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Search Results18 matches from BookLovers. Everyday Life in Ancient Greece by R. F. Willetts (£24.00)Publisher: B. T. Batsford — 1969Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Faintest wear at edges of DJ. Book mildly bumped at spine and corners. Bookplate inside front cover.Description: Our knowledge of Ancient Crete, has now been amplified by spectacular archaeological discoveries. In this book the author shows Cretan life from the Stone Age until the Roman Conquest 7,000 years later. He also discusses the position of women and slaves; the growth of trade; the complex organisation of law and government; and the roles of religious belief and ritual.Illustrated with line drawings by Eva WilsonTags: plato-continued peloponnesian consciousness organization prostitution geographical distribution theophrastus themistocles architecture environment citizenship poseidonius portraiture thermopylae aristocracy hellenistic variations technology philosophy individual pythagoras theocritus protagoras thucydides literature government xenophanes priesthood praxiteles divination barbarians population revolution political sophocles community festivals anthology jymnasium vitruvius geography seleucids dionysiac oligarchy simonides sculpture democracy thersites finances national
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A History of Greece from the Earliest Times to the Death of Alexander the Great by C. W. C. Oman (£23.00)Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co. — 1921Binding: Hardback Condition: Good+. A little rubbed at extremities with resulting fraying. Slightly shaken. Top edges dusty. Inscription to ffep and front pastedown. Internally bright and clean.Description: Deep red cloth with gilt titling to spine, embossed colophon to upper board. Illustrated frontispiece with other illustrations, maps and plans throughout. Fold out map to rear endpapers. 560pp. Index. Size: 8vo Crown (7½" x 5")Tags: accounts alphabet anabasis ancient anthology architecture aristocracy arts assembly athens athletes attains barbarians battles britain chronological citizenship claudius comedy commerce community conquests consciousness decline democracy dionysiac distribution divination empire environment european festivals finances funeral generals geographical geography geral gods greece greeks hellenistic helots heroic historia ideas individual jymnasium kingship league linear
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Chartism: Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle (£21.50)Publisher: Chapman & Hall — UndatedBinding: Hardback Condition: Good. Boards faded and marked, somewhat rubbed. Spine dulled. All edges dusty or soiled, top edges especially so. Unopened at some top and foredges. Small sticker to ffep. Internally clean & bright.Description: Suspect this is a later reprint circa 1900 but no indication of revisions or previous editions to be found.Notes: Size: 7½" x 5". Purple boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 324 pages. Tags: ecclesiastical nonconformists public-houses intelligencer macclesfield christianity chamberlayne corporations institutions consolidated independents hetherington civilization spitalfields shakespeare shaftesbury shaitesbury aristonicus hellenistic demosthenes stalybridge commissions tremenheere improvement castlereagh montesquieu evangelical statistical association rostovtzeff fairweather devonshire canterbury newspapers buckingham archbishop brotherton protection cornwallis nottingham chichester jacobinism manchester population birmingham birkenhead chatsworth industrial commission warrington enclosures
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The Bleak Age: Based On The Age Of The Chartists by J. L. Hammond; Barbara Hammond; (£17.00)Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co. — 1934Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with loss at the head of the spine and a generally worn appearance. Leans heavily. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.Description: From the cover: “The first half of the 19th Century may well be named “The Bleak Age” or “The Age of Discontent”. In this acute study the Hammonds illumine the dark places in the lives and hearts of the Working People of that time and by a brilliant comparison with the conditions of other times bring out the underlying causes of this discontent. This is a wise book and one to be read by all who wish to understand the root causes of our social troubles and so be the better able to judge the many remedies that are to-day being put forward for the future ordering of this country.”Notes: Size: 7" x 4¾". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. In the Swan Library series. 148 pages. Tags: ecclesiastical nonconformists public-houses intelligencer macclesfield christianity chamberlayne corporations institutions consolidated independents hetherington civilization spitalfields shakespeare shaftesbury shaitesbury aristonicus hellenistic demosthenes stalybridge commissions tremenheere improvement castlereagh montesquieu evangelical statistical association rostovtzeff fairweather devonshire canterbury newspapers buckingham archbishop brotherton protection cornwallis nottingham chichester jacobinism manchester population birmingham birkenhead chatsworth industrial commission warrington enclosures
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A New History of Rome by E. Berkley (£15.50)Publisher: Thomas Laurie, Undated — 1890Binding: Hardback Condition: Good. Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners and a little rubbed / frayed. End papers spotted. Discreet inscription on ffep. Hinges weakening. Top edges dusty.Description: Blue cloth with gold titling on spine, embossed titling and motif on front cover. Pull out map pre title page. 487pp. Index. Advertisements. Size: 8vo Crown (7½" x 5")Tags: antoniniana trebonianus argentorate valentinian babylonians crucifixion constitutio marcomannic destruction citizenship persecution triumvirate independent constantius herculaneum institution cassiodorus constantine burgundians mithridatic usurpations charlemagne consulships catalaunian timesitheus mercenaries annexations augustulus adrianople aemilianus foundation eliminates theodosian magnentius hortensian censorship accessions diocletian theodosius anastasius radagaisus visigothic mauretania belisarius annexation allobroges ostrogoths elagabalus germanicus pescennius usurpation
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A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by J. B. Bury; Rusell Meiggs; (£14.00)Publisher: MacMillan — 1977Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0333154932]Condition: Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Notably rubbed at the outside edges of the cover and spine with fading to both wrappers. Leans. Previous owners' inscription to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: Reprint of the 4th Edition. [First: 1900] Illustrated with black and white photographs. From the cover: “The first edition of Bury’s famous book was published in 1900, on the eve of Sir Arthur Evans’s dramatic excavations at Cnossus. In the second edition (1913) Bury rewrote the first chapter in the light of the evidence from Crete. In the third edition (1951), prepared by Russell Meiggs, the progress of archaeology again demanded a rewriting of much of the first chapter, and changes were made in other chapters. By the early 1970s, however, so much new material had accumulated that it was decided to prepare a fourth edition. The publishers are fortunate to have been able to call again on Russell Meiggs. This revision (1975) is more complete than the last. However, although Bury’s text has been widely changed in the light of new work and the further sifting of evidence, great care has been taken to preserve the basic character of the original; in particular, no change has been made in the scale and emphasis of Bury’s History. The revised text is presented in a modern format. The original maps have been redrawn and new ones added, with the inclusion of a fold-out map at the end of the book. The illustrations have been revised and improved and the section of notes has been enlarged, with the addition of useful bibliographies.”Notes: Size: 9¾" x 7¼". 577 pages. Tags: accounts alphabet anabasis ancient anthology architecture aristocracy arts assembly athens athletes attains barbarians battles britain chronological citizenship claudius comedy commerce community conquests consciousness decline democracy dionysiac distribution divination empire environment european festivals finances funeral generals geographical geography geral gods greece greeks hellenistic helots heroic historia ideas individual jymnasium kingship league linear
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The Glory That Was Greece by J. C. Stobart (£14.00)Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson — 1918Binding: Hardback Condition: Poor. Heavily faded at the spine. Heavily bruised at the head, tail and corners of the boards with a snag at the head of the spine and again at the join with the lower board. Shaken. Fragile. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Text complete but a little age-tanned.Description: Maps to the endpapers.Notes: Size: 10" x 6½". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 292 pages. Tags: aegean ages alphabet anabasis ancient anthology antiquities architecture aristocracy arts assembly athens athletes attains barbarians citizenship civilization claudius comedy commerce community consciousness decline democracy dionysiac distribution divination empire environment festivals finances fourth funeral generals geographical geography gods grand greece greeks hellenism hellenistic helots heroic ideas individual jymnasium kingship league linear literature
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The Grandeur That Was Rome by J. C. Stobart (£13.50)Publisher: Sidgwick & Jacdso — 1980Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 028348456X]Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Edges of DJ showing very slight shelf wear.Description: This work on Roman culture and civilization has been acknowledged as a masterpiece. Few books have so successfully conveyed the scope and sweep of a period and yet retained such a scrupulous concern for scholastic accuracy. The author measures the achievements of the Romans not so much by their military success and imperial expansion, but by their cultural and political contribution to the welfare of mankind.Illustrated with B&W photographs.Tags: antoniniana trebonianus argentorate valentinian babylonians crucifixion constitutio marcomannic destruction citizenship persecution triumvirate independent constantius herculaneum institution cassiodorus constantine burgundians mithridatic usurpations charlemagne consulships catalaunian timesitheus mercenaries annexations augustulus adrianople aemilianus foundation eliminates theodosian magnentius hortensian censorship accessions diocletian theodosius anastasius radagaisus visigothic mauretania belisarius annexation allobroges ostrogoths elagabalus germanicus pescennius usurpation
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The Cottage Garden by Anne Scott-James (£12.50)Publisher: Allen Lane — 1981Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0713912634]Condition: Very Good - in Good DJ. Heavily faded at the spine. Text bright and tight.Description: Illustrated with B&W photographs and drawings. From the cover: “The medieval husbandman with his yard, the Tudor housewife with her bed of herbs, the eighteenth-century artisan cultivating exquisite auriculas for show, the factory worker of the industrial revolution growing prize pansies as his one happy link with the natural world these are the men and women who created the cottage garden. To them we must add the illustrious names of richer or better educated people who loved and encouraged cottage gardening John Claudius Loudon, William Cobbett, William Robinson, Miss Gertrude Jekyll and others, some fighting a political battle to win better conditions for cottagers, others drawing inspiration from the beauty of the cottage garden and its flowers. Cottage vegetables and cooking are also part of the story. Today, some of the best gardeners in Britain are cottagers, and the book ends with a section on modern gardens.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Brown boards with Gilt titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 159 pages. Tags: cottage garden the eighteenth century edwardian farm labourer cultivation peasant origin village artisans gardeners livestock vegetables herbs tools seeds social conscience cottage-garden medieval cottage myles birket foster william stephen coleman victorian painter healthy vegetables thomas hardy’s cottage climbing roses helen allingham snapdragons potato thomas bernard royal horticultural society geranium inarching carrots cabbage violets strawberries kitchen scene cultivation carnations tulip gooseberry cowslip oxlip devonshire cottage flower transplanters window garden rustic
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Paul Of Tarsus by T. R. Glover (£9.50)Publisher: Student Christian Movement — 1927Binding: Hardback Condition: Good. Gently faded at the spine, bruised at head, tail and corners. Top edges of text block tanned, foredges less so but with some spotting. Text bright and tight.Description: 3rd Edition.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Blue boards with Black titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 256 pages. Tags: tarsus jerusalem damascus gospel the church the human paul the love christ the consummation biblical passages claudius lysias cilician king syennesis jews colonists stoic school xenophon socrates
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Shakespeare: Hit of Miss? by John Miller Gielgud (£9.50)Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson — 1991Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0283060883]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners with commensurate ruffling to the dust Wrapper with a small nick at the head of the spine. Slightly shelf cocked. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: Illustrated with black and white photographs.Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 192 pages. Tags: stratford-on-avon granville-barker fellow-actors shakespearean shakespeare’s theatre-goers verse-dramas interpreters westmoreland shakespeare theatrical piccadilly gloucester playwright directors midsummer ensembles donalbain falstaff directed prospero memorial scotland director merchant claudius tapestry costumes greatest benedick scenery nothing denmark twelfth bastard measure macbeth night’s company hamlets capulet tragedy tempest escalus horatio othello theatre richard phoenix queen’s finest
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The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire: 28 Selected Chapters by Edward Gibbon (£9.50)Publisher: Wordsworth Editions — 1998Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 1853264997]Condition: Very Good. Light reading creases to the spine otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: Edited and annotated, with an Introduction by Antony Lentin and Brian Norman. From the cover: “Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality — seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style, learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader through the history of Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 — an enthralling account by ‘the greatest of the historians of the Enlightenment’. This edition includes Gibbon’s footnotes and quotations, here translated for the first time, together with brief explanatory comments, a precis of the chapters not included, 16 maps, a glossary, and a list of emperors.”Notes: Size: B Format (7¾" x 5¼"). In the Classics of World Literature series. 1056 pages. Tags: antoniniana trebonianus argentorate valentinian babylonians crucifixion constitution marcomannic destruction citizenship persecution triumvirate independent constantius herculaneum institution cassiodorus constantine burgundians mithridatic usurpations charlemagne consulships catalaunian timesitheus mercenaries annexations augustulus adrianople aemilianus foundation eliminates theodosian magnentius hortensian censorship accessions diocletian theodosius anastasius radagaisus visigothic mauretania belisarius annexation allobroges ostrogoths elagabalus germanicus pescennius
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The Splendour of the Dawn by John Oxenham (£9.50)Publisher: Longmans Green & Co — 1930Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Fine - in Poor DJ. DJ has several tears and pieces missing, now wrapped to prevent further damageDescription: The story of a young Roman, Claudius who being carried away by the mob excitement on the day of Calvary flung a stone as Christ passed.
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The Course of Honour by Lindsey Davis (£5.50)Publisher: Arrow — 1998Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9780099227427]Condition: Very Good.Description: First in this edition. From the cover: “The love story of the Emperor Vespasian, who brought peace to Rome after years of strife, and his mistress, the freed slave woman Antonia Caenis, this book recreates Ancient Rome’s most turbulent period — the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, and Vespasian’s rise to power. As their forbidden romance blossoms, she is embroiled in political intrigue, while he embarks on a glorious career. Years pass, then Vespasian risks all in the climactic struggle for power — bringing hope for Rome, but a threat to the relationship that has endured so long. The Course of Honour will delight not only the fans of Lindsey Davis’s bestselling Falco novels, but anyone with an interest in the era that inspired Robert Graves’s classic, I, Claudius.”Notes: Size: A Format (Approx. 4¼" x 7"). Tags: ancient blossoms century crime embroiled emperor english fiction five forbidden historical history intrigue julii most mystery period political romance rome rome's the turbulent vespasian
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Roman Britain by I. A. Richmond (£4.00)Publisher: Penguin — 1964Binding: Paperback Condition: Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wraps. Pages lightly age-tanned. Slightly fragile with age now.Description: Vol. I in the series. Later printing. Illustrated with black and white photographs. From the cover: “This book provides a general picture of the Roman province of Britain during the period from A.D. 43 until the fifth century. It does not attempt to furnish a continuous historical account, for which neither the written sources nor the archaeological material can provide enough evidence. The nearest approach to this is in the description of the military subjugation and organization of the province, dealt with here in considerable detail in an attempt to relate it to general policy, and to give a closer account of its changes than is usually attempted. The towns are considered analytically, with emphasis on their social function in the several communities of which they were the centres, and upon their connexions both with the Roman state and the native tribe, and attention is given to the smaller centres both in civil and military areas. Religious cults, their buildings, and their artistic expression are brought into relation with the provincial social order. Commerce and the countryside are the themes of other chapters, and the development of provincial resources in agriculture arid raw products is described. The book is illustrated by eight pages of plates.”Notes: Size: A Format (7" x 4½"). In the Pelican History of England series. 240 pages. Tags: aberffraw abundantia adiutrix adminius advances agricola's alaisiagae alateivae alchester aldborough alderley alexandria allectus amethyst ancaster andernach anglesey anociticus anti-roman antonine aqueducts ariconium arnemetia arnemetiae arretium ascanius atecotti atrebatum aurelius ausonius backworth bailiffs basilica bastions battersea belgarum belisama bewcastle blackmore bollihope borcovicium bordeaux boudicca bramdean brigandage brigantes brigantia britannia britannica caelestis caerleon
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Roman Britain by I. A. Richmond (£4.00)Publisher: Pelican — 1963Binding: Paperback Condition: Poor. An acceptable reading copy, with wear to the edges of the wraps, tanning and light dog-earing of the leaves. Text complete, and acceptable.Description: From the cover: “This book provides a general picture of the Roman province of Britain during the period from A.D. 43 until the fifth century. It does not attempt to furnish a continuous historical account, for which neither the written sources nor the archaeological material can provide enough evidence. The nearest approach to this is in the description of the military subjugation and organization of the province, dealt with here in considerable detail in an attempt to relate it to general policy, and to give a closer account of its changes than is usually attempted. The towns are considered analytically, with emphasis on their social function in the several communities of which they were the centres, and upon their connexions both with the Roman state and the native tribe, and attention is given to the smaller centres both in civil and military areas. Religious cults, their buildings, and their artistic expression are brought into relation with the provincial social order. Commerce and the countryside are the themes of other chapters, and the development of provincial resources in agriculture arid raw products is described. The book is illustrated by eight pages of plates.”Notes: Jacket designed by John Brinkley. Size: A Format (7" x 4½"). 240 pages. Tags: aberffraw abundantia adiutrix adminius advances agricola's alaisiagae alateivae alchester aldborough alderley alexandria allectus amethyst ancaster andernach anglesey anociticus anti-roman antonine aqueducts ariconium arnemetia arnemetiae arretium ascanius atecotti atrebatum aurelius ausonius backworth bailiffs basilica bastions battersea belgarum belisama bewcastle blackmore bollihope borcovicium bordeaux boudicca bramdean brigandage brigantes brigantia britannia britannica caelestis caerleon
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Seeing Roman Britain by Leonard Cottrell (£4.00)Publisher: Pan — 1967Binding: Paperback Condition: Good. An acceptable reading copy with clear signs of previous ownership and shelf wear.Description: A thoroughly practical guide-book intended for the walker, cyclist and motorist or the fireside reader. 363pp. Index. Advertisements. Notes: Size: A Format (Approx. 4¼" x 7"). Tags: aberffraw abundantia adiutrix adminius advances agricola's alaisiagae alateivae alchester aldborough alderley alexandria allectus amethyst ancaster andernach anglesey anociticus anti-roman antonine aqueducts ariconium arnemetia arnemetiae arretium ascanius atecotti atrebatum aurelius ausonius backworth bailiffs basilica bastions battersea belgarum belisama bewcastle blackmore bollihope borcovicium bordeaux boudicca bramdean brigandage brigantes brigantia britannia britannica caelestis caerleon
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The Course of Honour by Lindsey Davis (£3.50)Publisher: Arrow — 1998Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0099227428]Condition: Very Good.Description: From the cover: “The love story of the Emperor Vespasian, who brought peace to Rome after years of strife, and his mistress, the freed slave woman Antonia Caenis, this book recreates Ancient Rome’s most turbulent period — the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, and Vespasian’s rise to power. As their forbidden romance blossoms, she is embroiled in political intrigue, while he embarks on a glorious career. Years pass, then Vespasian risks all in the climactic struggle for power — bringing hope for Rome, but a threat to the relationship that has endured so long. The Course of Honour will delight not only the fans of Lindsey Davis’s bestselling Falco novels, but anyone with an interest in the era that inspired Robert Graves’s classic, I, Claudius.”Notes: Size: A Format (7" x 4½"). 352 pages. Tags: ancient blossoms century crime embroiled emperor english fiction five forbidden historical history intrigue julii most mystery period political romance rome rome's the turbulent vespasian
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