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University of California Press, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of California Press, 1995. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of California Press, 1995. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of California Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of California Press, 1993. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of California Press, 1995-12-28. Paperback. Good.

University of California Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

University of California Press, 1993-03-11. Hardcover. Good.

University of California Press. Used - Very Good. 1995. Paperback. Very Good.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1966. 274pp. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Photos on request. First Edition So Staed.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University of California Press, 1993. First American Edition. Hardback, Dustjacket. Like New, slight wear to cover.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 9; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition.

John Murray. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. (Sappho, Poets, Fiction)

University of California Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0520079663 . Creasing to rear DJ flap ; Best-selling classicist Peter Green recreates the life and times of the Greek lyric poet Sappho in this beautifully conceived, sharply detailed work of historical imagination. We meet Sappho at the age of fifty, when she is shaken by her fatal and final love affair with Phaon. She narrates her own story from the vantage point of self-questioning middle age, and her candid meditations make intimate, engrossing reading. Only fragments of Sappho's poetry survive. In imagining Sappho's life Green found his task "rather like that of an archaeologist reassembling some amphora from hundreds of shards—of which more than half are missing." Yet, in his synthesis of historical evidence and ebullient invention, Green produces a seamless, moving, and persuasive portrait. He recreates Sappho's life by interweaving her surviving poetry into the… Read More

University of California Press, 1995 Book. As New. Soft cover. Peter Green recreates the life and times of the Greek lyric poet Sappho in this beautifully conceived, sharply detailed work of historical imagination. We meet Sappho at the age of fifty, when she is shaken by her fatal and final love affair with Phaon. She narrates her own story from the vantage point of self-questioning middle age, and her candid meditations make intimate, engrossing reading. Only fragments of Sappho's poetry survive. In imagining Sappho's life Green found his task " rather like that of an archaeologist reassembling some amphora from hundreds of shards of which more than half are missing. " 273p. maps, chronology..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co.. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges .

Doubleday, 1965. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/Very Good. 8vo, Red cloth, gilt spine lettering, deckled fore edge. Owner's name to RFEP, FFEP lightly toned, otherwise very clean and sharp. DJ bright and sound.

Univ of California Pr, 1993. Hardcover. Good. Signed by author on title page; personal inscription on front page*****Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight/ page clean/ D.J. creased; moderate edge wear/ several pages and page tips crease/ spine bumpedd