Search Results: Authors starting with W from Ancient World Books

Cambridge University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0521264952 . Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has light edgewear. Dustjacket spine is sunned. ; Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries 26; 284 pages; Callimachus was one of the most important and influential writers in the ancient world. He was the outstanding poet of the Hellenistic period and had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Greek and Roman literature. The hymns are intricate, allusive and difficult poetry, and need elucidation for the modern reader. 'The Fifth Hymn: The Bath of Pallas', is considered by many to be Callimachus' finest surviving poem. Anthony Bulloch has established a new text of the poem, which is printed here with facing English translation. The substantial introduction and full commentary aim to introduce the poem to a wide audience and to help the modern reader to reconstruct what the ancient… Read More

Cambridge At the University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. Former owner's name in ink to titlepage. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Minor rubbing to boards. ; Lxii, 131 pp. Greek text with English notes and facing translation. ; 131 pages .

Oxford Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. Old price in blue pencil to front inner cover. Corners bumped. Board are worn and spine is sunned with some spotting to cloth. Pencil notes to some pages. Endpapers lightly browned. Light fraying to spine ends. ; Greek text with English introduction and notes. .

Oxford At the Clarendon Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1899. Second Edition. Hardcover. Front inner hinge weakening and just starting to crack. Pages tanned. Very light fraying to spine ends. Light wear to corners. ; Latin Text with Extensive Commentary in English. ; Clarendon Press Series; 314 pages .

Süddeutscher Verlag. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. Light sheflwear. ; 122 pages .

Adolf M. Hakkert. Very Good+. 1966. Softcover. Very light shelfwear else fine. ; 256 pages .

Rome: Fratelli Palombi Editori. Near Fine. 1998. Trade Paperback. 8876213368 . Faint shelfwear else fine. ; 120pp, illustrated.; Itinerari D'Arte E Di Cultura; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 120 pages .

Routledge. Near Fine. 1997. Second Revised Edition. Softcover. 0415170419 . Very light shelfwear. ; This edition, now in paperback for the first time, has been substantially rewritten and re-illustrated to take account of the extensive new excavations and interpretations since it was first published twenty years ago. The Towns of Roman Britain covers the origin, development, public and private buildings, fortifications, character and demise of the province, including the provincial capital of London, the coloniae of Colchester, Lincoln, Gloucester and York, and the first civitas capitals of Canterbury, Verulamium and Chelmsford. ; 480 pages .

Guild Publishing Corp.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. Very light bump to 1 corner and lower edge of boards. Else book is fine. DJ has light edgewear now protected in mylar. ; illustrated. ; Large 8vo; 460 pages .

The Society of Antiquaries. Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Mottling and discoloration to boards. ; Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXV; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 243 pages .

S. Hirzel. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1895. Hardcover. Boards may have been rebound at one time with original spine (dark brown with gilt lettering) and brown marbled boards. Edgewear and chipping along edges of boards. Solid copy. ; 718 pages .

Basel: Verlag Birkhäuser. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very light shelfwear to both volumes. V1 has a bit of spotting to top of textblock. Scholar's name to ffeps (Robert Brown) with additional name to inner covers. ; Zweite auflage. V1: (1950) 331 pp; V2: (1957) 354 pp. ; 2 Volume Set COMPLETE; Vol. 1/2/2024; 331 pages .

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0393044696 . Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing to textblock. DJ has 1 tear repaired with tape. DJ is price-clipped. ; Anthology of Medieval Latin poetry with facing English Translations and some notes. ; 8.5 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 392 pages .

Constable & Company Ltd.. Very Good. 1965. Hardcover. 2 tiny bumps along top edges of boards. Else minor shelfwear. ; No date 33rd reprint. .

Constable & Company Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1951. Hardcover. Spine sunned and discolored. ; Anthology of Medieval Latin poetry with facing English Translations and some notes. ; 352 pages .

Collins. Very Good. 1962. Softcover. Some rubbing to wraps. Previous bookseller's stamp to ffep. ; The Fontana Library; 224 pages .

Chapman & Hall, London. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. ; Looks at the Augustan era and its foundations and failures as well as the principles and practices of government which imposed a Roman peace on the ancient world. ; 240 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Spine is dulled. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Review of book by van der Valk pasted to ffep. Light rubbing to boards. ; The J.H. Gray lectures for 1949; 101 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. DJ is foxed. Chipping and tears to DJ. Spine of DJ has pieces missing. Book has rubbing and shelfwear. Spine is dull. ; The J.H. Gray lectures for 1949; 101 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Book has rubbing and shelfwear. Spine is dulled. Light pencil markings. ; The J.H. Gray lectures for 1949; 101 pages .