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197719734New York: Avocation Publishers 1977. Hardcover. xviii 323p. good first edition in tan cloth boards and gilt spine titles; cover mildly soiled with handling. Anthology of excerpts from the Classics including "The Iliad" Achilles and Patroclus. Avocation Publishers hardcover books
198133489New York: Irvington Publishers 1981. Paperback. xviii 323p. very good first edition trade paperback in yellow pictorial wraps. Irvington Publishers paperback books
1772284685Etonae: Excudebat J. Pote 1772. Second Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. A Second Edition copy of Joseph Pote's Scriptoribus Graeci a Greek reader for use by schoolboys at Eton. Text in Greek and Latin. Pagination and register resets with the Latin translation; iv 321 1 249 pp. Lacking final advertisement leaf called for by the ESTC. Else complete with no marks of any kind. Lacking final marbled endpaper. Front hinge repaired by a conservator with Japanese tissue. Front and rear board reattached. Minor loss to the extremities of the spine. Full calf with lettering and tooling on the spine now faded and illegible. Very Good. ESTC T63892. Very Good binding. Excudebat J. Pote unknown books
1920R5163Peterburg: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo State Publishers 1920. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Fine. Later black cloth preserving the original illustrated wraps; pp. 156 with illustrations by Vidberg. "Within the discursive world created by the Soviet mass spectacles the event announces itself as new by virtue of its shift from the individual to the mass and the instigation of a collective subject as both the subject and object of the drama. In this way it distinguishes itself from the old 'pre-modern' society. More specifically it took the pre-revolutionary Symbolist utopias of 'ritual theatre' whose formulation was largely a response to the abortive 1905 revolution and recast their 'people' as the proletariat" Kleberg 1980 44-64. Platon Kerzhentsev's THE CREATIVE THEATRE was the most influential formulation in this direction -- his book was in its fourth edition by 1920. The October revolution had he claimed provided the social base for the realization of the ritual community valorized by the Symbolists; by the time of the fourth edition he was able to claim that "much of what seemed a utopia two years ago now appears to be on the way to becoming reality" Kleberg 1980 62. "This claim was based on the explosion of mass spectacles that had occurred in the intervening years" Smith "Meyerhold Mass Theatre and Fascism". The theory for Soviet mass spectacles. <br/><br/> Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo [State Publishers] hardcover books
P6416Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo 1919. Octavo 18 Ã 13.5 cm. Original decorative wrappers; 141 1 pp. Light soil and foxing to wrappers; original spine strip lacking and sections of the text beginning to detach; text evenly toned; still good or better. First edition. This curious mix of the history and ethnography of London was written by Platon Mikhailovich Kerzhentsev 1881-1940 the leading historian of Ireland in the Soviet Union. Focused on London as the seat of British imperialism this work discusses the customs and mores of the English visiting all corners of London rich and poor. Two sections 'Worker's London' and 'London Organizations' paint a picture of the difficulties faced by the working classes in the metropolis. In 1899-1904 Kerzhentsev studied history at the Moscow State University and in 1904 he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party RSDLP. After numerous arrests in Russia Kerzhentsev lived in exile in the UK France and the United States and was active in the Bolshevik groups abroad. In this period he also studied the history of the Irish struggles for independence and published two books on the subject "The fight for land and freedom in Ireland" 1917 and "Revolutionary Ireland" 1918. Upon his return to Russia Kerzhentsev went on to write for Izvestia and Pravda eventually becoming the head of Russian Telegraph Agency ROSTA and initiating its ideological bent. Kerzhentsev was also one of the founders of the system of Soviet censorship and went on to write one of the first histories of Lenin "The Life of Lenin" 1934. Despite being removed from his post in 1938 Kerzhentsev survived the Stalinist purges and died of natural causes in 1940. KVK and OCLC show copies at Oxford National Library of Sweden and the British Library. unknown books
193693962NY:: Dial Press. Good. 1936. Hardcover. Four volumes complete in one. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME and bears her handwritten name on the front paste-down and her marginalia on many pages especially the "Phaedo" and "Symposium" sections which she has annotated heavily. No indication of printing. Binding is a bit loose faded along the spine else good in burgundy cloth. No dust jacket. ; 483 pages . Dial Press, hardcover books
1959165839Moscow: Sovetskii pisatel' 1959. 550p. hardcover in pictorial boards cloth spine panel mildly foxed text in Russian. Novel set in Mongolia. Sovetskii pisatel' unknown books
2009177839New York: Universe 2009. Hardcover. Unpaginated 9x11.25 inches nude photos very good first edition in pictorial boards and unclipped dj with unfortunate scuff on shoulder of one figure. Universe hardcover books
199538180New York: Viking 1995. Hardcover. xx 585p. very good first edition in cloth-backed boards and unclipped dj. Massive cimpendium of classic works and excerpts by gay and homophile writers from Plato to Arenas. Viking hardcover books
1924WRCLIT74928Np: The Nonesuch Press 1924. Cloth backed paper over boards. One corner rubbed otherwise a nice copy. First Nonesuch edition. One of 1050 copies. The object of the Fortune Press "piracy." MCKITTERICK et al. 19. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
17035PLATO. The Greater Hippias: A Dialogue of Plato Concerning The Beautifull. London: H. Woodfall 1759. First Edition. Quarto 127 pages. Modern calf-backed marbled boards fresh endpapers. In the Greater  Hippias Socrates and Hippias set out to find a definition for "beauty" but are destined to fail due to their inability to formulate an answer which encompasses the entire concept. The text has an anatreptic purpose-- that is the result of the dialogue is to defeat commonly held opinions without necessarily offering a resolution. The Platonic concept of something "good in and of itself" makes its first appearance in this early dialogue which can be read as much as a serious philosophical work as a light satirical comedy with two actors. Translated by Floyer Sydenham whose Platonic scholarship was credited with "'just criticism and extensive learning an elegant taste and a genius naturally philosophic' by Thomas Taylor. Leaves rippled somewhat with light foxing. In very good condition. unknown books
1973047327Los Angeles: Demetrius & Victor Booksellers 1973. Edited by Louis Dyer; revised by Thomas Day Seymour. With a vocabulary. iii 246p. original blue cloth. Demetrius & Victor Booksellers unknown books
1998043183New Rochelle: Arisitide D. Caratzas Publisher 1998. Edited by Louis Dyer; revised by Thomas Day Seymour. 246p. original stiff printed wrappers College classical series. Arisitide D. Caratzas Publisher unknown books
2006UPLACRA00HMREcho 2006. Very Good. Plato. Cratylus. Middlesex England: Echo 2006. 100pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbed edges. Echo paperback books
1926527401926. PLATO. Crito. xxxvi 2 pp. 8vo. bound in full marbled paper title printed on a black letterpress label on spine. Uncut unopened. Paris: The Pleiad 1926. One of 475 copies printed for the Pleiad under the supervision of Frederic Warde. According to the colophon this book marks the first use of Arrighi Vicenza type but the British Library exhibition catalogue notes that this type was first used in the imprint and colophon of The Calligraphic Models published two months earlier. A fine copy with the bookplates of Edward Laurence and Carrie Estelle Doheny on front flyleaf and pastedown. Mardersteig 16. unknown books
19269023708Paris: Pleiad 1926. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Translated by Henry Cary. One of 475 numbered copies designed by Frederic Warde and being the first to use a new type by the Officina Bodini of Switzerland. Marbled paper boards with a paper label on the spine. Fine. <br/><br/>Private Press Pleiad hardcover books
192637372Paris: The Pleiad 1926. No. 97 of 475 copies. Large 8vo pp. xxxvi. Patterned paper over boards with small paper label on spine. A nice copy. The Pleiad unknown books
19791507152Easton Press 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Full-bound leather with gilt lettering decorations and edges. Moire endpapers. Collectors Edition. Previous owners bookplate on reverse side of front free end paper. Easton Press hardcover books
1965UPLAEUT00HMRGateway 1965. Fair. Plato. Euthyphro Crito Apology and Symposium. Chicago: Gateway 1965. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Fair. Dirt stains and pen notations in front cover. Remnants of old library pouch on inside of front cover and first page. Gateway paperback books
167564473First English Edition PLATO. CHARLETON Walter translator. His Apology of Socrates and Phaedo or Dialogue concerning the Immortality of Mans Soul And Manner of Socrates his Death: Carefully translated from the Greek and Illustrated by Reflections upon both the Athenian Laws and ancient Rites and Traditions concerning the Soul therein mentioned. London: Printed by T.R. & N.T. for James Magnes and Richard Bentley 1675. First English edition. Engraved frontispiece by R. White entitled Socrates Triumphans. Octavo 4 1/2 x 7 1/16 inches. 4 blank 40 300 4 blank. Full modern speckled calf ruled in blind. Red morocco spine label. Spine lettered in gilt. All edges speckled. Repair to inner bottom corner of title-page minimal loss of text. Bottom outer blank corner missing from leaf F and I2. A very good complete copy. "Plato A Greek philosopher and prose writer. Born at Athens of a noble family Plato aspired to political activity. Dismayed at the inequities of the Athenian tyranny and later at the execution of his teacher Socrates under the democracy he turned towards philosophy in search of an alternative to the unstable and unjust public life of the time. He also sought unity behind the changing impressions of the visible universe.All Plato's writing except for The Apology and the Letters is in dialogue form.The Apology records Socrates' defense at his trial. These dialogues are philosophically inconclusive but are considered best to represent the historical Socrates." BenÈt's Reader's Encyclopedia810. "Phaedo a dialogue by Plato. In it Phaedo a disciple of Socrates describes the last hour of his teacher's life. Socrates and his friends discuss the possibility of the immortality of the soul. The doctrine of ideas and the theory of reminiscence are the most important arguments" BenÈt's Reader's Encyclopedia 797. ESTC R12767 HBS 64473. $4500 Printed by T.R. & N.T. for James Magnes and Richard Bentley unknown books
15573087Venice: Comin da Trino 1557. Graesse V.325 giving 1558 imprint; a second issue; the Italian Union Catalogue Catalogo Unico lists only 5 copies in Italian libraries. Rare first Italian-language edition of this Platonic dialogue somewhat anomalous in the Platonic corpus because of its extended treatment of the nature of physical matter and cosmology and a favorite among Renaissance readers for its myth of Atlantis which influenced other Renaissance utopias. The 1550s or thereabouts saw the first Italian translation of the most popular Platonic dialogues whether directly from Greek as here or via Ficinos Latin translation; the prestige of Ficinos Latin translation and wider readership for the original Greek probably explains why this Italian edition came so relatively late. The edition was translated by the littérateur Sebastiano Erizzo 1525-1585 a prolific writer of poetry fiction and belles lettres who provides some commentary in the way of printed marginal annotations; he would later translate a further selection of dialogues into Italian in which the Timaeus was reprinted 1574. NUC lists UNC and OCLC adds Duke. Comin da Trino books
19687055New York: The Heritage Press 1968 Translated from the Greek with Introductory Analyses by Benjamin Jowett. Preface by Whitney J. Oates and Illustrations by Eugene Karlin. Printed beige boards with tan cloth spine lettered in gilt. Spine very slightly rubbed with faint soiling at foot of spine. A fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase shows light wear. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. Illus. by Karlin Eugene. The Heritage Press hardcover books
195642149NY:: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Modern Library number 181. The Jowett translation. Selected and edited by Irwin Edman. A later printing. Very good in a very good dust jacket. . Modern Library, hardcover books
195625131NY:: Modern Library. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Modern Library number 181. The Jowett translation. Selected and edited by Irwin Edman. A later printing. Near fine in a very good or better minor edge wear at the spine ends light rubbing dust jacket. . Modern Library, hardcover books
1979031894Oxford: Clarendon Press 1979. Edited with notes by John Burnet. vii 300p. stiff wrappers. Clarendon Press unknown books
