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Lucretius and the Transpadanes.

ADAMS HOLLAND, Louise, · 1979 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.03 | ¥5,280)

Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1979. IX,158p. Original off white cloth with dust wrps. Nice copy. 'Little is known about Lucretius beyond the fact that he lived in the first half of the first century B.C. and dedicated his 'De Rerum Natura' to a certain Memmius. The gen…

Thucydides.

RUSTEN, Jeffrey S., (ed.), · 2009 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€85.00 ($93.69 | £70.91 | ¥14,960)

Oxford University Press, Oxford (...), 2009. 519p. Original hard bound with dust wrappers. Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Appears unread. Like new. 'This volume (...) provides a full and interesting overview of Thucydidean scholarship and the major Thucydidean iss…

Sappho and Alcaeus. An Introduction to the Study of Ancient Lesbian Poetry.

PAGE, D., · 1955 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,920)

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1955. IX,340p. Cloth wrps. Wrps bit worn. Pencil annotation from WGA on p.301. With initials from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper. Page's book on Sappho and Alcaeus is a companion to 'Poetarum Lesbiorum Fragmenta', and it is advisable that those who …

The Classical Athenian Democracy.

STOCKTON, D., · 1990 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

Oxford University Press, Oxford / NewYork, 1990. XIII,201p. ills. Original cloth with dust wrps. Name and date on free endpaper. Some light remains of pencil markings. 'There has been a need for some time for an up-to-date introduction to the Athenian democracy: W.G. Forrest's …

Dying Acts: Death in Ancient Greek and Modern Irish Tragic Drama.

MACINTOSH, Fiona, · 1994 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€37.50 ($41.33 | £31.28 | ¥6,600)

Cork University Press, Cork, 1994. XX,212p. Cloth wrps. Upper edge a bit stained. With author's dedication to Professor Arnott on free endpaper. 'Greek tragedy and the plays of the Irish Literary Revival have a number of common features: Ireland saw itself as having a special r…

Latein ist tot, es lebe Latein! Kleine Geschichte einer grossen Sprache.

STROH, W., · 2007 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

List Verlag, Berlin, 2007. 414p. BHard bound with dust wrappers. Nice copy. Like new. To release one's book with a major non-academic publishing house and reach the best seller list (?) may sound like a classicist's wildest dream, but 'Latein ist tot, es lebe Latein' (Latin is …

Reipublicae christianae libri duo, tractantes de variis Hominum statibus, gradibus, officiis & functionibus in Ecclesia Christi, & quae in singuils amplectanda, qu[a]e fugienda sint [..] Accessit ejusdem autoris Tractatis de missionibus instituendis

ROVENIUS Philippus · 16681648 · Antiquariaat Pieter Judo (De Lezenaar)

€2,000.00 ($2,204.36 | £1,668.53 | ¥352,008)

Antwerpiae [Antwerpen], Apud Arnoldum à Brakel [48] + 587 + [62] (= i.e. 52) pp., original and only edition (1648), the title page mentions 1668 though this is a misprint corrected by a contemporary handwritten note (most probably by the author Rovenius himself: see here below…

The Trafalgar Chronicle New Series 8: Journal of the 1805 Club: Dedicated to Naval History in the Nelson Era

Judith E. Pearson & John A. Rodgaard (editors) · 2023 · Winkles Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book New 1st Edition Seaforth Publishing Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall The Trafalgar Chronicle is the publication of choice for new, scholarly research about the Georgian Navy, sometimes called 'Nelson's Navy'; the journal's scope, however, includes all the sailing navies o…

Plantagenet Princes: The Sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II

Douglas Boyd · 2021 · Winkles Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book New New 1st Edition Pen & Sword History Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall When Count Henry of Anjou and his formidable wife Eleanor of Aquitaine became king and queen of England, they amassed an empire stretching 1,000 miles from the Pyrenees to the Scottish border, includ…

Forgotten Heroes of the Battle of Britain

Dilip Sarkar · 2022 · Winkles Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Book New New 1st Edition Air World Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Lasting sixteen weeks during the momentous year of 1940, the Battle of Britain ended with the Luftwaffe having failed to achieve the decisive victory that Hitler had demanded. Whilst the technical details of t…

Strike from the Air: The Early Years of the US Air Forces

Terry C. Treadwell · 2020 · Winkles Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Book New New 1st Edition Air World Barnsley 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Much has been written about the Unites States air forces during the Second World War, but little has been written about the early days of American military aviation either before or during the First World War …

The Violin Explained : Components, Mechanism, and Sound (SIGNED COPY)

Beament, James · 1997 · Bookbarrow

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. First Edition, Black Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9780198166238 Signed by Author. gilt titles spine; jacket illust. is the 'Doria' violin by G.P. Maginni; illustrated by numerous b/w. figures; "There are more curious beliefs about the violin…

Les Langues Du Monde Par Un Groupe De Linguistes. (Languages of the World by a Group of Linguists)

Meillet, A..and Marcel Cohen · 1924 · Bookbarrow

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion, Paris, France, 1924. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Green Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Grey end-papers. Paul Jules Antoine Meillet was one of the most important French linguists of the early 20th century. Marcel Samuel Raph…

The Long, Wild Shore: Bird and Seal Seasons on Blakeney Point (SIGNED COPY)

McCallum, James · 2012 · Bookbarrow

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Silver Brant, Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, 2012. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Black Cloth), Illustrated by: James McCallum. Fine Condition/Fine. 9780954169558 Signed by Author. signed on the pre-title page by the author who also illustrated the book with his artwork. Colou…

Meetings with Remarkable Men (All and Everything: Second Series)

Gurdjieff, George Ivanovitch · 1974 · Bookbarrow

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1974. Reprint, Paperback. Very Good Condition. 9780710070326 The book takes the form of Gurdjieff's reminiscences about various "remarkable men" that he met, beginning with his father. They include the Armenian priest Pogossian; his friend Solovie…

The Shadows of Heaven: Gurdjieff and Toomer

Taylor, Paul Beekman · 1998 · Bookbarrow

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Red Wheel / Weiser, York Beach, Maine, USA, 1998. First Edition, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9781578630349 Titles & contents to front. A great deal of mystery surrounds G. I. Gurdjieff and The Work. Today, many on the path of self-exploration find themselves drawn to the sym…

The Ending of Time

Krishnamurti, Jiddu & Dr. David Bohm · 1985 · Bookbarrow

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

HarperCollins (Harper Collins)/HarperOne, New York, 1985. Reprint, Softcover. Near Fine Condition. 9780060647964 This very important work offers penetrating dialogues between the great spiritual leader and the renowned physicist that shed light on fundamental issues of existence…

Old Grantchester

Willmer, E. N. · 1977 · Bookbarrow

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Bird's Farm Publications, Barton, Cambridgeshire, 1977. Reprint, Paperback, Illustrated by: Willmer, E. N.. Very Good/N/A.. 9780905232010 front endpaper brown sketch map of Grantchester 1975; rear endpaper brown sketch of the Orchard Tea-rooms; illustrated by 46 b/w. sketches wi…

Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (SIGNED COPY)

Khor, Martin · 2002 · Bookbarrow

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

TWN/Third World Network, Penang, Malaysia, 2002. First Edition, Softcover. As New. 9789839747782 Signed by Author. The impact of intellectual property rights on the rights of local communities, consumers and the environment has become a major source of controversy. This is espec…

A Pepys Anthology

Latham, Robert & Linnet (editors) · 1987 · Bookbarrow

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Unwin Hyman Ltd, London, 1987. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/Near Fine. 9780044400684 In this short anthology, selected from Samuel Pepys's famous diary, passages are collected together by subject, providing a fresh look at some of the themes that run through…