Modern History from Ancient World Books

Simon & Schuster. Very Good+. 1994. Softcover. 0684813211 . Pages a bit tanned. ; 0.68 x 8.41 x 5.53 Inches; 272 pages; Shay works from an intriguing premise: that the study of the great Homeric epic of war, The Iliad, can illuminate our understanding of Vietnam, and vice versa. Along the way, he compares the battlefield experiences… Read more about this item

Getty Publications. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 0892369248 . Minor shelfwear. ; 232 pages; With elegance and wit, Bruce Redford re-creates the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettanti. He dissects the British connoisseurs whose expeditions, collections, and publications laid the… Read more about this item

Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0300044534 . Very Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Dustjacket spine is sunned. ; Xx, 498pp, illustrated. ; Volume 2 Only; Vol. 2; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 498 pages .

Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag. Fine. 2002. Softcover. 3825312852 . Schriften Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse Der Heidelberger Akademie Der Wissenschaften, 24; 63 pages .

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Westview Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0891586431 . 248 pages .

Ashgate Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0754638731 . V1: bumping to top corners with 1 hard bump/dent (1 cm) to lower edge of front board. VG DJ: minor staining to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. V2: very light bump to 1 corner of book else book is fine. VG+ DJ: minor… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1987. Softcover. 0195062418 . Minor wear to corners of wraps. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Concentrating on land warfare, distinguished U. S. Military historian Jones argues that most military events can be explained by military factors. The framework of his analysis is strategy, which Jones sees as remaining consistent… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster. Very Good+. 1995. Softcover. 0684813211 . Light Shelfwear. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; 0.68 x 8.41 x 5.53 Inches; 272 pages; Shay works from an intriguing premise: that the study of the great Homeric epic of war, The Iliad, can illuminate our understanding of Vietnam, and vice versa. Along the way, he… Read more about this item

Dusseldorf: Artemis & Winkler. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 353807044X . Book is fine. Some scratches to front panel of DJ with small tear to upper corner (1 cm). ; 264pp, a few illustrations.; 264 pages .

Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag. Very Good. 1997. Softcover. 3825305538 . Minor scuffing along lower edge of rear wrap and spine. Else fine. ; Schriften Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse Der Heidelberger Akademie Der Wissenschaften 2; 170 pages .

Firenze: Felice Le Monnier. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. Book is fine. DJ has light shelfwear with faint sunning to spine. ; xliv+300pp + 14pls.; 300 pages .

Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0300044534 . A couple of corners lightly bumped. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Xx, 498pp, illustrated. ; Volume 2 Only; Vol. 2; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 498 pages .

Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag. Fine with no dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 382535170X . Schriften Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse Der Heidelberger Akademie Der Wissenschaften 36; 461 pages .

Thomas Nelson & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Light shelfwear to book. Faint bump to heel of spine. ; Text in french with English commentary. ; 268 pages; Text of Edward Gibbon's journal from his 1764 trip from Geneva to Rome .

Princeton University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0691031746 . Very light rubbing else Fine. ; 96 pages; A case study in American philanthropy, this book describes the beginnings of the Center for Hellenic Studies, a research institute established in 1961 in Washington, D.C. as an outpost of Harvard University. Each year eight post-doctoral… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions De La Différence. Very Good-. 1980. Softcover. Covers worn at extremities, with a couple of small tears. Rubbing to wraps. ; Mythologie des lieux, éditions de la différence. 192pp, nicely illustrated. 'un certain monsieur eiffel'; la tour du siecle; peintres et poetes de la tour; une tour bien romanesque. ; 4to - over 9¾" -… Read more about this item

Good. 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers worn at extremities with creasing and chipping. Title page smudged, a few pencil marks, else Very Good. ; 104pp, illustrated. ; 104 pages .

Voule ton Hellenon. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1998. Paperback. 9605600129 . Light creasing to corners of wraps. Minor shelfwear. ; Text is in Modern Greek. ; 108 pages .

Routledge & Keagan Paul. Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. 0710050100 . Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. DJ have been laminated (which is chipping and has edgewear) and price-clipped. Internally VG. ; Studies in Political History; 244 pages .

University of Toronto Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0802044298 . Very light scuffing to textblock else Fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear else Fine. Signed by author to titlepage. ; The University of Toronto is Canada's leading university and one of Canada's most important cultural and scientific institutions. Covering the history of… Read more about this item