Titles starting with P from Ancient World Books

Joseph Allen. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1831. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Text is foxed. Full calf Leather binding is worn with scratches and wear to extremities. Former owner's name in ink on inner cover. Binding is solid. ; Editio Sexta. Latin text with latin commentary. . ... more information

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Oxford University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198152787 . Very light shelfwear else Fine. ; This book is a study of the transformation of the landscape, civic life, and moral values of the pagan city of Rome following the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century. It examines the effects of the rise of Christianity and the decline of paganism in the later Roman empire. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 416 pages . ... more information

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Oxford University Press. Fine. 1999. Softcover. 019924801x . In this book distinguished experts from a range of disciplines (Orientalists, philologists, philosophers, theologians and historians) address a central problem which lies at the heart of the religious and philosophical debate of late antiquity. Paganism was not a unified tradition and consequently the papers cover a wide social and intellectual spectrum. Particular emphasis is given to several aspects of the topic: first, monotheistic belief... more information

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Cornell University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0801424011 . Dustjacket has very minor rubbing. ; Five of the nine essays in this volume concern the Roman Republic and Empire. Pagan Priests opens with Mary Beard's "Priesthood in the Roman Republic", followed by John North's "Diviners and Divination in Rome" (also Republican in focus). Three pieces by Richard Gordon on Roman Imperial religion close the work: "From Republic to Principate: Priesthood, ... more information

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Duckworth. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0715622064 . DJ is price-clipped. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear. Top corner bumped. Shelfwear to corners. ; Five of the nine essays in this volume concern the Roman Republic and Empire. Pagan Priests opens with Mary Beard's "Priesthood in the Roman Republic", followed by John North's "Diviners and Divination in Rome" (also Republican in focus). Three pieces by Richard Gordon on Roman Imperial religion close the... more information

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Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. All volumes have former owner's signature on fly-page. All books have minor shelfwear and rubbing. Volumes II & III still have their Dustjackets. Both djs have sunning to spine. DJs have light soiling. Volume II DJ has one small tear at bottom of DJ and minor edgewear. ; Translated from the German Manuscript by Gilbert Highet. 3 Volumes: Volume I: Archaic Greece; The Mind of Athens. Volume II: In Search of the Divine Cent... more information

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H. N. Abrams. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. One small tear. Slight bowing to back board else NF. ; Westendorf, the distinguished German Egyptologist, here brings together an outstanding collection of illustrations ranging from prehistoric figurines of the fourth millennium B. C. To Cahristian ritual objects of Coptic times. However the major emphasis is naturally on the Pharaonic period, those three thousand years during which the Egyp... more information

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Princeton University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1966-73. Hardcover. All volumes have dust jackets except Vol II ( The Frescoes by Mabel L Lang) There is some very light foxing throughout each of the volumes, and there is some light chipping and minor tears and wear to the jackets, but this is a nicely preserved set otherwise of this scarce and important work. ; 3 volumes in 4 parts as issued: Volumes I-III complete. ; 3 Volumes in 4 Parts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Textually compl... more information

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Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1949. Softcover. Former owner's signature on fly page has been blotted out with permanent marker. Light shelfwear. ; 35 plates. ; 116 pages . ... more information

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Khayats. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Top corners are bumped. Description of book has been pasted to inner cover. ; Translated from the Works of The Medieval Arab Geographers. This is an anthology of writings on the geography and architecture of Syria and Palestine by medievla hands. The text is based on the original Arabic and Persian, dating to the period 650 A. D. -- 1500 A. D. Biblical scholars will be fascinated by gl... more information

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University of Michigan Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0472103873 . Dustjacket has very minor rubbing. ; 0.75 x 9.75 x 6.5 Inches; 216 pages; In the twilight of the third century C. E. , the unity of the Western world was threatened by financial crisis, invasion, and plague. The Syrian city Palmyra had long protected Rome against Persian invasion, but under its queen Zenobia, Palmyra broke away from Roman hegemony. The Roman Empire had never been closer to disintegration, nor had... more information

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C. H. Beck. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 3406328768 . Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Handbuch Der Archäologie, Vorderasien 2, Band 2; 424 pages . ... more information

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C. H. Beck. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 3406321984 . Minor shelfwear else Fine. ; Handbuch Der Archäologie, Vorderasien II, Band I; 424 pages . ... more information

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London: British School At Rome. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. Upper corners are bumped. Minor shelfwear and rubbing. ; Contents: M H Crawford: Foedus and Sponsio; Lawrence J F Keppie: Vexilla Veteranorum; A M Kahane: A Paved Roman Road East from Gabii; Jeremy Jones, Bryan Ward-Perkins, William Lamarque, martin Beddoe, John Ward-Perkins: Excavations at Tuscania, 1973; G W W Barker: the Economy of Medieval Tuscania: The Archaeological Evidence; A T Luttrell: Late Medieval Tuscania: The... more information

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Cisalpino-Goliardica. Fine with no dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. First published 1911. Text is in French and Greek. 2 plates. ; 266 pages . ... more information

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Oxford University Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0198148038 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Adhesive stains on ffeps. Dustjacket is protected in plastic. ; 0.82 x 8.75 x 5.56 Inches; 160 pages; Describes the varied uses of the papyrus plant; the 'paper' industry, including the process of manufacture; and the role of the writing material in the economy and everyday life of the Greek and Roman world. . ... more information

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Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0198148038 . DJ is price-clipped. Minor rubbing to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 0.82 x 8.75 x 5.56 Inches; 160 pages; Describes the varied uses of the papyrus plant; the 'paper' industry, including the process of manufacture; and the role of the writing material in the economy and everyday life of the Greek and Roman world. . ... more information

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Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0521806003 . Bumping to bottom of spine. Back corner is bumped. ; Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England; 9 x 0.5 x 6 Inches; 222 pages; How did the Anglo-Saxons conceptualise the interim between death and Doomsday? In Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature, Dr. Kabir presents the first investigation into the Anglo-Saxon belief in the "interim paradise" or paradise as a temporary abode for good soul... more information

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Verlag C. H. Beck. Very Good. 1967. Hardcover. 9783406564833 . Former classics scholar's name on ffep (W. S. Barrett). Book has been rebound in nice yellow boards. ; In german; Zetemata: Monographien Zur Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft. Heft 128; 304 pages . ... more information

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Yale University Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. Corners are bumped. Slight edge wear to spine ends. Light browning to ffeps. ; A scarce treatise on the symmetry found in Greek temples employed by the Greeks and rediscovered by Hambidge. ; 103 pages . ... more information

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