New York: Penguin Books, 2009. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
First printing. Remainder mark, rear cover creased and soiled.
xvii, 296 pp. "Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the.....
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges lightly worn.
xiii, 409 pp. The relentlessly self-promoting amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann took full credit for discovering Homer's Troy over one hundred years ago, and since then generations have thrilled to the tale of his ambitions.....
Dafni, Greece: Periscopio Publications, 2007. Giannopoulos, C.; Fronimidis, R.; Ginala, M. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Top corner bumped.
100 pp. The definitive history of the fabled battle at the pass of Thermopylae. For 2 and 1/2 days Spartan King Leonidas lead his 300 along with a contingent of.....
New York: Osprey, 2010. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
64 pp. By the end of the First Punic War against Carthage, the Romans had reduced the capital city of the Carthaginian Empire to a heap of ashes and destroyed its culture. In 219 BC, however, Hannibal.....
New York: Osprey, 2010. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
64 pp. One of the greatest military commanders in history, Julius Caesar's most famous victory - the conquest of Gaul - was to him little more than a stepping stone to power. An audacious and decisive general.....
New York: Osprey, 2012. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
64 pp. Pompey, or Pompey the Great, was one of the best military leaders of the late Roman Republic. His campaigns against the Marians, his battles in Hispania and his defeat of the Mediterranean pirates launched him.....
UK/New York: Osprey, 2009. Noon, Steve. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
96 pp. This Osprey Campaign title brings to life the story of Rome's most famous revolt, the Slave War (73-71 BC), and the ex-gladiator who led it. In the year 73 BC, the Thracian Spartacus.....
UK/New York: Osprey, 2008. Dennis, Peter. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
96 pp. Osprey's study of one of the most important battles of the Peloponnesian War (431 - 404 BC). In 415 BC Athens launched a large expeditionary force, its goal the rich, grain-producing island of.....
UK/New York: Osprey Publishing, 1993. 5th Printing. Soft Cover.
Fifth printing. Minor general wear.
96 pp. The earliest battle in history which can be reconstructed in detail, Qadesh (c. 1300 BC) pitted the two great warriors of the age against each other, Muwatallish of Hatti and the great warrior-Pharaoh Rameses.....
London: Greenhill Books, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. An exceptional copy.
A revised edition of a study of the wars of ancient Israel, which ranges from the invasion of Canaan by the Israelites under Joshua's command to the Maccabees' successful rebellion against Seleucid domination, updated to take account.....
New York: Dorset Press, 1992. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
Top edge of jacket lightly toned. Corner of title page clipped, owner's stamp on page 117.
296 pp. "From the start of the Marian Army reforms to the accession of Septimius Severus, H.M.D. Parker gives us every aspect of the.....
UK/New York: Osprey, 2012. Dennis, Peter. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
96 pp. Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles of pre-20th century history. Close to 100,000 hoplite and light-armed Greeks took on an even larger barbarian army that included elite Asian.....
UK/New York: Osprey, 2013. Dennis, Peter. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
96 pp. In the seventh year of the Second Peloponnesian or 'Archidamian' War the Athenians occupied the promontory of Pylos on the west coast of the Peloponnese as a counterstroke to Sparta's repeated invasions of.....
UK/New York: Osprey, 2010. Dennis, Peter. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
96 pp. Osprey's study of a crucial battle of the Grerco-Persian Wars (499-449 BC). Weeks after the glorious disaster at Thermopylae and heavy but inconclusive fighting at sea off Artemisium, with Athens now in barbarian.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Remainder mark.
xvii, 264 pp. The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend that has been the inspiration for novelists, filmmakers, and.....
UK/New York: Osprey, 2007. Hook, Richard. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. A fine copy.
96 pp. Granicus River was Alexander's first great victory over the Persians, where he demonstrated the heroic style of active and decisive leadership that was the hallmark of his career. After assuming the throne of.....
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. 7th Printing. Large Softcover.
Seventh printing. Remainder mark, faint edge wear.
Introduction by Victor David Hanson. Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and still most famous.....
New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1998. 9th Printing. Large Softcover.
Ninth printing. Highlighting, scratch on rear cover.
xxxiii, 713 pp. Introduction by Victor David Hanson. Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta "a possession for all time," and indeed it is the first and.....
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. Small Hard Cover.
No jacket, hinges starting, no publisher date (circa late 1800s), pages 175-178 loose but included.
vi, 182 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; First Book of the War in Gaul--Caesar Drives First the Swiss and Then the Germans Out of Gaul--B.C. 58; Second Book of the.....
London: Salamander Books, 1980. First UK Edition. Large Hardcover.
First UK edition. Top and bottom of jacket spine worn.
224 pp. This superbly illustrated volume traces the evolution of the art of warfare in the Greek and Roman worlds between 1600 B.C. and A.D. 800, from the rise of Mycenaean.....