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1954mon0000181572Penguin Classics 1954-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Original dust cover laminated onto front cover. Clean copy in good condition. Originally published by Penguin Books in 1954 this edition was published in 1962 by Cassell and Company. Penguin Classics paperback
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
19302610Chelsea: The Ashendene Press 1930. First Thus. Near Fine. This copy one of 260 printed on paper an additional 20 were printed on vellum. Bound in the original publisher's full white pigskin binding by W. H. Smith and Son lacking the slipcase. In Near Fine condition overall slight toning on the spine and a bit of rubbing at the base of the spine. Internal contents in Fine condition. <br/><br/>Printed in black Ptolomey type with marginal chapter summaries in red Blado Italic type the first time St. John Hornby used a different type for the side-notes. Three-line initials from the alphabet designed by Eric Gill for "Utopia." Marginal chapter summeries and opening lines designed by Graily Hewitt printed in red.<br/><br/>"When Thucydides set out to compose his work the writing of warfare was already a notable tradition launched with a bang by the legendary Homer about three centuries earlier.He was followed 300 years later by Herodotus who gave an account of the Persian Wars similarly rich in iconic battles and larger than life personalities on both sides of the conflict. With Thucydides the writing of war took a new direction. In contrast to the wars of Homer and Herodotus the armed conflict that concerned Thucydides was fought primarily among Greeks. It also involved events which occurred within the author's lifetime which introduced a contemporary dimension to the genre. Thucydides focused on offering a strong and authoritative account of the war its causes and its behind the scenes negotiations. To this end he largely left out the gods and religious explanations more generally.Instead he offered a deel analysis of human factors and motivations" Finley. In this sense Thucydides did more than leave historians with an account of the war published close to its conclusion; he created a new expectation for the genre of history and the work of historians.<br/><br/>Ashendene Bibliography XXVII. Near Fine. The Ashendene Press unknown books
193048579Chelsea.: The Ashendene Press. 1930. Original publisher's full white pigskin by W. H. Smith & Son Ltd. with their signature gilt to rear turn-in banded spine with gilt title in six compartments. Folio. 408 x 282 mm. Printed title and 'Book I' to 'Book X' of Thucydides' text in English in red and black in Ptolemy type chapter summaries in Blado marginal chapter summaries and opening lines by Graily Hewitt in red the red initials from the alphabet designed by Eric Gill for the Ashendene Utopia final leaf with colophon and woodcut Ashendene device verso. The Ashendene Thucydides the final folio from the press.From the edition limited to 280 copies with this one of 260 on Batchelor 'knight in armour' Ashendene paper; 20 copies on vellum were also issued.The Greek text was translated by Benjamin Jowett Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford. The book is printed in Ptolemy with Blado marginal chapter summaries - the first time St John Hornby had used a different type for side-notes.This copy includes the original purchaser's invoice a single leaf 216 x 150 mm headed 'THE ASHENDENE PRESS / SHELLEY HOUSE CHELSEA' and made out to Mr. Jacques Steinitz / Warren Ohio'. Signed by St. John Hornby with two pence stamp and dated May 27th 1931 the cost is detailed as 15 Guineas.Ashendene XXXVII. The Ashendene Press. unknown