Aeschylus; T. G. Tucker (Ed. )MareMagnum
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Endpapers lightly browned. Slight spine slant. Slight bumps to edges of front board with bumping to bottom corners. Minor edgewear to spine ends. Light pencil to a few pages of greek text. Top edges gilt. ; 255 pages
152p. Hardcover Good condition, penciled production notes
"A new translation of Aeschylus' great tragic trilogy : Agamemnon, Libation Bearers,Eumenides." Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish have created a readable and actable translation which will make the great original accessible to a wider readership. Classical specialists will enjoy and admire the vitality and ingenuiity of this new version" 137p. Book
377 pages. Annexes, references, index. "A 'must read' for tax cheats, con artists, drug backers and cops." - Institutional Investor. "... A gripping and impeccably researched international drama... The first thorough, professional and detached examination of this market and the commodity in which it deals - secret money." - Lloyd's List. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart cover. Pristine copy. Book
166p. Hardcover Very good condition, spine lightly faded
160p. Hardcover Very good condition, spine lightly faded
223p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
223p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
pp. (8) 9-72 + Frontis copperplate engraving after Stothard by Benjamin Tanner. Offsetting from the engraving to the title page. 16mo. 150mm. Later stiff marbled wraps. The Dedication to Mrs. Gwatkin, is signed in type by Moore, Bristol, May 10, 1773. AI/Shaw & Shoemaker 23433.The author of this unusual little piece was Hannah More (1745-1833). She was an English religious and moral writer, Romantic and practical philanthropist. She was very popular in America, as were tales of Joseph anf his Brethren, in various incarnations. The engraver of the frontis was Benjamin Tanner (1775-1848). In 1799 he came to Philadelphia and worked widely as an engraver, and with his brother Henry as a map publisher. Lydia Bailey (1778-1869) was perhaps the first great woman printer of the new American republic. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 34 Far L
165 pages. Red leather covers. Gilt to all page edges. Gilt title on spine. Wear to top of spine with small loss, a little wear to base of spine and cover corners.
114p. Hardcover Very good condition, covers soiled
Light browning to endpapers. Some fraying to spine ends. Corners somewhat edgeworn. Some shelfwear. ; 490 pages
"The championing of wine, love, and adultery and the cosmic upheaval fomented by immortals are the main themes in this book of drama and Greek myth. Here Zeus takes center stage in three unique dramatizations, from the serious to the comic, from the bombastic to the contemplative, and from the decorous to the revelrous." Erez Natanblut lives in Canada and is a Professor of Ancient Greek.880. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 264pp. The life of Coronations Street's pub, the Rovers Return from the days of Jack and Annie Walker as landlords to much more recent times in 2013.
41p. Paperback Good condition, covers detached
Very Minor Shelfwear. Light foxing to top of textblock. DJ has light shelfwear. ; Drawing on recent archaeological investigations, new scholarship and its author's own original research and staging experience, this book is the first extended English-language treatment of the Roman theatre to be published in several decades. With the aid of thirty-five black and white illustrations, a full bibliography and index, The Roman Theatre and its Audience provides an intriguing account for general readers and students, while presenting a great deal, too, which will be of interest to the specialist. ; 9.6 X 6.4 X 1.0 inches; 279 pages
Minor rubbing to wraps. Light creasing to spine. Minor Blue marker underlining and marginalia on about 6-7 pages. Else VG. ; A scholarly account of the drama produced in the theatres of ancient Rome. Includes Livius, Naevius, Plautus, Greek New Comedy, Roman tragedy, Pacuvius, Terence, Palliatae, Accius, the Fabula Togata, Fabula Atellana, mime, Latin prologues, spectators, stage and actors' house, costumes and masks, music and metre. Also includes appendices which give seats in the Greek and Roman theatres, side-entrances and periaktoi in Hellenistic theater, the Angiportum and roman drama, Crepidata, Palliata, Tabernaria, Togata, the Roman Stage curtain, changes of scene and scenery, and doors shown on the stage. ; University Paperbacks 238; 397 pages
Former owner's name on inner cover (Ernest A. Dale) and former classics scholar's name on ffep (D. O. Robson). Gilt-lettering on spine is slightly faded. Minor rubbing to boards. Light Pencil marginalia on a few pages. ; A scholarly account of the drama produced in the theatres of ancient Rome. Includes Livius, Naevius, Plautus, Greek New Comedy, Roman tragedy, Pacuvius, Terence, Palliatae, Accius, the Fabula Togata, Fabula Atellana, mime, Latin prologues, spectators, stage and actors' house, costumes and masks, music and metre. Also includes appendices which give seats in the Greek and Roman theatres, side-entrances and periaktoi in Hellenistic theater, the Angiportum and roman drama, Crepidata, Palliata, Tabernaria, Togata, the Roman Stage curtain, changes of scene and scenery, and doors shown on the stage. ; 292 pages
Minor Shelfwear. DJ has some chipping and a few small tears. ; A scholarly account of the drama produced in the theatres of ancient Rome. Includes Livius, Naevius, Plautus, Greek New Comedy, Roman tragedy, Pacuvius, Terence, Palliatae, Accius, the Fabula Togata, Fabula Atellana, mime, Latin prologues, spectators, stage and actors' house, costumes and masks, music and metre. Also includes appendices which give seats in the Greek and Roman theatres, side-entrances and periaktoi in Hellenistic theater, the Angiportum and roman drama, Crepidata, Palliata, Tabernaria, Togata, the Roman Stage curtain, changes of scene and scenery, and doors shown on the stage. ; 397 pages
131p., illus. Printed by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press. Binding design by Margaret Armstrong. Hardcover Very good condition, partly unopened
pp. xxii, 149. Illustrated with hand-colored copper-etchings by Rene ben Sussan, hand-pulled by Paul Haasen, and hand-colored by Maurice Beaufume, designed by Oliver Simon; printed and bound by The Curwen Press, set in monotype Ehrhardt; Barcham Green mould-made paper; full yellow buckram, gold-stamped. 4to. 6 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches. Original slip case. Very slightly rubbed. Inked ownership of Jefford F. Oller, the original subscriber, on front fly leaf. Includes the Monthly Letter. Number 420 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist in purple ink. The books published by the Limited Editions Club are justly treasured for the quality of the texts, the beauty and artistry of the illustrations, the creativity of design, and the overall excellence of the paper, presswork, and binding. Each book would make a wonderful gift for any occasion. W42
Lower section of titlepage has been clipped out (3cm by 3cm) . Bookseller stamp to titlepage. Tape applied to lower section of first 2 pages (to repair cut). Pencil notes to Greek text. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Spine sunned and faded with small dampstain. Fair to Good. ; Greek Text with English Introduction and Commentary. ; 197 pages
Spine a bit browned. Pages tanned. Former owner's name typed to ffep. Mild pen notes and underlining to about 20 or so pages. ; Greek text with English introduction and notes. ; Pitt Press Series; 100 pages
pp. xlvi, 252. Illustrated with small woodcut vignettes. Decorated title page. Very mildly age stained. 12mo. Disbound. Scarce First Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHAKESPEARE BOX 4
