![Item #2353034 History of Julius Caesar. Vol. I. [Volume 1]. Jacob Abbott](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2353034.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1777381321)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866. Hard Cover.
Corners rubbed and exposed, parish library bookplate on front endpaper but no other marks, fore edge margin of a few pages stained, lightly foxed throughout.
xv, 463 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Julius Caesar, hand-colored fold-out maps. Volume.....
Berwick, Maine: Ibis Press / Nicolas-Hays, Inc. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. An excellent copy.
xxxvi, 249, xv, 204, [4] pp. 2004 reissue of two works first released in 1895 and 1898, with a new foreword by R.A. Gilbert. In The House of the Hidden Places, first published in.....
Lipsiae [Leipzig]: C.H.F. Hartmann, 1823. Half-Leather.
Boards lightly rubbed with fore edge corners slightly exposed, small sticker on corner of front endpaper, ink names and date on front endpapers, a few numbers in pencil on rear endpaper1956 Chateau-Margaux label laid in.
xii, 196 pp. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards.....
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1824. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover.
First English translation. Binder's copy. Front board loosening but still holding, half of backstrip missing.
xxxvi, 179 pp. Translated by the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, A.M., with notes. The Birds is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes.....
New York: Penguin Books, 2006. Reprint. Trade Paperback.
Reprint. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy.
xlvi, 254 pp. Translated with notes by Martin Hammond, introduction by Diskin Clay. Also includes a chronology of Marcus Aurelius' life, suggestions for further reading, index of names, index of quotations, and general index.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1898. Pyle, Howard. Hard Cover.
No jacket. First blank loosening but still holding, ink name on first blank, fold-out map missing portion.
xii, 286 pp. Maroon boards, gilt titles and decor. Frontispiece and plates by Howard Pyle; fold-out map of Greece follows text. Paves the.....
. A Lyon Chez Amble Leroy, 1807. Full-Leather.
Very minor insect wear to spine, bookplates onf front endpapers.
xxiv, 391 pp. Volume 1 of 2. French text. Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king.....
Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. A couple tears and creases along top edge of volume 1 jacket, article taped to front jacket flap, edges faintly foxed, jackets rubbed.
ix, 254; 389 pp. Two volume set. Color and black-and-white photographs, graphs, charts, and diagrams.....
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1876. Hard Cover.
Gallus: Front hinge weakening. Both volumes: Some loss to spine head and to spine base, ink stamp and ink name on front endpapers.
xxi, 535; xxi, 512 pp. Two volume set. Wilhelm Adolf Becker's classics works on life in ancient Greece and.....
London / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Singing Dragon, 2011. Trade Paperback.
An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
vi, 293 pp. The Secret of Everlasting Life is the first translation from the Chinese of the second-century "Can Dong Qi" This ancient work, the earliest known text on.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his name in ink on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by.....
Garden City, New York: Dover Publications, 2024. Reissue. Trade Paperback.
2024 reprint of 1967 unabridged republication of the 1895 edition. Brand new from publisher. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xiv, 704 pp. "Fascinating compendium of ancient Egyptian mythology, religious beliefs and magical practices. Includes spells, incantations.....
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2020. Reprint. Hard Cover.
New. Reprint. An exceptional copy.
256 pp. Includes 330 illustrations. A full, authoritative, and wholly engaging account of these endlessly fascinating tales and of the ancient society in which they were created. Greek myths are among the most complex and influential.....
New York: Osprey, 2005. Hook, Adam. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Covers lightly toned.
64 pp. Sieges played a central role in many conflicts of the ancient world and generals, including Darius, Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Scipio Africanus successfully used siegecraft to gain their objectives. As siege tactics.....
New York: Norton, 2007. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. Remainder mark.
302 pp. Scholar Andrew Dalby delves into the world that first heard the Odyssey and the Iliad, asking new questions about the poet named Homer. Rediscovering Homer follows the growth of the legend of Troy from a kernel.....
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Minimal wear to corners. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
xxiv, 286 pp. The force that forged an empire. The furious thunder of thousands of hooves, the clatter and sheen of bronze.....
Parisiis [Paris]: Simonem Benard, via Jacobaea, e regione Collegii Claromontani Societatis Jesu. 1676. First Edition. Full-Leather.
First edition. Lacks frontispiece by Louis Cossin, otherwise complete. Joints beginning to split with minor loss from backstrip, minor loss from front board and corners, surface tear to front endpaper (as if a bookplate.....
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1881. First American Edition. Small Hard Cover.
First American edition. Light stain along edge of volume one, some pages lightly foxed.
iv, 319; 322 pp. Seven pages of advertisements follow text. Translated from the German edition (Der Kaiser) with revisions by Clara Bell. An historical.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Page ridges foxed.
x, 88 pp. Iphigenia in Tauris is a drama by the playwright Euripides, written between 414 BC and 412 BC. It has much in common with another of Euripides's plays, Helen, as well as the.....
![Item #2345572 The Greatness and Decline of Rome, Vol. V: The Republic of Augustus [Volume 5]....](https://yesterdaysmuse.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/2345572.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1735330544)
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1909. Hard Cover.
U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him) with his bookplate on front endpaper. No jacket. Rear hinge starting.....
New York: Osprey, 2007. Bull, Peter. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
48 pp. Formidable and sophisticated, triremes were the deadliest battleship of the ancient world, and at the height of their success, the Athenians were the dominant exponents of their devastating power. Primarily longships designed to.....
New York: Osprey Publishing, 2022. Hook, Adam. 1st Printing. Soft Cover.
First printing. An exceptional copy.
80 pp. You may be familiar with the Athenian trireme – but how much do you know about the ram-armed, triple-oared warships that it dueled against at the battles of Artemision, Salamis and the.....
New York: Osprey, 2015. Noon, Steve. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Minor general wear.
64 pp. One of the most powerful men in late antiquity, Attila's peerless Hunnic empire stretched from the Ural to the Rhine river. In a series of epic campaigns dating from the AD 430s until.....
London: Londini: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, 1715. Full-Leather.
Binder's copy. Front board loose, minor loss from corners, ink name on front flyleaf.
[viii], 141, [2] pp. Full calf, gilt titles, decorations, & rules, marbled endpapers. Latin text. A work of history by a contemporary of Hadrian.
New York: Crown Business, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Signed by author on half-title page without inscription. Jacket spine head lightly bumped.
xii, 308 pp. Based on an extraordinary collaboration between Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO, and editor in chief of Forbes Media, and classics professor John Prevas, Power.....