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THE CROSS OF ADRIANOPLE: A SILVER PROCESSIONAL CROSS OF THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE PERIOD - BENAKI MUSEUM - SELECTIONS 1
by Bouras, Laskarina
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- 1979
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- good+, wraps (softcover)
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Athens, Greece: Benaki Museum, 1979. good+, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. Text in Greek and English. 54pp.
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THE MAHABHARATA: BOOK 4. THE BOOK OF VIRATA - BOOK 5. THE BOOK OF THE EFFORT
by van Buitenen, J. A. B. (translated and edited by)
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
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- 1978
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- good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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- 0226846504572
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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1978. HC. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0226846504 572pp.
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COUNTRY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT - MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS PICTURE BOOK NO. 2
by Smith, William Stevenson
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- n.d.
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- very good, wraps (softcover)
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Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, n.d.. PB. very good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. 32pp.
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DEATH AND BURIAL IN THE ROMAN WORLD
by Toynbee, J. M. C.
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- 1971
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- very good, wraps (softcover) YELLOW HIGHLIGHT ABOUT 14 PAGS
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- 9780801855078
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$7.50
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Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Pr, 1971. PB. very good, wraps (softcover) YELLOW HIGHLIGHT ABOUT 14 PAGS. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0801855071 Looks new EXCEPT - YELLOW HIGHLIGHTIN ON ABOUT 14 PAGES. 336pp.
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THE PIERCEBRIDGE FORMULA: A DRAMATIC NEW VIEW OF ROMAN HISTORY
by Selkirk, Raymond
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- Published
- 1983
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- good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple Small Ex-Lib Marks
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- 9780850596212
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$30.00
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Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens, 1983. HC. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple Small Ex-Lib Marks. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0850596211 Couple small Ex-Lib marks. 217pp.
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SALLUST: THE CONSIPIRACY OF CATILINE AND THE WAR OF JUGURTHA
by Heywood, Thomas (translated into English by) (with an introduction by Charles Whibley)
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- Published
- 1924
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- good+, brown cloth spine, teg (hardcover)
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$25.00
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London: Constable and Co., Ltd, 1924. HC. good+, brown cloth spine, teg (hardcover). 245pp.
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BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT AND GREEK AND ROMAN WOMEN: NOTABLE WOMEN FROM SAPPHO TO HELENA
by Lightman, Marjorie and Lightman, Benjamin
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- Published
- 2000
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- fine, wraps (softcover)
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- 9780816044368
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$5.00
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New York: Checkmark Books, 2000. PB. fine, wraps (softcover). ISBN 0816044368 298pp.
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LIFE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST 3100-332 B.C.E.
by Snell, Daniel C.
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- 1997
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- fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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- 9780300066159
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0300066155 A lively discussion of social and economic history of the ancient Near East. 270pp.
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THE CLASSICAL GREEKS
by Grant, Michael
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- Published
- 1989
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- very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), BCE
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- 9780684191263
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$5.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. HC. very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), BCE. B&W ill., B&W maps. ISBN 0684191261 Renowned classical historian Michael Grant turns his attention to the "Golden Age" of Greek civilization, the period from the first wars against Persia and Carthage in the early fifth century B.C. to Alexander the Great's accession in 336… Read more
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COMMERCE AND SOCIAL STANDING IN ANCIENT ROME
by D'Arms, John H.
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- Ray Boas, Bookseller
- Published
- 1981
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- very good++, brown cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket
- ISBN
- 0674144759201
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$35.00
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981. HC. very good++, brown cloth spine (hardcover) no dustjacket. ISBN 0674144759 201pp.
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THE LIFE OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS DESCRIBED FROM ANTIQUE MONUMENTS
by Guhl, E. and Koner, W. (translated from the Third German Edition by F. Hueffer)
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- 1896
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- very good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover)
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$15.00
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1896. HC. very good, decorated brown cloth (hardcover). B&W illustrations. 620pp, ads.
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THE FOURTH CRUSADE AND THE SACK OF CONSTANTINOPLE
by Phillips, Jonathan
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- 2004
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- fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover)
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- 9780670033508
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New York: Viking, 2004. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0670033502 In April 1204, the armies of Western Christendom wrote another bloodstained chapter in the history of holy war. 374pp.
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THE HOLY ROMAN REPUBLIC: A HISTORIC PROFILE OF THE MIDDLE AGES
by Falco, Giorgio (translated by K. V. Kent)
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- 1964
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- good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover)
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New York: A. S. Barnes and Co, 1964. HC. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). 336pp.
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THE ETRUSCANS - ANCIENT PEOPLES AND PLACES SERIES
by Bloch, Raymond
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- Published
- 1958
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- good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket
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New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1958. HC. good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket. color frontis, B&W ill.. 260pp.
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THE ARMY OF THE CAESARS
by Grant, Michael
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- 1974
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- good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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- 9780684138213
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. HC. good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0684138212 The author shows how the rise and decline of imperial Rome was intimately connected with the balance of political and military power. 365pp.
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THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS, CARTHAGINIANS, ASSYRIANS, BABYLONIANS, MEDES AND PERSIANS, MACEDONIANS AND GRECIANS
by Rollin, Charles
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- Published
- 1823
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- good+, full calf binding (hardcover) some light foxing
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$175.00
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Boston, MA: Samuel Walker, 1823. HC. good+, full calf binding (hardcover) some light foxing. plates and maps complete. A New and Improved Edition, Translated from the French in Two Volumes." Volume I, 624 pages, index; Volume II, 630 pages, index. Two frontis plates, 6 maps (some folding) and 15 full plates are all bound in as called for… Read more
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LETTERS OF A ROMAN GENTLEMAN
by Cicero (selected from the correspondence of) and McKinlay, Arthur Patch (translated by)
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- 1926
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- good++, black cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket)
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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. HC. good++, black cloth spine (hardcover) (no dustjacket). B&W illustrations. Contents include: Introduction; Reader's Guide; The Chronology; Rising and Falling; Mending Political Fences; Marking Time in Cilicia; Watching and Waiting; Finding Consolation in Work; Carrying On; Conclusion. 249pp.
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THE REPUBLICAN EMPIRE
by Hawthorn, J. R.
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- 1963
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- very good, pictorial boards (hardcover)
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$7.00
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London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1963. HC. very good, pictorial boards (hardcover). B&W maps. This book is an attempt to assess the nature of the Republican empire. 298pp.
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THE HONEY AND THE HEMLOCK: DEMOCRACY AND PARANOIA IN ANCIENT ATHENS AND MODERN AMERICA
by Sagan, Eli
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- Published
- 1991
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- fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in
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- 9780465030583
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$5.00
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New York: Basic Books, 1991. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in. ISBN 0465030580 "Democracy is a miracle," Eli Sagan writes, "considering human psychological disabilities." To shed light on this "miracle," Sagan focuses on the world's first democratic society, Athens, and mounts a compelling argument that Athens and the modern American republic, although separated… Read more
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THE GLORY OF GREECE
by Samivel
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- Published
- 1962
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- good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover)
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$8.00
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New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc, 1962. HC. good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover). 5 color plates, 110 B&W ill.. The world of the Ancient Greeks, whose civilization was at once the fountain-head and the inspiration of our own Western culture. 266pp.
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