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Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs Discovered in Modern Italy and Sicily

1823025226London: John Murray 1823. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 9 1/4" Tall. Xvi 293. First Edition. Modern Full Tan Morocco Gilt Five Bands New Endpapers Retaining Original Old Endpapers Half Title Present Complete. Comments On The Author's Tour Of Italy And Sicily In 1818 And 1819 Mostly Regarding Religious Practices Of Which He Notes The Ancient Precursors. Binding Is Immaculate Unworn Fresh And Strong. A Few Foxing Spots On Endpapers And Half Title Else Exceptionally Clean And Bright. John Murray hardcover

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Howells, William Dean (Ownership Signature Of Harold Gordon)Biblio.com

Venetian Life In Original Dust Jackets

1896027739Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin And Company 1896. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Color Plates From Watercolors By Childe Hassam F. Hopkinson Smith Rhoda Holmes Nicholls Etc. 1891 Copyright 1896 Date On Title Page. Two Volumes In White Cloth Gilt With Original Gold Cloth Dust Jackets Gilt Decorated Endpapers Red Ribbon Book Marks Bound In. Books Near New Except For Some Very Light Foxing To White Cloth Ownership Signature Of Actor Harold Gordon. Dj's With Light Wear But Clean And With Just Minute Losses At Corners. Houghton, Mifflin And Company hardcover

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Engraving By Palmucci, F (Filippo)Biblio.com

Veduta Della Piazza Di Monte Cavallo E Palazzo Pontificio Cosi Chiamata Dai Due Cavalli Nella Medema Situati Original Engraving By F. Palmucci

1830015808Rome Circa 1830 1830. First Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. 16" x 12. Engraving. Engraving of a fine antique view of the piazza with a few figures in the foreground. Image size 8 1/2" x 6" with text below in Italian and French. unknown

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Buckham, Philip Wentworth, With Additions By Porson, Elmsley, Etc; Heraldic Bookplate Of Albert Francis JacksonBiblio.com

Theatre Of The Greeks . The Rise Progress And Exhibition Of The Drama Together With An Account Of Dramatic Writers From Thespis To Menander To Which Is Added A Chronology And An Appendix Containing Critical Remarks

1825025230Cambridge: W. P. Grant 1825. First Edition . Quarter Calf Gilt. Very Good. 8 5/8" Tall. Viii 237. Half Title Present.First Edition. Quarter Calf Over Boards Five Bands With Red Morocco Label Attractive And Elaborate Gilt Tooling In All Compartments Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards Calf Tips. Wear To Binding Fraying At Tips Hinges Solid And Tight. Previous Owner Name In Pencil And Heraldic Bookplate Of Albert Francis Jackson. W. P. Grant unknown

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Caton, RichardBiblio.com

THE TEMPLES AND RITUAL OF ASKLEPIOS; At Epidauros and Athens. Two Lectures Delivered At the Royal Institution of Great Britain. with Thirty Four Illustrations

19005944C. J. Clay and Sons. 1900. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Bound in black cloth lettered in gilt. Fraying to top of spine. Slight rubbing to boards. Inscribed by author on ffep.; Fascinating study that looks at the remains of the temple structures and their possible uses with reconstructions.; 49 pages; Signed by Author . C. J. Clay and Sons hardcover

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Caton, RichardBiblio.com

THE TEMPLES AND RITUAL OF ASKLEPIOS; At Epidauros and Athens. Two Lectures Delivered At the Royal Institution of Great Britain. with Thirty Four Illustrations

19006228C. J. Clay and Sons. 1900. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Bound in black cloth lettered in gilt. Minor Fraying to spine ends. Slight rubbing to boards. Blank front free and back free endpapers have been torn out leaving remains and exposed webbing. Still presentable and sound copy.; Fascinating study that looks at the remains of the temple structures and their possible uses with reconstructions.; 49 pages . C. J. Clay and Sons hardcover

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Clement, Clara ErskineBiblio.com

The Queen Of The Adriatic Or Venice Mediaeval And Modern In Dust Jacket And Slipcase

1893035885Boston: Estes And Lauriat 1893. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sepia Photographs Throughout. 380 Pp. White Cloth Intricately And Elaborately Gilt Covers Decorated In Blue Beveled Edges Top Edge Gilt In Red Linen Dj With Gilt Lettering On Spine And In Red Cloth Slipcase. Estes And Lauriat Copyright Dated 1893 First Edition. Book Is Fine Gilt Absolutely Brilliant No Wear Hinges Tight No Marks. Dust Jacket Well Preserved Gilt Brilliant Hint Of Rubbing Along Top Edge Dj Is Slightly Taller Than Book And Wears Where It Protrudes Above Th Book; Very Light Soiling To Spine. Slipcase Covered In Red Cloth White Label On Rear Cover With Handwritten Title Light Wear With A Few Tiny Frays Some Soiling From Handling. Estes And Lauriat hardcover

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Monro, D BBiblio.com

THE MODES OF ANCIENT GREEK MUSIC

18946579Oxford Clarendon Press. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Light discoloration to spine. Mild shelfwear. Gift inscription with Greek text in black ink to ffep: "J. B. Stoughton Holborn from J. Godfrey Luard. Pau. January 1908" pencil name of scholar to ffep E. Kerr Borthwick. Light foxing to endpages; Scarce First edition.; 145 pages . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover

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(Greece) Guhl and W Koner, EBiblio.com

The Life of The Greeks and Romans Described from Antique Monuments.Translated from the Third German Edition by F. Hueffer

187520014New York: D. Appleton & Co 1875. First American edition. With 543 Woodcuts. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Three quarter green pebbled contemporary morocco and marbled boards marbled edges. About fine. First American edition. With 543 Woodcuts. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. D. Appleton & Co hardcover

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(Greece) Hanson, Charles HenryBiblio.com

The Land of Greece Described and Illustrated

1886317284London: T. Nelson 1886. 44 Illus. and 3 maps. 400pp. 4to. Half modern mottled brown calf leather title label a.e.g. Fine. 44 Illus. and 3 maps. 400pp. 4to. T. Nelson unknown

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Barrows, Samuel JBiblio.com

The Isles and Shrines of Greece

1898044852Oxford: Sampson LowMarston & Co. 1898 Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st.UK Edition . Attica the Peloponnese Phocis ThessalyDelphi the Ionian and Aegean islands and Troy as they were seen at the end of the 19th.Century some of the trips in the company of Wilhelm Dorpfeld with nice period photographs. Pages 302-306 give the words and music of a version of the Delphic "Hymn to Apollo" by Francis Greenleaf Allinson 389p. plates index. Decorative blue cloth binding slightly faded on spine. Sampson Low,Marston & Co. hardcover

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Freeman, Edward AugustusBiblio.com

THE HISTORY OF SICILY FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES 2 VOLUME SET; Vol. I: the Native Nations: the Phoenician and Greek Settlements; Vol II: from the Beginning of Greek Settlement to the Beginning of Athenian Intervention

189137057Oxford At the Clarendon Press. 1891. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Former owner's bookplate to inner covers. Scholar's name to ffep D. Gerber. Else minor shelfwear.; Oxford: 1891.; This was the definitive history of ancient Sicily from the earliest times to the death of Agathokles 361-289 B. C. ruler of Syracuse by the leading English-speaking authority of the late 19th century Edward A. Freeman who also wrote the Encyclopedia Britannica article on Sicily. . Oxford At the Clarendon Press hardcover

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Herodotus; George Rawlinson (Trans ) & Sir Henry RawlinsonBiblio.com

THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS. VOL. III; A New English Version Edited with Copious Notes and Appendices.

186041089D. Appleton & Company. 1860. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Spine cover detached and missing. Front board detached but present. Pull out map is tattered and torn but complete. Scholar's name to ffep C. J. Herington with additional name.; Vol. 3 Only.; 3; 463 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover

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Herodotus; George Rawlinson (Trans ) & Sir Henry RawlinsonBiblio.com

THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUS. VOL. I; A New English Version Edited with Copious Notes and Appendices.

185941090D. Appleton & Company. 1859. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Spine cover detached and missing. Boards and titlepage detached but present. Pull out map is present and complete. Scholar's name to ffep C. J. Herington.; Vol. Only.; 3; 563 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover

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Lloyd, W WatkissBiblio.com

THE HISTORY OF SICILY TO THE ATHENIAN WAR; ; With Elucidations of the Sicilian Odes of Pindar

187237691John Murray. 1872. Hardcover. Very Good- in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Spine discolored and browned. Front inner hinge cracked. Tear along joint of spine cover 5 cm. Pages tanned. Scholar's name to titlepage D. Gerber.; Oxford: 1891.; 396 pages; This was the definitive history of ancient Sicily from the earliest times to the death of Agathokles 361-289 B. C. ruler of Syracuse by the leading English-speaking authority of the late 19th century Edward A. Freeman who also wrote the Encyclopedia Britannica article on Sicily. . John Murray hardcover

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Field, Henry M[ Field, Henry Martyn]Biblio.com

The Greek Islands and Turkey After the War

1888047209New York: Charles Scribner 1888 Book. Fine. Cloth. 4th.Ed. Describes the Eastern Mediterranean region after the Russo-Turkish war and describes the massacres in Bulgaria which led to the Russian involvement in 1877. The chapters cover areas such as : "1. the island of Cyprus 2. Along the shores of Asia Minor 3. The Greek Archipelago 4.Smyrna 5.Mitylene and Troy passing the Dardenelles 6. Constantinople 7. St. Sophia and the Seraglio 8. Americans in Constantinople 9. American Institutions 10.The Unspeakable Turk. 11. The Last of the Sultans 12. The Black Sea and Free Bulgaria 13. How deliverance came. The story of the Massacres 14. The story of the War 15. the Kingdom of Roumania Up the Danube. vi.228p Plates frontis. maps. Neat tight copy. now protected in a clear plastic cover; Name of previous owner on title page.else fine. Charles Scribner hardcover

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(Greece) Goldsmith, Dr [Oliver]Biblio.com

The Grecian History from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

1808217381Philadelphia: Mathew Carey 1808. Third American edition. 335 pp in continuous pagination. 12mo. Original sheep red spine label. A bit rubbed two areas of minor worm damage on upper board; Very Good. Contemporary owner's signature. Third American edition. 335 pp in continuous pagination. 12mo. Mathew Carey unknown

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Goldsmith, OliverBiblio.com

The Grecian History from The Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great Two Volumes In One

180821977Philadelphia: Mathew Carey 1808 Ex-Library. Good. Leather. 3rd American Edition. Popular general history of Greece . Vol 1 pages 3-193 and Vol 2 pages 198-335 both bound tightly together in scuffed and worn contemporary calf.Title on spine "Goldsmith's Greece" Text is tight neat and tight half title missing.Paper age tanned some marks. Ex-Llibrary copy witH Purple inked Stamps of ' Niagara Public Library 1848'' and other mark- including the faded signatures of another owner- but still tight and readable. Mathew Carey hardcover

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Pausanias [Translated By Thomas Taylor]; Bookplates Of General Francis John Davies, At PershoreBiblio.com

The Description Of Greece By Pausanias Translated From The Greek With Notes In Which Much Of The Mythology Of The Greeks Is Unfolded From A Theory Which Has Been For Many Ages Unknown. Illustrated With Maps And Viewsd. A New Edition With Considerable Augmentation. In Three Volumes Complete In Original Boards

1824027252London: Richard Priestley 1824. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Maps and Plates. Xv 409; Iii 341; Iii 392 Pp With Half Titles In Volumes 2 And 3. A Complete Set In Original Brown Cloth Spines Over Gray Boards With Original Paper Spine Labels 4.7 Cm Tall Volume Numbers In Arabic Numerals Also Known With Taller Spine Labels With Roman Numerals Priority Unknown. Taylor's Corrected Second Edition Adding His Notes Which Were Omitted From The First Printing. Worn With Some Fraying At Corners Volume 1 With Cracked Front Joint Along Which Is A 2 1/2" X 1/4" Loss Of Spine Cloth Not Affecting The Labels. Bookplates Of Francis Davies Of Pershore With Rampant Lion And Motto "Lucem Spero" No Other Names Or Marks. Per Wikipedia General Sir Francis John Davies Kcb Kcmg Kcvo 1864 - 1948 Was A Senior British Army Officer Who Commanded The 8Th Division During The First World War. Davies Was Born In London The Son Of Lieutenant General Henry Fanshawe Davies And His Wife Ellen Christine Alexandra Hankey. His Grandfather Was General Francis John Davies Brother And Heir Of Thomas Henry Hastings Davies Mp For Worcester And His Great-Grandfather Was Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin. The Family Seat Was Elmley Castle Pershore Worcestershire. His Younger Brother Was Major General Henry Rodolph Davies. He Was Educated At Eton College. In October 1899 He Served As A Daag Responsible For Intelligence At Army Headquarters In South Africa And As Acting Commissioner Of Police For Johannesburg In 1900. In 1902 He Was Temporarily Employed In The Intelligence Department Until He Became Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General Daqmg At The War Office On 7 September 1902. Two Years Later He Was Appointed Assistant Director Of Military Operations In 1904 He Was Made General Officer Commanding Goc Of The 1St Guards Brigade. He Then Took Over As Brigadier General General Staff Bggs Of Aldershot Command. He Was Promoted To Major General In May 1913 And In October Of That Year Became Director Of Staff Duties At The War Office. In October 1914 Davies Was Appointed As Goc Of The 8Th Division. The Division Along With Its Goc Was Soon Sent To The Western Front. Towards The End Of July Davies Was Posted Away From The Fighting In France And Belgium To Take Over The Command Of Viii Corps Then Heavily Engaged In The Gallipoli Campaign. Davies Promoted To The Temporary Rank Of Lieutenant-General30 Took Over As Its Goc On 8 August . He Brought With Valuable Combat Experience And It Is Said " Over The Five Months Of His Tenure His Ideas And Energy Were The Catalyst For A Myriad Of Tactical And Systematic Improvements Which Greatly Improved The Fighting Efficiency Of His Force Allowing His Troops To Achieve Tactical Superiority Over The Enemy Facing Them". In The Aftermath Of The Evacuation Of British And Allied Forces From Gallipoli In January 1916 Davies Was Moved On To Being Goc Of Ix Corps. Davies Was In Command Only Until June When He Returned To The United Kingdom To Serve As Military Secretary At The War Office. He Held This Post Until After The End Of The War.His Rank Of Lieutenant General Became Substantive In January 1917. Later That Year Davies Was Appointed General Officer Commanding-In-Chief Goc-In-C Of Scottish Command In June 1919. After Being Promoted To The Rank Of Full General In July 1921And After Serving As Lieutenant Of The Tower Of London Which He Had Been Appointed To In June 192335 He Retired From The Army In April 1926. He Had Been Appointed An Aide-De-Camp General To King George V In April 1922. Richard Priestley hardcover

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Rollin, Charles; Notes And Life Of Author By James BellBiblio.com

The Ancient History of the Egyptians Carthaginians Assyrians Babylonians Medes and Persians Grecians and Macedonians Vol I and II

1829020842Glasgow: Blackie Fullarton & Co 1829. Early Edition . Half Calf. Very Good. Maps and Engravings. 624 831 Pages. Two Volumes Complete. Brown Calf Spines And Tips Marbled Boards Matching Marbled Edges Of Page Blocks. 6 Compartments 2 Black Morocco Labels Gilt On Each Spine. Bindings With Some Rubbing At Edges Spine Labels Of Vol I Chipped Along Left Edge But Missing Only One Letter. Hinges Tight Endpapers Immaculate No Names Ot Marks A Little Foxing. Contents Near Fine Apparently Unread. Blackie, Fullarton & Co unknown

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Ephtaliotis, Argyris [translated By W H D Rouse]Biblio.com

Tales From the Isles of Greece

1897023168London: J. M. Dent & Sons 1897. First English Edition First Printing . Blue Cloth Gilt. Very Good. Frontispiece Photograph. 231 Pp. Light Blue Cloth Gilt Deckled Edges. Frontispiece Portrait Of An Older Greek Peasant Smiling Into Camera With Remarkable Resemblance To Some Of My Relatives. Would Be Near Fine Hinges Tight Spine Gilt Brilliant And No Browning Of Cloth Except Top Of Spine Abraded Away 1/8" Front Upper Tip Also Abraded Away About 1/2" X 1/8" To 1/4" On Top Board And Foredge And Title Page With Attached Tissue Guard To Frontispiece Is Very Neatly Detached Right Along Spine And Laid In Loosely. No Names Or Marks. J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover

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Mahaffy, JP[ John Pentland] J PBiblio.com

Social Life in Greece from Homer to Menander

1894041130London: Macmillan & Co 1894 Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 7th Edition. Ancient Greek life interpreted from the evidence of ancient authors. 495p. index. Nice decorative gilded binding with the same design as "Rambles & Studies in Greece' Macmillan 1892. Very slight wear on exterior with corners slightly bumped . Macmillan & Co hardcover

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Slade, AdolphusBiblio.com

Slade's Travels In Turkey / Turkey And The Turks And A Cruise In The Black Sea With The Capitan Pasha. Revised Edition With A New Preface

1854030522New York: William Taylor & Co. 1854. 2nd Edition . Original Brown Cloth. Very Good. Frontispieces. Vii 336 Pp. Second Revised Edition Not Stated As Such 1854 Copyright Date And Also The Date On Title Page With Preface By The Author Dated 1854. Original Brown Cloth Gilt Two Engraved Frontispiece Portraits. Slade's Account Of The Current State Of The Turkish Empire Particularly That Part Inhabited By The Greeks With A Discussion Of The Greek Church; Detailed Views Of Constantinople The Bulgarians Samothrace Mount Athos Etc.; And Information About The Turkish Press And Of Sebastopol Sevastopol Updated By The Author To 1854 And Further Amended With New Appendix On The Greek Church The Turkish Press And Sebastopol. Adolphus Slade C1804-1877 Was A British Naval Officer In The Turkish Naval Service Rising To The Rank Of Admiral Where He Effected Several Reforms. Covers Clean Gilt Bright Cloth Lightly Frayed Along Half Of Top Edge Of Spine A Little Light Fray At Upper Front Tip Pinpoint Frays At Other Tips Short Split To Cloth At Bottom Front Edge Of Spine. Pencil Signature Of J. D. Perkins On Front Endpaper A J. D. Perkins Was At Sandhurst In 1881 No Other Names Or Marks. Tiny Foxing Spots On Some Pages. William Taylor & Co. hardcover

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Beyle, Marie-Henri [The Count De Stendhal)Biblio.com

Rome Naples And Florence In 1817. Sketches Of The Present State Of Society Manners Arts Literature Etc. In Those Celebrated Cities

1818031792London: Henry Colburn 1818. First English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xi339 Pp. First English Edition And First English Translation 1818 Following The 1817 First Edition Published In France. Half Calf Colored Morocco Spine Labels Gilt One Recent Calf Tips Over Peach Cloth Marbled Endpapers 5 Bands Gilt Spine With Center Tools Top Edge Gilt. Light Wear Fraying At Tips Small Repaired Chip At Lower Left Edge Of Spine Refurbished. Stendhal's Too Frank Travel Observations Scarce In This First English Translation. His Observations At Geneva Begin "The Prudery Of The Women At Geneva Is Incredible And Truly Ridiculous. I Have Observed That They Say Exactly The Same Thing To Every Stranger Presented To Them. To Repeat A Certain Formula Taught Them By Their Nurses. I Would Fain Know Who The Traveler Is That First Asserted There Was Such A Thing As Liberty In Switzerland. At Geneva And Berne There Are Four Hundred Surveillans. If You Offend Them Only By The Manner In Which Your Cravat Is Tied You Immediately Become An Object Of Their Persecution." Further Observations Made The Likelihood Of A Further English Translation Small Indeed: "Nothing Can Equal My Admiration Of The English Legislature Unless It Be The Repulsion I Feel From English Society. They Are The Most Unsocial Of Beings; Perhaps For That Reason The Least Happy. To Be Held In Consideration By An Englishman The Most Perfect Air Of Coldness Must Be Assumed." I Don't See Such Observations In My Michelin Or Lonely Planet Guides Perhaps We Have Evolved Or Perhaps We Are Too Terrified To Speak Out. Henry Colburn hardcover

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