The Dramatic Festivals of Athens by Pickard-Cambridge, Arthur Wallace, Sir/ Gould, John/ Lewis, David M - 1989

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1953 First Printing in gilt-stamped brown cloth, no markings, NOT ex-lib, NOT Sandpiper reprint or print-to-order thing or other scurrilous monstrosity but the original publisher's issue in full cloth with sewn binding, which is tight & the pages bright & unfoxed, light shelf wear & quiet soil to boards with slight offsetting rear panel, a little fading to spine (titles clear & legible), page block toned with light staining top edge, else Fine original copy lacking the dust jacket; 8vo; (xxi) 334pp indexed & illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.

Clarendon Press, 1989-01-12. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean and unmarked copy

Oxford Press, 1989. 2. Hardcover. Good. Good; Hardcover with Jacket; Dust jacket is clean and intact with just minor edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Clean boards with minor edgewear; Clean textblock edges; There is heavy wrinkling to the top 3" of many of the book's pages from previous water exposure; The pages are otherwise unmarked, and pages are not stuck together; Good binding; Poor, but still usable condition; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.8 lbs; Orange dust jacket with title in white lettering; 2nd Edition; 1989, Oxford Press; 472 pages; "The Dramatic Festivals of Athens," by Arthur W. Pickard-Cambridge, et al.

Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0198142587 . Very minor shelfwear to book. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). DJ has browning to spine. Minor chipping to DJ. ; 2nd Edition Revised by J. Gould and D. M. Lewis with New Supplement. This reissue with a new supplement is fully expanded and brought up-to-date. It discusses the organization of the dramatic festivals, describes the acting style, actors, costumes, dancing, music, and audiences' tastes and behavior, and provides a full presentation of the literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence on which any discussion of the dramatic festivals is based, such as the difficulties of interpretation. ; 1.23 x 9.53 x 6.39 Inches; 472 pages .

Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1988. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0198142587 . Upper corners a bit bumped. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover (Slater & Dunbabin). Some pencil notes. DJ has some tears and chipping. ; 2nd Edition Revised by J. Gould and D. M. Lewis with New Supplement. This reissue with a new supplement is fully expanded and brought up-to-date. It discusses the organization of the dramatic festivals, describes the acting style, actors, costumes, dancing, music, and audiences' tastes and behavior, and provides a full presentation of the literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence on which any discussion of the dramatic festivals is based, such as the difficulties of interpretation. ; 1.23 x 9.53 x 6.39 Inches; 472 pages .

Clarendon Press, 1988. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

London: Clarendon Press, 2003. 2nd edition. Hardcover. VG/VG (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block.). Black and color illustrated paper over boards with white lettering; xxiii, 365 pp followed by unpaginated bw plates. This reissue with a new supplement is fully expanded and brought up-to-date. It discusses the organization of the dramatic festivals, describes the acting style, actors, costumes, dancing, music, and audiences' tastes and behavior, and provides a full presentation of the literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence on which any discussion of the dramatic festivals is based, such as the difficulties of interpretation. Contents: Part 1: The lesser festivals: The Anthesteria -- The Lenaia -- The rural Dionysia -- The Panathenaia -- Part 2: The great or city Dionysia -- Part 3: The Actors -- Terminology, etc. -- Number of actors and distribution of parts -- Delivery: speech, recitative, and song -- Voice and enunciation -- Gesture… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. Red cloth, gilt titles in mylar protected dust-jacket. (9-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches). Second Edition, Revised by J. Gould and D.M. Lewis with New Supplement. 365 pages, w/ Appendices, Bibliography, and Indexes; plus 141 illustrated figures at rear. Considered the most authoritative work in the field, discussing in detail actors, acting styles, costumes, dancing, music, and the audience. A clean, bright and tight copy in a typical spine sunned jacket. Size: Octavo. Cloth. Fine/Very Good.

Clarendon Press, 1989-01-12. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!