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Reading, PA: Handy Book Company literally translated with explanatory notes by J.S. Watson Very unusual publication information: 1. The front cover has stamped in black at the top, "Handy Literal Translations" and at the bottom Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, New York City. 2. The book was printed with the publisher Hinds, Noble… Read more about this item

London: J. Carpenter, 1803. The Odes of Anacreon translated into English verse with Notes by Thomas Moore, Esquire 12mo size, (2) two-volume three-quarter leather bound set with deckle edged pages. Maroon buckram centers the covers which are trimmed in leather at all corners and with an extended spine on both front and back cover. The leather is finished… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1969. From flap: "(This book) communicate(s) to the modern reader an absorbing interpretation of the greatest work of Latin literature. The author concentrates on Vergil, the poet, as repsented by his final poem, the Aeneid." Ex-library with typical treatments; jacket covered in mylar. 121 pages. Thanks for shopping with us. … Read more about this item

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Contents include: Prehistoric Period, About 4000-1100 BC; Geometric Period XI-Early VII Century BC; Period of Oriental Influence, About 700-5530 BC; Archaic Period in Attica, VI Century BC; Late Archaic Period, A bout 515-475 BC; Early Classical Period, About 475-440 BC; more. Ex-library with typical treatments, some blacked out. Professional library binding of… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1929. Second Series. Some recent discoveries in Greek poetry and prose, chiefly of the fourth century B.C. and later times. Ex-library with typical treatments. 232 toned pages, one page of sheet music. We noted brackers and checkmark in the margin of at least 14 pages, underlining on one page and… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1940. Sartor Resartus, On Heroes and Hero Worship by Thomas Carlyle. Number 278 in the Everyman's Library series edited by Ernest Rhys. Orange cloth with gilt titles on the spine and embossed logo on front cover. Sunned spine, lightly bumped corners, penciled price on fep. We have many other volumes in… Read more about this item

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1939. Based originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" 1855. Accompanied by an interpretive and illustrative commentary. Black cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 597 pages with black and white illustrations, pull out geneology chart and color illustrated frontispiece some other color illustrations. School stamp inside front cover. Heavy; extra shipping if… Read more about this item

Boston: Private Press, 1952. Signed and inscribed on fep Private Press; 1952 Numbered edition: No. 401 is handwritten on title page. 8vo size red clothbound hardcover; unconventionally paginated in Roman Numerals throughout - about 45 pages to this delightful, slim English language volume. The author provides eight "bullet point" mini biographies for each "classical" historical notable. The book… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1885. Classic Interlinear Translations Select orations of Cicero. The Four Orations Against Catiline with an Interlinear Translation on the Hamilton System by William Underwood, the Seven Remaining Orations with an Interlinear Translation on the System of Locke by Thomas Clark. 508 pages followed by several pages of publisher's catalog. Pages and… Read more about this item

Paris: De l'Impreimerie De Firmin Didot, 1823. Bibliotheca Classica Latina sive Collectio Auctorum Classicorum Latinorum cum notis et indecibus. 3 volume set from 1822 and 1823. Volume one: Volumen Prius: 1822. Valerius Maximus de dictus factisque memorabilibus et jul. obsequens de prodigiis sum supplementis conradi lycosthenis et selectis eruditorum notis quos recensuit novisque accessionibus locupletavit… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1936. Volume 1; the Republic, only. 303 clean pages with only pencilled price on fep and sunned spine. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefit charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: George Braziller, 1974. 128 pages illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, maps and drawings. A volume in the series on the history of urbanization. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefit charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1937. Volume 2 only. 353 lightly toned pages followed by a section of the publisher's other books. Green cloth with gilt titles on the slightly darkened spine. Light wear to covers; embossed design on cover. Name on inside cover and fep. Translated by George Rawlinson and edited by E.… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1964. A dramatic version of Plato's dialogues Euthyphro Apology Crito Phaedo. 57 pages. Appears unread. Tanned boarder on back cover. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Stapled. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1939. A volume in the Everyman's Library series. Translated by William Ellis. Introduction by A.D. Lindsay. Green cloth volume has gilt titles on lightly sunned spine and embossed design on cover. 264 toned pages, followed by an essay by Ernest Rhys, Everyman's Library editor and catalog of the over 900… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1973. 90 pages illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Bumped corners and lower exterior spine and some wear to jacket. Price clipped jacket. Ninth Series of the Jerome Lectures which considers the Greek colonization of Sicily from the tenth century through the third century B.C. Thanks for shopping with us.… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Everyman's Library volume in cloth with bright gilt tiltes and decorations and spine. Gilt top faded. 292 toned pages. Last page is not cut at top. Bookplate inside cover, name and pencilled price on fep. Illustrated endpapers. Small spot on outside pages and small spot to back. … Read more about this item

1982. Ex-personal library with address stamp and Dewey notation on cover. Pencilled price on cover. 59 pages with stampled binding. Card stock cover has photo illustration. Bright, white unmarked pages. Our photo obscures the address stamped on cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1866. With an introductory notice by Tayler Lewis; also a series of illustrations in outline. First published in 1849, this is the third edition from 1866. 8vo size brown clothbound hardcover with ornate decorations in gilt on front cover and spine cover; 451 pages with some black and… Read more about this item

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, Inc., 1964. Foreword by Nicholas Murray Butler. 218 pages with black and white frontispiece photograph of the author. Pages 179 to 218 are in Latin, remainder of text is in English. Ex-library with typical treatments. Bumped lower corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits… Read more about this item