The Oresteia.
Norwalk: Easton, 1979. 177pp., illustrated by Michael Ayrton. 4to, gilt-stamped forest green leather, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1979). Fine. More
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On the Use of the Ophthalmoscope in Diseases of the Nervous System and of the Kidneys.
Birmingham: Classics of Ophthalmology, 1985. Color frontispiece. 405pp. 8vo, full brown leather. a.e.g. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology, 1985). Fine. Facsimile of the 1871 edition. More
Lectures on the Human Eye in Its Normal and Pathological Conditions.
Birmingham: Classics of Ophthalmology, 1991. 95 text illustrations. 208pp. 8vo, full decoratively gilt green leather, a.e.g. (New York: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology, 1991). A fine copy. German born ophthalmologist who founded the American Journal of Ophthalmology. Facsimile of the N.Y., 1880 edition. More
Anacreontis Odaria ad Textus Barnesiani Fidem Emendata
London: White and Miller, 1802. 130 pages, slim 12mo, full pebbled brown morocco, ornately gilt on spine and covers inner dentelles, all edges gilt, inner frot hinge reinforced. London: White and Miller, 1802. Very good (+). More
Minor Attic Orators.
London: Harvard Univ. Press/ Heinemann, 1968. Translated by K.J. Maidment & J.O. Burtt. 2 volumes, 12mo, green cloth, price-clipped d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, 1968. Reprint Edition. A fine pair in near fine dust wrappers. Loeb Classical Library, Books #308, #395. Text in Greek and English. More
The Birds
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Introduction by Dudley Fitts, Illustrations by Marian Parry. xii + 52pp. on double fold paper, tall 8vo, leather-backed patterned boards in decorative board portfolio, slipcase; bump to foredge of portfolio. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. A fine copy. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. More
Lysistrata
London: Odyssey, 1967. 8 full page black & white erotic illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Slim 4to, light blue paper covered boards, printed paper label on front cover. New York: Odyssey Publications, 1967. Limited edition. A fine copy in a faded and bumped lavender clamshell case. Number 5 of 515 numbered copies. This edition reproduces in facsimile the 1896 edition (100 copies) and is printed on handmade paper. More
The Plays of Aristophanes.
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1982. 2 volumes. 8vo, full brown morocco, ornately gilt covers and spines, all edges gilt. Franklin: Franklin Center, 1982. Limited Edition. Fine. More
The Wasps of Aristophanes.
Londobn: George Bell. The Greek Texts Revised; with a Translation into Corresponding Meters, and Original Notes. By Benjamin Brinkley Rogers. 291 pages with text in English & Greek. Tall 8vo, brown blind-stamped cloth. London: George Bell, ca. 1875. Near Fine. With the bookplate of H. Buxton Forman. More
The Birds, The Frogs.
Norwalk: Easton, 1979. The Birds illustrated by Marian Parry; The Frogs illustrated by John Austen. 52; 62pp. Thin 4to, gilt-stamped leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1979). A fine copy. More
The Birds.
Norwalk: Easton, 1987. Ilustrated by Marian Parry. 4to, gilt-stamped green leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1987). A fine copy. More
The Frogs.
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Translated from the Greek by William James Hickie with an introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood-engravings by John Austen. 64pp. Tall slim 4to, pale pictorial cloth, brown board slipcase (broken). New York & Haarlem: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. A very good(+) copy in a poor box. One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator, and printed in Haarlem by the office of Joh. Enschede en Zonen. More
Lysistrata.
Norwalk: Easton, 1983. A new version by Gilbert Seldes. Illustrated by Pablo Picasso. 117pp. Slim square 4to, gilt-stamped red leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1983). Spine ans part of cover are faded else near fine. More
Lysistrata.
Norwalk: Easton, 1983. A new version by Gilbert Seldes. Illustrated by Pablo Picasso. 117pp. Slim square 4to, gilt-stamped red leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1983). A fine copy. More
Aristotelis de Republica Libri VIII et Oeconomica ex Recensione Immanuelis Bekkeri.
Oxford: Oxf, 1837. Aristotelis Opera, Tomus X. 427 pages with text in Greek. 8vo, original red cloth, worn at ends and corners lightly bumped; paper spine label partially eradicated. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1837. Very good. More
Meteorologica
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. Translated by H.D.P. Lee. 16mo, green cloth, d.w.; price clipped. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, (1962). Reprint Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Loeb Classical Library, no. 397. Text in Greek and English. More
Minor Works
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. Translated by W.S. Hett. 16mo, green cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press/ London: Heinemann, (1963). Reprint Edition. Fine. Loeb Classical Library, no. 307. Text in Greek and English. More
Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. xxiii+524pp. Tall & thick 4to, terra cotta cloth, d.w. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, (2008). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Published in association with Yale University Press in conjunction with the Met exhibition, "Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C." held from November 18, 2008 - March 15, 2009. More
Peri Politeias
Firenze: Felice Le Monnier, 1968. Main text in Greek, supplementary text in Italian. Introduction, critical text and commentary by Umberto Albini. 97pp; unopened. Thin 8vo, stiff wrappers (slightly edge worn). Firenze: Felice Le Monnier, 1968. A very good(+) copy. Biblioteca Nazionale: Serie Dei Classici Greci e Latini. More
The Poems of Bacchylides: From a Papyrus in the British Museum
London: British Museum, 1897. Edited by Frederic G. Kenton. Tall 8vo, dark brown blind-stamped cloth; spine evenly faded. London: British Museum, London (1897). Near Fine. Text in English and Greek. More
The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1986. xxviii + 314 pages, 8vo, full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1986. A fine copy. "The above is the first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as independent science." GM 2281. Facsimile of the London, 1793 edition. More
Unearthing the Past: Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Illustrated. xxxiii + 428 pages, large 8vo, grey boards, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1999). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
La Morale d'Epicure, Tiree de Ses Propres Ecrits
Paris: Desaint & Saillant, 1758. Small engraved portrait on title page. One engraved plate. 374pp. + "Approbation". 12mo, full mottled leather; bookplate inside front cover, early ownership notes on title page, covers lightly worn with some minor loss at spine ends, front hinge mended. Paris: Chez desaint & Saillant, 1758, A very good copy. More
Aegean Turkey; An Archaeological Guide.
London: Ernest Benn, 1967. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. chipped, corners of cloth lightly bumped. London: Ernest Benn, (1967). Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. More
The Discovery of Egypt.
Paris: Flammarion, 1990. Translated by Bambi Ballard. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 271 pages. Tall 4to, red cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper spine slightly sunned. (Paris: Flammarion, 1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More