New York, NY Penguins Books, 1952. Paperback First Edition Thus (1949). Third Printing (1952). Very Good in Wraps: the covers have been artfully covered with clear vinyl plastic; shows indications of very careful use: the former owner's name rubber-stamped at the front endpaper; the text pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; the binding leans a little off square, but remains remarkably secure, as the binding glue is of high quality; the text is clean. Free of any creases to the covers. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only a hint of wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. Close to "As New". NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (7.15 x 4.5 x 0.65 inches). 309 pages. Glossary of Names. Map preceeds the text. Translated with an Introduction by Rex Warner. Language: English. Weight: 6.6 ounces. Penguin Classics Series. First Edition Thus (1949). Third Printing(1952). Mass Market Paperback.

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Xenophon was an Athenian country gentleman born about 430 BC. He may have helped to publish Thucydides’ History , and certainly wrote his own Hellenica as a continuation of it. By his own (probably reliable) account he was a fine officer and outstanding leader, but his admiration for Sparta and devotion to Socrates, among other causes, led to his banishment. He was given an estate at Scillus and settled down to enjoy the life of a landed aristocrat, and it was during this period that he began to write histories, biographies, memoirs and specialist treatises. The defeat of Sparta in 371 forced him to move to Corinth where he probably lived for the rest of his life. Rex Warner was a Professor of the University of Connecticut from 1964 until his retirement in He was born in 1905 and went to Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained a ‘first’ in Classical Moderations, and took a degree in English Literature. He taught in Egypt and England, and was Director of the British Institute, Athens, from 1945 to 1947. He has written poems, novels and critical essays, has worked on films and broadcasting, and has translated many works, of which Xenophon’s History of My Time and The Persian Expedition , Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War , and Plutarch’s Lives (under the title Fall of the Roman Republic ) and Moral Essays have been published in Penguin Classics. George Cawkwell is a Fellow and Praelector in Ancient History of University College, Oxford. He has specialized in the history of the fourth century B.C.

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Seller: Black Cat Hill Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 51714
Title: The Persian Expedition.
Author: Xenophon
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus (1949). Third Printing (1952).
Publisher: Penguins Books,
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1952.
Bookseller catalogs: Classics; Greek and Latin Classics;

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