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"A clear and comprehensive guide to the religious and secular life of the Greek-American community," including naming a baby, planning a baptism, observing name days, baking communion bread, buying popular Greek music [it Includes the melody lines for several song] what to say (in Greek) on special occasions, and much more.This book is a treasury of lore and practical information that will be indispensable to anyone marrying into a Greek family as well as to Greek Americans eager to learn more about their heritage. 230p. New in original shrink wrap. Book
Creasing to lower corners of wraps and spine. Minor shelfwear. ; 30 pl. ; 128 pages
8vo. 256p. + 24 Plates. Original full cloth binding. Composed under the direction of Arthur H. Smith. Includes a useful review of the Elgin Marbles and the fragments removed from the Parthenon. The se ction on Greek vases is also very useful. W120
Minor yellowing to rear wrap. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; 38 pl. No date. Likely 1973 or 1974 ; 122 pages
Former owner's name on inner cover. Very light Underlining in pencil and pen on a few pages else VG. Minor shelfwear. ; Consists of introductions to various types of classical drama, sketches of the lives of the dramatists, summaries of the remarkable features of their works, and an individual treatment of each of the extant Greek and Latin plays. Contents: 1. Greek tragedy: 1. Introduction to Greek tragedy - 2. Aeschylus - 3. Sophocles - 4. Euripides - pt. 2. Old comedy: 5. Introduction to old comedy - 6. Aristophanes - pt. 3. New comedy: 7. Introduction to new comedy - 8. Menander - pt. 4. Roman comedy: 9. Introduction to Roman comedy: 10. Plautus - 11. Terence - pt. 5. Roman tragedy: 12. Seneca. ; 526 pages
Reprint of the 1945 2nd ed . Former owner's name to front pastedown, some pages have pencil marginalia with small pencil mark on foredge. ; Looks at the history of Greek, Etruscan and Roman architecture from the earliest period to the foundation of Constantinople. Xxvi, 407pp 135 text ill. , + 24pp of b+w plates. ; 407 pages
Book has a bumped corner and bumped bottom back board. Dustjacket has tears and chipping. DJ has some browning. DJ is price-clipped. Former classics professor's stamp on fly-page. ; Looks at the history of Greek, Etruscan and Roman architecture from the earliest period to the foundation of Constantinople. ; 407 pages
"This book provides a brief, clear account of the main developments in the history of Greek, Etruscan and Roman architecture, from the earliest times to the foundation of Constantinople."407p. plates diagnrs. bibliography.index.Owner name inside front cover,else fine. Book
Former classics scholar's name on ffep (W. P. Wallace). Book is cocked. Fraying to spine ends and worn corners. Writing in pencil on inner cover. Pencil underlining on a few pages in text. ; Reference work on Greek archaeology; prehellenic Greece, architecture, sculpture, terracottas, metal work, coins, gems, vases, painting, mosaics; Greek Series for Colleges and Schools; 559 pages; Originally published in 1909. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
Former owner's name on inner cover. Slight fraying to spine. Minor shelfwear. ; Reference work on Greek archaeology; prehellenic Greece, architecture, sculpture, terracottas, metal work, coins, gems, vases, painting, mosaics; Greek Series for Colleges and Schools; 559 pages; Originally published in 1909. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
431 pages. A survey of the visual Arts of Ancient Greece. 520 illustrations, Index. Some creasing to spine. Bookplate on half-title page, which also has creased top corner.
"A survey of the visual arts of ancient Greece" 431p. illus bibliography.index. Book
"A survey of the visual arts of ancient Greece" 424p. illus (some col) map. bibliography. index. Book
Architecture, sculpture, gems, coins, jewellery, metalwork, pottery and vase painting, glass, furniture, textiles, paintings and mosaics. 424p. illus (some col) bibliography. index.Map on end pape. Name of previous owner, else as new. Book
Monumental late 19th C. work. 605 p. illus ( B & W) index.From the library of Grace Irwin. Name on ffep. Tight clean copy. Very slight wear to head and foot of spine. else fine. Book
Scholar's bookplate to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Minor edgewear to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; Includes 14 b/w plates, 8 plans, 1 loose folding plan. ; 76 pages
pp. lv, 268, (4) [Publisher's catalogue]. XLib. Bookplate of John W. Poffinberger on front pastedown and his signature on title page with date Oct. 5th, 1873. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Manuscript notes on first and last fly leaves. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding, worn. Library call letters on spine. Hardbound. Good. RELIGION BOX 7
Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor edgewear to DJ. ; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; 304 pages; An anthology of Greek poetry written during the third to first centuries B. C. , the so-called Hellenistic period. Hopkinson makes available to undergraduates a selection of texts that are not easily accessible elsewhere. The volume contains a wide and representative range of poetry, including hymns, didactic verse, pastoral poetry, epigrams, and epics. An introduction sets the poetry in its cultural and historical background, and a full commentary elucidates problems of the language and reference in the texts.
Sea going adventure based on the attempt to return a Greek revolutionary leader to his own island (fictionally about Cyprus) Book
One corner slightly bumped. Light edgewear to spine ends. ; Designed to be read alongside Arrian's text and sets out to discuss the historical and historiographical problems raised in it with full reference to ancient and modern authorities. ; Vol. 1; 396 pages
Scholars' name to ffep (Mark Golden). Very light shelfwear. ; 1 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 394 pages; The first comprehensive examination of Dinarchus's life and works. Examines Athenian history during the last years of Alexander the Great as seen in the speeches of the contemporary orator Dinarchus.
Very light shelfwear. ; 1 x 9.25 x 6.25 Inches; 394 pages; The first comprehensive examination of Dinarchus's life and works. Examines Athenian history during the last years of Alexander the Great as seen in the speeches of the contemporary orator Dinarchus.
12mo., First Edition, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; original salmon cloth, upper board blocked with gilt cross, backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, bevelled boards, red edges, black endpapers, very neatly recased, covers very lightly age-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Unusually robust copy of the original edition of a seminal work more often known in the second edition of 1903 which, given its availability, was comparatively widely issued. A rare survival. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
Minor shelfwear. ; Overture; 9.1 X 6.4 X 0.7 inches; 397 pages
In original fragile chipped glassine wrapper which has been taped down to boards. ; Looks at the history of Antioch from Seleucus I through the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire to Heraclius. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 752 pages