Search Results: History - Ancient from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, 1996 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, xxix, 344 pp, [1] pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, 12 maps, footnotes, bibliography, index. Has a binding defect consisting of a leaf creased before trimming causing leaf to be both oversized and creased (without loss of text), otherwise fine. Contents: Darius and the West; the legacy of Marathon; waiting for the barbarian; corner-stone of freedom; the wooden wall; doors of the Peloponnese; the last enemy. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). Revised Ed, 2nd Ptg. . VG/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

Cincinnati: Applegate, Pounsford & Co., 1872 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by by John & William Langhorne. Full tan leather, gilt titles on black leather label on spine, a rather tall 8vo sewn on sunk cords, 688 pp, table of weights & measures, chronological table, index. About half of spine is chipped away, boards hanging on only by the cords, otherwise good, some foxing but generally clean. Contains pretty much all of Plutarch in very small type, although the lewd bits have been expurgated. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . Fair/No dj. 25 X 16 cm.

Detroit et al.: Gale Group (Thomson Learning), 2002 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly black laminated pictorial boards, xxix, 313 pp, glossary, references, index to photos, general index. Arranged topically, with chapters on events outside Egypt; geography; arts; communication, transportation, & exploration; social classes & the economy; politics, law, military; daily life; the family & social trends; religion & philosophy; science, technology & health. The period covered is essentially from the Old Kingdom to the conquest by Alexander the Great. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 8 oz.). First Printing. . Fine/No dj. 28½ X 22 cm.