Greece Rome literature poetry poems literary criticism classics TEXT IN GREEK & LATIN

$425.00
2g30/37

Maps and Plans Illustrative of Herodotus


Containing The World, Northern Greece, Southern Greece, Coast of Asia Minor, Egypt, The Delta, Leythia, Battle of Marathon, Xerxes Bridge, Thermopylae, Salamis, Platoea, Samos, Mycale, Asia, Lybia, At

VINCENT, J

First edition (?), all plates present, super octavo, red cloth boards with title label to front board, 4pp adverts + unpaginated double-page maps, illus, VG- (plastic-covered boards, heavy fading & staining to boards, 2cm missing portion to rear board fore-edge, 3cm tear with loss to rear board/spine fold, sellotape residue stains to eps when plastic cover removed, creasing to Battle of Plataea map, foxing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Oxford 1825

KEYWORDS: J Vincent Herodotus classics maps plans classical history literary criticism

$25.00
2g31/2

The Literature of the Anglo-Saxons


ANDERSON, GEORGE K.

First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, v + 431pp, VG+ (slight soiling to rear board fore-edge, owner's name & date in ink to fep, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1949

KEYWORDS: first edition George K Anderson Anglo-Saxon literature literary criticism poetry drama King Alfred Wulfstan

$12.50
xxemb57880

The Art of The Odyssey


CLARKE, HOWARD W.

softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Prenctice-Hall 1967

KEYWORDS: Specials Howard Clarke The Odyssey Odysseus Literature Literary Criticism Homer Homeric Poetry

$16.00
xxemc57973

Secret Gardens


A Study of the Golden Age of Children's Literature

CARPENTER, HUMPHREY

Ex-library Hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) in d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Humphrey Carpenter literary criticism history of English children's literature

$40.00
1j41a/2

Studies in Greek Scenery, Legend and History


Selected from his Commentary on Pausanias' Description of Greece

FRAZER, SIR JAMES GEORGE

Octavo, maroon buckram boards with gil lettering to spine, x + 419pp, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, bruising to spine extrems, ding to central spine, foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1919

KEYWORDS: Sir James George Frazer Greek literature literary criticism myth legend history Pausanias classics

$15.00
xxemf58147

Juvenile Delinquency in Literature


GREGORY, THOMAS WEST

softcover super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Longman 1980

KEYWORDS: specials Thomas West Gregory textbook short stories juvenile justice literary criticism

$15.00
xxemf58159

Letters to Sherlock Holmes


GREEN, RICHARD LANCELYN (ed)

softcover octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Lancelyn Green sherlock holmes famous detective letters literary criticism

$10.00
xxena58185

Mesopotamian Myths


MCCALL, HENRIETTA

softcover super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Henrietta McCall myths mythology mesopotamia literary criticism classical literature history

$10.00
xxena58186

Roman Myths


GARDNER, JANE F.

softcover super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Jane F Gardner myths mythology rome roman classical literature literary criticism history

$40.00
1j41a/23

The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs


Second Edition, revised by Sir Paul Harvey

SMITH, WILLIAM GEORGE (Ed) & HESELTINE, JANET (Int

Super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 740pp, VG+ (foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, bruising & creasing to spine extrems, browning to spine, tanning & foxing inside & out)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: George William Smith Paul Harvey Oxford dictionary proverbs reference sayings saws literature literary criticism

$100.00
1j41a/28

Martial Book XIII: The Xenia


Text with Introduction & Commentary

LEARY, T. J. (Ed)

First edition, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 209pp, VG+ (bookseller's stamp to fep) Without the stamp, book condition would be 'fine'. In d/w, VG+ (bruising & creasing to upper spine extrem, slight soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth 2001

KEYWORDS: first edition TJ Leary classics Martial epigrams Xenia Saturnalia Latin literature ancient Rome food drink poems poetry literary criticism

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