Anabasis of Alexander, Books I - IV and Books V - VII (Loeb Classical Library #236 & 269)
by ARRIAN (Flavius Arrianus); BRUNT, P. A. (translator)
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0674992601
- ISBN 13
- 9780674992603
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Loeb Classical Library / Harvard University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999, 2000. Hardcover. 0674992601 . 1999 & 2000 printings of the 1976 & 1983 revisions. A two-volume set presenting Arrian's history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, especially his Persian Empire forays. Originally published in seven books, the histories have been rendered into an English translation by P. A. Brunt. Arrian's text is presented side-by-side on facing pages in both Greek and English, with frequent footnotes in English. Includes a detailed fold-out map showing Alexander's conquests at rear of volume I and a lengthy introduction to vol. I (probably by Brunt). Indexes at rear of vol. II. Entries 236 & 269 in the Loeb Classical Library series, edited by Jeffrey Henderson. --- ISBNs 0674992601 & 0674992970. In full olive cloth-covered boards with publisher's device to cover, titling and classical Greek key decorations to spine; all in gilt. Simple jacket in green with Loeb medallion to cover, Greek key border. --- Volume I with infrequent discreet penciled notations, else a clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. About-Near Fine volume II lacks apparent damages. Unpriced, unclipped dust jackets are intact and bright (though vol. I with mild rubbing & creasing; both protected in removable archival mylar protectors.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); lxxxvi, 547, x, 589 pages .
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- Bluebird Books (US)
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- Title
- Anabasis of Alexander, Books I - IV and Books V - VII (Loeb Classical Library #236 & 269)
- Author
- ARRIAN (Flavius Arrianus); BRUNT, P. A. (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0674992601
- ISBN 13
- 9780674992603
- Publisher
- Loeb Classical Library / Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1999, 2000
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- 0674992601
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