Search Results: Classics from AJ Scruffles

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1947. Hardcover. Good. Dent's Everyman's Library no. 161 of Virgil's epic with an introduction by J. P. Maine. Lacks dust-jacket. Previous owner's name to ffep. Some rubbing and bumping to edges but otherwise tight and clean. Good condition.

London: The Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Impressive Folio Society edition of Burckhardt's 1853 study of Constantine and the later Roman empire, from the reforms of Diocletian and the tetrarchy to constantine's ascension and his adoption of christianity, using the text of the updated 1880 edition. With colour images. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear to slipcase. Contents pristine. Fine condition.

London: George Bell & Sons, 1884. Hardcover. Good. The first thorough exploration of the Roman poet Lucretius' atomic theory (that he gleaned from the Greeks) and what this meant for his interpretation of physics, nature and religion. Masson compares Lucretius' atomic materialism to issue of evolution and free-will. 8vo. [xii] 249pp. rubbing to extremities. Small mark to rear cover. Inscription of Sir Hilton Poynton to ffep, with some instances of his neat underlining and margin notes within. Very light spotting. Otherwise contents clean and binding sound. Good.

Antwerp: Christophorum Plantinum (Christophe Plantin), 1584. Hardcover. Good. The extant literary works of Callimachus in the original greek with a translation into Latin by Bonaventura Vulcanius with annotations and index. Together with the bucolic poetry of Moschus of Syracuse and Bion of Smyrna. Callimachus is perhaps best remembered as a librarian in Alexandria performing the first recorded bibliographic survey but he was an innovative poet, reacting against the epic tradition, his short works are cynical and sensitive and would greatly influence his fellow Alexandrian Cavafy 2000 years later. With decorated initials throughout. 32mo. (120x80mm) [xiv] 272pp with index + 95pp. Full near contemporary leather, recently rebacked with original spine and rear board laid down. Gilt decoration and raised bands to spine. Ex British museum library, sold in their duplicate sale of 1818 with their stamp to rear free endpaper and reverse of title. Published by Plantain, with his device to both… Read More

Cambridge, Mass: Loeb; Harvard University Press, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A revised version of Shackleton's Bailey's translation of Cicero's first six speeches against Mark Antony following the death of Caesar, Some mild rubbing to DJ. Contents crisp and clean. Very good.

London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fascinating exploration of 5th century BC Athens, often looked at through the eyes of Socrates. Mild shelfwear to DJ. Volume is crisp and clean. Very good/near fine.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Thorough study of the 4th century BC manuscript containing a commentary on an Orphic poem, from which the author extrapolates cosmological and theological doctrines. With the manuscript text in original greek and english translation. In crisp fine condition,

London: J. Fuller, J. Rivington, W. Owen, L. Hawes and T. Longman etc., 1770. Hardcover. Very Good. Eighth edition, revised and correct. 'To which is added a supplement to his commentary on the wars in Gaul. As also commentaries on the Alexandrian, Africa and Spanish Wars by Aulus Hirtius or Oppius etc.' Quarter leather binding of Bladen's 1704 translation of Caesar accounts of his wars in Gaul and elsewhere. Complete with twelve fold out plates and maps and with decorations and engravings derived from Palladio. Newly rebound in quarter leather with hand made marbled papers by Jemma Lewis. Raised bands and leather label to spine. 8vo. (215x140mm) [xxxii] 430pp. + indices Toning and foxing to title page and frontispiece. Occasional spotting within. Binding tight. Very good.

London: The Folio Society, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. Elegant Folio Society edition of Virgil perplexingly political, metaphorical epic poem. Ostensibly a poetic guide to agriculture, it reflects the Rome's political travails leading up to the ascension of Augutus and the experience gained. With b/w illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Bound in pleasing canvas cloth. Complete with slipcase. Some shelf-wear comensurate with age, else crisp and clean. Near fine.

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1888. Hardcover. Good. Morley's universal library edition of Euripides plays including Hecuba, Rhesus, his Hercules plays, Helen and the Trojan Captives. Fore edge rough cut. Rubbing to label on spine. Mild shelf-wear and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: R. Fellows; F. & J. Rivington; E. Hodgson; G. Lawford etc., 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. Rebound edition of Arnold's unfinished 1838 history of Rome, 'complete' in three volumes. Rebound in rather rustic fashion, blue cloth with labels to spine. Original marbling to page edges. Printed marbled paper to end-papers to match. Contents clean, tight and bright. Very good overall. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orders*

London: Atlantic Books, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight lean to spine else prim, crisp and clean. Very good+

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1948. Soft cover. Good. Lord Derby's verse translation. Lacks dust-jacket. Previous owner's name to ffep. Some rubbing and bumping to edges but otherwise tight and clean. Good condition.

London: William [Gulielmus] Pickering, 1831. Hardcover. Good. Pickering's Diamond Classics edition of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad. In the original ancient greek, printed in 'diamond type' - 'the smallest ever printed'. A pioneering series that produced classic texts in a compact form with a tiny yet still legible (to those with good eyesight) typeface and bound in cloth, another innovation of William Pickering's. With frontisportrait of Homer and Pickering'd Dolphin/Anchor device to title page (which Pickering copied from Aldus Manutius's renaissance Aldine Press). 64mo. (90x55mm) 351 & 272pp. Spine labels are toned with loss to volume one. Mild discoloration to cloth. Bumping to edges of boards. Mild spotting to front-matter. But otherwise clean and sound. Good.

Leipzig: Gotth. Theoph. Georgi., 1774. Hardcover. Good. The first part of Davis' edition of Maximus of Tyre's Dissertations, essays on various philosophical themes, expanded with notes by Jeremiah Markland and Jakob Reiske. Contains the first 24 pieces with the original ancient greek and latin translation. Full calf with outer dentelles. 8vo. [xxxii] 503pp Rubbing to edges with slight loss to leather. Spotting and toning throughout but binding sound. Good.

New York: Heritage Press, 1942. Hardcover. Good. John Flaxman. Handsome Heritage edition of Pope's verse translation of the Odyssey. With Flaxman's great illustrations. Large 8vo. Blue cloth with blind stamped Greek key to cover and gilt decoration to spine. Small tear to bottom of spine. Toning to spine, mild toning to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Joseph Priestley, 1826. Hardcover. Good. Horace's works with substantial notes and annotations by Doring. Rebound in neat blue cloth. Verse and notes in Latin. Engraved frontisportrait and title page. Slight occasional spotting within. Mild tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good/very good.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1948. Hardcover. Good. Lacks dust-jacket. Some rubbing and bumping to edges but otherwise tight and clean. Good condition.

Antwerp: Christophori Plantini (Christophe Plantin), 1565. Hardcover. Good. The five books of Juvenal's Satires and book one of Persius' satires, with annotations by Theodore Pulman. Printed by christophe Plantin. Text in Latin, annotations in latin to margin. Decorated initials, Plantin's device to title page. Later 17th/18th century leather binding. Small 12mo. 160pp. Boards somewhat bowed. Rubbing to edges, markings to covers. Underlining to portion of Juvenal Book I. Very light spotting to final few pages, else contents clean and binding sound. Good/very good.

London: Franfrolico Press, 1925. Hardcover. Good. Terrific limited edition volume of the thirty pastoral and mythologically themed poems originally attributed to Theocritos, though some are now thought to be the work of other authors. With b/w woodcuts by Lionel Ellis and an introduction by Edward Hutton. 4to. [xxiv] 163pp. Full green coloured vellum with gilt device to cover. Top edge gilt, fore-edge rough cut. Number 3 of 500 copies. No date but c. 1925. Green colour is faded to spine as is common (but this does give a more typical handsome vellum look on the shelf). Boards slightly bowed. Some tissue guards missing but most present. Occasional Infinitesimal spotting. Otherwise clean and prim. Good/very good.