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1550111546London: William Tylle 1550. First edition of one one of the greatest of classic historical works. Folio bound in 19th century full vellum morocco spine label marbled endpapers title-page with elaboarate historiated woodcut border. In very good condition with light toning to the text. Rare and desirable in this condition. “The standards and methods of Thucydides as a contemporary historian have never been bettered. He began work at the very start of the events he records and the penetration and concentration which he devoted to his account of the ‘Peloponnesian War’ the war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 B.C. were based on the conviction that it would prove the most important event in Greek history… He saw his history as a source of profit to ‘those who desire an exact knowledge of the past as a key to the future which in all probability will resemble the past.’ It was in this sense… that he called it… ‘a possession forever.’ This is exactly what it has become†PMM 102. William Tylle hardcover
1550111546London: William Tylle 1550. First edition of one one of the greatest of classic historical works. Folio bound in 19th century full vellum morocco spine label marbled endpapers title-page with elaboarate historiated woodcut border. In very good condition with light toning to the text. Rare and desirable in this condition. The standards and methods of Thucydides as a contemporary historian have never been bettered. He began work at the very start of the events he records and the penetration and concentration which he devoted to his account of the 'Peloponnesian War' the war between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 404 B.C. were based on the conviction that it would prove the most important event in Greek history. He saw his history as a source of profit to 'those who desire an exact knowledge of the past as a key to the future which in all probability will resemble the past.' It was in this sense. that he called it. 'a possession forever.' This is exactly what it has become" PMM 102. William Tylle hardcover books
1998SKU0602951Free Press 1998-09-10. paperback. Good. 7x1x9. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Free Press paperback
1998SKU0650458Free Press 1998-09-10. paperback. New. 7x1x9. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Free Press paperback
2024004423Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2024. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gray full leather with bright gilt lettering and decoration. Trace wear only. All edges gilt. Binding sound interior clean. Silk moire eps. Satin ribbon bookmarker bound in. Unused publisher's bookplate laid in loose. No prev owner names or stamps. 707 pp b/w maps. <br/> <br/> Easton Press hardcover
1998Q-0684827905Free Press 1998-09-10. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Free Press paperback
1416590870.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2008SKU0511977Free Press 2008-04-01. Hardcover. Good. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLYNO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Emailed Tracking Free Press hardcover
25690New York. 1996. Free Press. 2nd Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684828154. Introduction by Victor Davis Hanson. Edited by Robert B. Strassler. 711 pages. hardcover. Inscribed by Robert Strassler. keywords: History Greece Ancient War. DESCRIPTION - Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta 'a possession for all time' and indeed it is the first and still the most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals statesmen and liberally educated citizens for more than 2000 years The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military moral political and philosophical wisdom. However this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Written centuries before the rise of modern historiography Thucydides' narrative is not continuous or linear. His authoritative chronicle of what he considered the greatest war of all time is rigorous and meticulous yet omits the many aids to comprehension modern readers take for granted - such as brief biographies of the story's main characters maps and other visual enhancements and background on the military cultural and political traditions of ancient Greece. Robert Strassler's new edition amends these omissions and not only provides a new coherence to the narrative overall but effectively reconstructs the lost cultural context that Thucydides shared with his original audience. Based on the venerable Richard Crawley translation updated and revised for modern readers The Landmark Thucydides includes a vast array of superbly designed and presented maps brief informative appendices by outstanding classical scholars on subjects of special relevance to the text explanatory marginal notes on each page an index of unprecedented subtlety and depth and numerous other useful features. Readers will find that with this edition they can dip into the text at any point and be immediately oriented with regard to the geography season date and stage of the conflict. In any list of the Great Books of Western Civilization The Peloponnesian War stands near the top. This handsome elegant and authoritative new edition will ensure that its greatness is appreciated by future generations. inventory #25690 hardcover
1356976336.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1951177263New York: Modern Library 1951. Modern Library Edition. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Light creasing on spine. Modern Library unknown
19981-0393971678W W Norton & Co Inc 1998. Paperback. New. 554 pages. 9.25x5.75x1.25 inches. W W Norton & Co Inc paperback
1951181557New York: Modern Library 1951. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Modern Library hardcover
1994FB4480 /25<p>In a fitted box. Maroon cloth spine with gilt title. Warrior image on the mauve boards.</p><p>This is a very rare book and one of the best produced by the Folio Society</p><p>The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides: A plague so devastating it destroyed belief in the gods; prisoners of war worked to death in quarries; statesmen debating military action with chilling pragmatism… The horrors dilemmas and costs of war have never been examined more urgently or more rigorously than by the Athenian general Thucydides who recorded the seismic conflict between democratic Athens and authoritarian Sparta that engulfed the Greek world for a generation from 431 BC. In language of unorthodox beauty Thucydides reveals how the same patriotic pride and self-belief that had repulsed the Persians years before brought Athens to the brink of annihilation. The History of the Peloponnesian War – one of the 'most heart-rending and yet coldly analytical accounts of calamity ever written' – speaks with stark immediacy to future generations of their most fundamental challenges and concerns.</p><p>Translated by Benjamin Jowett edited and annotated by Chris Scarre and Maps by Denys Baker and index by Ailsa Heritage.</p><p>The Peloponnesian War 431–404 BC was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world. The war remained undecided for a long time until the decisive intervention of the Persian Empire in support of Sparta. Led by Lysander the Spartan fleet built with Persian subsidies finally defeated Athens and started a period of Spartan hegemony over Greece.</p><p>Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases. The first phase 431–421 BC was named the Ten Years War or the Archidamian War after the Spartan king Archidamus II who launched several invasions of Attica with the full hoplite army of the Peloponnesian League the alliance network dominated by Sparta. However the Long Walls of Athens rendered this strategy ineffective while the superior navy of the Delian League Athens' alliance raided the Peloponnesian coast to trigger rebellions within Sparta. The precarious Peace of Nicias was signed in 421 BC and lasted until 413 BC. Several proxy battles took place during this period notably the battle of Mantinea in 418 BC won by Sparta against an ad-hoc alliance of Elis Mantinea both former Spartan allies Argos and Athens. The main event was nevertheless the Sicilian Expedition between 415 and 413 BC during which Athens lost almost all its navy in the attempted capture of Syracuse an ally of Sparta.</p><p>The Sicilian disaster prompted the third phase of the war 413–404 BC named the Decelean War or the Ionian War when the Persian Empire supported Sparta in order to recover the suzerainty of the Greek cities of Asia Minor incorporated into the Delian League at the end of the Persian Wars. With Persian money Sparta built a massive fleet under the leadership of Lysander who won a streak of decisive victories in the Aegean Sea notably at Aegospotamos in 405 BC. Athens capitulated the following year and lost all its empire; Lysander imposed puppet oligarchies on the former members of the Delian League including Athens where the regime was known as the Thirty Tyrants. The Peloponnesian War was followed ten years later by the Corinthian War 394–386 BC which although it ended inconclusively helped Athens regain its independence from Sparta.</p><p>The Peloponnesian War reshaped the ancient Greek world. On the level of international relations Athens the strongest city-state in Greece prior to the war's beginning was reduced to a state of near-complete subjection while Sparta became established as the leading power of Greece. The economic costs of the war were felt all across Greece; poverty became widespread in the Peloponnese while Athens was completely devastated and never regained its pre-war prosperity. The war also wrought subtler changes to Greek society; the conflict between democratic Athens and oligarchic Sparta each of which supported friendly political factions within other states made war a common occurrence in the Greek world. Ancient Greek warfare meanwhile originally a limited and formalized form of conflict was transformed into an all-out struggle between city-states complete with atrocities on a large scale. Shattering religious and cultural taboos devastating vast swathes of countryside and destroying whole cities the Peloponnesian War marked the dramatic end to the fifth century BC and the golden age of Greece.</p><p>Thucydides c. 460 – c. 400 BC was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect without reference to intervention by the gods as outlined in his introduction to his work. He also has been called the father of the school of political realism which views the political behaviour of individuals and the subsequent outcomes of relations between states as ultimately mediated by and constructed upon fear and self-interest. His text is still studied at universities and military colleges worldwide. The Melian dialogue is regarded as a seminal work of international relations theory while his version of Pericles' Funeral Oration is widely studied by political theorists historians and students of the classics. More generally Thucydides developed an understanding of human nature to explain behaviour in such crises as plagues massacres and civil war.</p> The Folio Society. hardcover
2009SKU0602952Oxford University Press 2009-07-26. paperback. Good. 7x1x5. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Oxford University Press paperback
2009SKU0650459Oxford University Press 2009-07-26. paperback. New. 7x1x5. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Oxford University Press paperback
1980003247The Franklin Library - The 100 Greatest Books of All Time 1980. Hardcover. Fine. A very fine square and tight hardcover copy bound in Full Leater by The Franklin Library. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. This is a very nice clean and bright copy with silk moire endpapers. All edges gold gilt with gold gilt lettering and design to covers and spine. = We ship all books with Delivery Confirmation. = We have been selling Used Books for over 28 years. The Franklin Library - The 100 Greatest Books of All Time hardcover
1959085635Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Press 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good clean tight condition. 2 volumes in nice slipcase. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking. <br/> <br/> University of Michigan Press hardcover
1978204508Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
532677Avon CT: Limited Editions Club. Numbered. Hardcover. Used - Good. Shipping fee applies to first book there is no additional shipping fee for addition books from our store. All of our books are in clean readable condition unless noted otherwise. Our books generally have a store sticker on the inside cover with our in store pricing. Being used books some of them may have writing inside the cover. If you need more details about a certain book you can always give us a call at 920-734-8908. Two volume set in original slip cover; 517/2000; Richard Crawley Translation; revised by R. C. Feetham; introduction by Peter Pouncy; illustrations by A. Tassos; books in very good condition; slight discoloration on edge of slip cover; minimal wear and tear otherwise Limited Editions Club hardcover
1980CHAPthuTPWThe Franklin Library 1980-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. From the series "The 100 Greatest Books of All Time." Black leather with gilt decoration and four raised hubs on spine. Peach moire endpapers. Peach satin ribbon bound in as bookmark. Isolated light abrasion present to top and leading edge gilt. All text edges gilt corners sharp pages clean. The Franklin Library hardcover
1961208796New York: Penguin 1961. First Edition Thus; Fourth Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Penguin unknown
1968131134072London: The Folio Society 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Folio Society. Fine hardcover in publisher's slipcase. An excellent copy. The Folio Society hardcover
200600090546London: Folio Society 2006. Hardcover. Fine. First printing thus. Clean crisp bright pages; no owners' marks; slipcase shows small bumps and short wrinkles at open corners a small dent on the right side not affecting book and a very small dark spot and a shallow score mark on the left side otherwise well kept. Beautiful book slipcase does not detract when on the shelf. l 602pp. incl. index. Folio Society hardcover
1980mon0000843332Franklin Library 1980T. leather_bound. Very Good. in x in x in. Franklin Library hardcover
