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1972210731-MB77Doubleday & Company 1972. Very Good Hardcover with dustjacket color illustrations . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Doubleday & Company Hardcover
Volume 2 only. 420 pages followed by four pages of publishers ads. Blue cloth covers. Top page edges gilt. Gilt ruled borders on front cover and gilt title on spine. Edition limited to one thousand copies. This copy of No.292, though curiously this has been crossed out by hand and the number 398 written underneath, There is foxing and browning to pastedowns, some foxing on half-title page. Wear to top/tail of spine which has also faded slightly. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
198726350Cambridge University Press. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Pages tanned. Scholar's name to ffep R. E. Fantham. Large tear to DJ repaired with cellotape with a few tears with some loss.; Cambridge Classical Studies; 200 pages; Although Ovid is currently enjoying a new wave of popularity most critics withhold from his poetry the close word-by-word readings that are necessary for a thorough understanding of it. Ovid twice treated the myth of Persephone and Hinds's book is at first a historical inquiry--the most extensive yet done--into the double transformation in Metamorphosis 5 and Fasti 4 of the rape of Persephone one of the great Graeco-Roman myths. The study continues as a critical exploration of Ovid's self-conscious delight in language and in writing manifested in these twin narratives providing a feast for students of both Latin poetry and narratives in general. . 052133506X . Cambridge University Press hardcover
198727103Cambridge University Press. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Pages tanned. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold. DJ a bit sunned.; Cambridge Classical Studies; 200 pages; Although Ovid is currently enjoying a new wave of popularity most critics withhold from his poetry the close word-by-word readings that are necessary for a thorough understanding of it. Ovid twice treated the myth of Persephone and Hinds's book is at first a historical inquiry--the most extensive yet done--into the double transformation in Metamorphosis 5 and Fasti 4 of the rape of Persephone one of the great Graeco-Roman myths. The study continues as a critical exploration of Ovid's self-conscious delight in language and in writing manifested in these twin narratives providing a feast for students of both Latin poetry and narratives in general. . 052133506X . Cambridge University Press hardcover
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name label inside. Full green cloth boards. 444 pages.
197498031(London, Hutchinson Junior Books, 1974). 312, [1] S. Mit zahlr. s/w Illustr. v. John R.Neill. 24 cm. Fabig illustr. OPp.
Anniversary Edition. Hardcover in slipcase. Slight wear to edges. Slipcase shows light wear at corners. Shiny teal blue boards with gilt lettering and little prince illustration. 94 pages. Mustard colored endpapers. A lovely edition.
196154811Paris: Printed in France at the Imp. M. Gros 155 rue de belleville 1961. 4to. 10 x 10 in. 14 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated throughout w/ 10 in. 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP inserted into rear pocket still retaining original protective sleeve. Colour-illustrated stiff softcovers slight shelfwear NF copy. First edition in English of this Atlas Tale-Spinners interactive version of the beloved fairy tale with voiceovers including Denise Bryer Jocelyn Page Judith Whale Gillian Wood and Peggy Butt. Bryer b. 1928 is perhaps best remembered as the voice actress as Twizzle in the late 1950s Adventures of Twizzle Terrahawks science fiction series as well as the Junk Lady in Labyrinth. Worldcat locates 1 copy National Library of New Zealand. Printed in France at the Imp. M. Gros, 155, rue de belleville, paperback
1976LILG00002Chicago: Nelson-Hall 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon paper-covered boards textured to resemble cloth light grey endpapers and dust jacket v 188 pp 8 b & w illustrations notes bibliography index. Top edge lightly spotted a bit of wear to head & tail of spine one corner lightly bumped else as new. Price-clipped DJ browned rubbed a bit at joints and corners a bit of soil and a sticker mark on front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 22 X 14½ cm. Nelson-Hall Hardcover
199736084British Archaeological Reports. 1997. Softcover. Very Good. A bit of waviness to some plate pages. Else minor shelfwear.; British Archaeological Reports B. A. R. International Series 671; 11.7 X 8.3 X 0.8 inches; 276 pages . 0860548627 . British Archaeological Reports paperback
1987180527-MYB98Dorset Press 1987. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket illustrated folio 491 pages . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Dorset Press hardcover
18631196083London, R. Bentley, 1863. 4 Bl., 173, (1) S. m. 37 Textholzschnitten v. Pearson nach Zwecker, 1 Bl. Anzeigen. Blauer OLwdbd m. reicher floraler u. figürlicher Deckelvergoldung, vergoldetem Rückentitel u. allseitigem Goldschnitt (etwas berieben, Vorsätze braunfleckig, Titel gebräunt, Bindung teils stärker gelockert).
Full green cloth boards show a couple of small spots. Dust jacket is in pieces. Foxing to endpapers. Black and white drawings by Lawrence Wood. 62 pages. 6 1/8"w x 8"h.
183516224Orlando Hodgson, Cloth Fair, West Smithfield London (between 1832-1835) (Hodgson's Juvenile Library). 33 p. with 8 woodcuts. 16° (9x14 cm). Original wrappers. Tanned, a bit rubbed and bumped. Wrapper on the lower corner a bit torn. In all regarding the delicate material in very good condition. - On the back listed 13 volumes of Hodgson's Juvenile
200537462Cambridge University Press. 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Very faint shelfwear to book and DJ.; The Catalogue of Women ascribed to Hesiod one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry maps the Greek world its evolution and its heroic myths through the mortal women who bore children to the gods. In this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning significance and reception. Individual chapters examine the organization and structure of the poem its social and political context its relation to other early epic and Hesiodic poetry its place in the development of a pan-Hellenic consciousness and attitudes to women. The wider influence of the Catalogue is considered in chapters on Pindar and the lyric tradition on Hellenistic poetry and on the poem's reception at Rome. This collection provides a significant approach to the study of the Catalogue.; 360 pages . 0521836840 . Cambridge University Press hardcover
18941108336London, Macmillan, 1894. 22, 218 S. m. 8 Holzschnitt-Illustr. des Autors, 3 Bl., 52 S. (Anz.). OLwd.
183238233Philadelphia: Carey & Lea. Good with no dust jacket. 1832. 1st. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Light to moderate spotting. Paper covered boards. Unopened. Half titles present. Morgenthauer vol II c. Sound copies. A novel of 16th century Germany that focuses on the friction between the classes and the darker side of the Reformation. . Carey & Lea hardcover
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name or label inside. 452 pages. Age-toned paper.
1979201226-MB37Oxford Univ Press 1979. Fine in Fine dustjacket as new first edition . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oxford Univ Press hardcover
194567266(London), Collins, Publishers for the children, (1945). 24 Bll. Mit illustr. Titel u. 20 ganzseit. Illustr., davon 10 farb. Quer-8vo (ca. 14,5 x 20,5 cm). OPp. mit farb. VDeckel-Illustr. u. farb. illustr. Vors..
20052675D. S. Brewer. 2005. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Library barcode on ffep--however no other library markings. Cloth has a tear along bottom of spine-- 2" but does not cut through the actual board.; The essays in this volume offer a general overview and a number of detailed examinations of Arthur's fortunes in two senses. First is the role of Fortune itself often personified and consistently instrumental in accounts of Arthur's court and reign. More generally the articles trace the trajectory of the Arthurian legend - its birth rise and decline - through the middle ages. The final essay follows the continued turning of Fortune's wheel emphasizing the modern revival and flourishing of the legend. The authors all distinguished Arthurian scholars illustrate their arguments through studies of early Latin and Welsh sources chronicles romances in English French German Italian Latin and Welsh manuscript illustration and modern literary texts.; Arthurian Studies LXIV; 1.02 x 9.21 x 6.22 Inches; 288 pages . 1843840618 . D. S. Brewer hardcover
191250353Boston: Little Brown and Company. Good with no dust jacket; Usual library stamps and markings pages toned . and finger soiling throughout spine cocked. 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy rebound in orange patterned reinforced cloth. xii 333pp. Black and white plates and many other smaller elegant illustrations by Alexander Popini. A collection of 41 fairy tales from Grimm and Andersen as well as traditional fairy tales from Greece Norway Roumania Ireland India Turkey China and some other countries. Johnson notes in his introduction that he has edited the stories to remove savagery distressing details and excessive pathos and removed references to cruel fathers and wicked stepmothers. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Little, Brown, and Company hardcover
199648221Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1996. 4to. 159 1 pp. Colour frontisp. 6 colour plates. Full burgundy-coloured calf elaborate gilt & red illustrated decorative border on front cover & spine gilt lettering raised bands silk endpapers a.e.g. NF copy. First Easton Press edition of this beloved collection of Fairy Tale stories by the noted author of Babes in Toyland and the wonderful illustrations of Jessie Willcox Smith. The Easton Press, hardcover
1911200914-MB15Rand McNally 1911. Very Good Hardcover pictorial cover 12 color plates plus b & w illustrations throughout by Lucy Fitch Perkins . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Perkins Lucy Fitch. Rand McNally Hardcover
1954210128-MB71Prague: Artisan Books 1954. Very Good Hardcover color illustrations text in English . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. Artisan Books Hardcover