Titles starting with G from Ancient World Books

Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Near Fine. 1972. Hardcover. 3534054636 . Includes unchanged reprint of 1893 article. Introduction in German. Text is in Latin with Cuneiform. ; 44 pages . ... more information

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University of South Africa. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0869818503 . Dustjacket has minor edgewear. ; Though he may not have realised it, Gaius Marius caused through his political ambition the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Republic. Presenting this view, Evans traces here Marius' rise to pre-eminence, his contribution to legislation and his involvement with other politicians. It was other politicians, this work argues, that emulated or even exceeded a dangerous precedent M... more information

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University of Chicago Press. Good+. 1955. Softcover. Light staining and soiling to wraps. ; Abridged Text Edition. ; 130 pages . ... more information

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Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library. Very Good. 2007. Softcover. 0976547279 . Corners of front wrap are chipped else Fine. ; This book brings into print editions, translations, and commentaries for more than two dozen unique poems (in Latin) from the late eleventh and early twelfth century, preserved in Houghton Library's anthology known as MS Lat 300. This book offers unparalleled access to the anthology, previously unavailable in English. From a literary point of view, those intereste... more information

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Franz Steiner Verlag. Near Fine. 1993. Softcover. 3515062777 . Minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Historia. Einzelschriften 78; 84 pages; Focuses on Demosthenes' campaigns, the factors that led to their different results, and the general's use of military surprise toward a reevaluation of this important commander who is executed after the Athenian disaster in Sicily in 413 BC. . ... more information

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Edinburgh University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0852242247 . Light foxing to top of textblock. Former classics scholar's name on ffep (N. J. Richardson). DJ spine is lightly browned. One small closed tear to DJ along top edge near spine. ; This is the first serious attempt to formulate a system of literary criticism for ancient poetry derived wholly from ancient evidence. ; 331 pages . ... more information

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Jerusalem: Magnes Press of the Hebrew University and Heikhal Ha-Sefer. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Boards are slightly bowed. Covers are soiled and scuffed. Edgewear to extremities. Interior is VG. ; Bilingual edition in English and Hebrew. ; The Scroll dealt with in this volume was discovered in a cave near the Dead Sea in 1947. With six other scrolls it was found in what is now known as the first Qumran cave. . ... more information

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Routledge. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0415141494 . Former owner's name on ffep has been blacked out. Light shelfwear else NF; Old Testament Readings; 0.67 x 8.76 x 5.4 Inches; 192 pages; Combining insights from social and literary theory with a firm grasp of traditional historical studies, Brett argues that the Book of Genesis can be read as resistance literature. In Brett's illuminating analysis, stories such as the marriages of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as well as the nar... more information

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Columbia University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0231038526 . Light Fading to letters on spine. Top corner is lightly bumped. ; Genius, appears in major Latin and vernacular works of the late Middle Ages. Originally a spirit or god that survived in Roman religion for at least seven centuries, its history and significance - religious, philosophical, and literary - have not previously been examined in detail; 0.79 x 9.23 x 6.23 Inches; 201 pages . ... more information

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University of North Carolina Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0807823503 . Former owner's name on ffep. One small bump to top corner. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 9.75 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 220 pages . ... more information

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University of North Carolina Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0807823503 . Former owner's name on ffep. One small bump to top corner. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; 9.75 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 220 pages . ... more information

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British School At Rome. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 090415209x . Previous owner’s bookplate on inside front cover, previous owner’s 2 line penned annotation on inside rear endpaper, DJ a bit chipped at top and bottom of spine panel. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; “This is the first detailed survey in English for nearly ninety years of the history and society of the Byzantine possessions, and throws new light on this darkest period of Italian history. The co... more information

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Oxford Clarendon Press. Good. 1964. Hardcover. Coffee? Stains to front wrapper. Tanning to pages. 1/2 cm tear along side of textblock. Minor Creasing to spine. ; Stapled Booklet. Signed by Author: "Professor + Mrs Wallace, with happy memories of Toronto - Douglas Young" on first page. ; The Classical Quarterly (Extract from New Series Volume XIV. No. 1. May 1964) ; 23 pages; Signed by Author . ... more information

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University of California Press. Very Good. 1944. Softcover. Former owner's name on ffep. Minor browning to wraps. Light discoloration to spine. Minor edgewear. ; Contents: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Reputation as a Historian, 1640-1700; Geoffrey of Monmouth's Reputation as a Historian, 1700-1800; Geoffrey of Monmouth and Ecclesiastical and Legal controversy, 1640-1700; Geoffrey of Monmouth, Literature, and the Historians of Literature, 1640-1800. ; University of California publications in Engli... more information

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Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Minor discoloration from shelfwear to boards. Light browning to inner covers. Very light edgewear to corners. Solid copy. ; Contents: Greek Lands and Greek People; Value of Ancient history; ancient geography in modern education; geography in relation to history and literature; geographical study of Greek and Roman culture; geographical aspect of greek colonization; geographical distribution of the greek city-states; causes of rise... more information

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Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. Browning to ffep. Light rubbing to extremities. Solid copy. ; Contents: Greek Lands and Greek People; Value of Ancient history; ancient geography in modern education; geography in relation to history and literature; geographical study of Greek and Roman culture; geographical aspect of greek colonization; geographical distribution of the greek city-states; causes of rise and fall in the population of the ancient world; position of ... more information

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De Graaf. Very Good. 1988. Softcover. 9060043944 . Very light pencil marginalia on 2-3 pages. Light browning, small smudge and rubbing to wraps. ; Diss. In Dutch commentary and translation with Neo-Latin text. ; 280 pages . ... more information

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Oxford Clarendon Press. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0198131623 . Small stamp to ffep "Damaged" with former owner's name on ffep Else Near Fine. DJ has edgewear with two 1" tears and heavy chipping to back panel. DJ is price-clipped. DJ spine is faded. ; Examines Augustus' policies towards the Germans in the context of Roman imperialism and the tribal situation on the Rhine and in Germany. ; 362 pages . ... more information

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Böhlau Verlag. Near Fine. 1968. Hardcover. Minor scuffing to boards else Fine. ; With Folding Map in back. ; Bonner Jahrbücher; Beihefte, Band 30; 128 pages . ... more information

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Campus Verlag. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 3593349108 . Very light shelfwear to DJ. ; Vol. 1 . ... more information

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