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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Poems of Alcman, Sappho, Ibycus
New York: Knopf, 1945. Rendered from the Greek by Olga Marx and Ernst Morwitz. Designed by Bruce Rogers. 33 page introductory essay by Ernst Morwitz. Thin 8vo, gilt-stamped decorative cloth; spine slightly darkened. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First edition. Internally fine, a near fine copy. Text in Greek with English translation on facing page. One of 950 copies. More
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
Stage Antiquities of the Greeks and Romans and their Influence.
Illus. Small 12mo. London, (1927). 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
The Transformations of Lucius Otherwise Known as The Golden Ass.
Middkesex: Penguin, 1950. Translated by Robert Graves. 298pp. small 8vo, marbled boards, white spine, board slipcase. Middlesex: Penguin, (1950). Fine. One of 2000 copies signed and numbered by Robert Graves. 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 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
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
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. 271pp. Tall 4to, red cloth, d.w. (Paris: Flammarion, 1990). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Beowulf.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Translated into Modern Verse by William Ellery Leonard. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. 4to, cloth-backed patterned boards; publisher's brown paper slipcase, sturdy but well-worn and battered at corners. New York.: Limited Editions Club, 1952. A fine copy in a good slipcase. Limited to one of 1500 numbered copies. More
The Origins of Rome.
New York: Praeger, 1960. Illus. 212pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled on spine portion, otherwise very good. New York: Praeger, (1960). More
The Decameron, or Ten Days Entertainment
London: J. Wright, 1804. Translated from the Italian. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and title vignettes. 2 volumes. 8vos, full tan calf, ornately gilt stamped spines with red and green leather labels, gilt stamped dentelles, marbled endpapers (Head of spine of vol 2 rubbed, crazing to front cover of vol 2 and slightly affecting back cover of volume 1. Two red pen lines on verso of the half title page. Some very light foxing confined to a handful of..... More