Seven Famous Greek Plays (Modern Library #158.2) by AESCHYLUS, SOPOCLES, EURIPIDES, ARISTOPHANES (authors); OATES, Whitney J.; O'NEILL Jr., Eugene (editors) - [c.1956]

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1952]. Hardcover. A selection of seven notable plays from ancient Greece. Includes Agamemnon and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus; Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles; Medea and Alcestis by Euripides and The Frogs by Aristophanes. Edited, with introductions and notes by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. Volume wrapped in grey & tan jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 365 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1952 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #158.2. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and with unmarked interior but with a little age-toning to leaves & prior owner's inked name to front free endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket with a darkened spine, a few small tears and chafing to edges, otherwise intact and wrapped in new… Read More

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1965]. Hardcover. A selection of seven notable plays from ancient Greece. Includes Agamemnon and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus; Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles; Medea and Alcestis by Euripides and The Frogs by Aristophanes. Edited, with introductions and notes by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. --- In Toledano spine 10 / rust cloth / ML hex logo blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists ML titles, but no total number. Likely published c.1965 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #158.2. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Price-clipped dust jacket with chafing to edges, a tear to spine and a little rubbing, but otherwise intact and protected in new removable mylar wrapper.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxvi, 446 pages .