Michael J Vickers (38 results)

First Edition. Light shelf wear to the dust jacket. Small patches of light creasing to the top edge of the dust jacket. Tiny tear to the top edge of the dust jacket. The boards show minimal wear. The internal pages are clean and the binding is sound. A solid copy. Includes a fold-out leaflet on "The Legendary world of the Aegean". Dated October 1988. This book would make a very interesting read! International customers, please enquire about shipping due to the weight of this book. Thank you.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 19, No. 107. Cover art by Salter. Includes "Tyger! Tyger!" by A. H. Z. Carr; "Stranger in the Park" by Thomas Walsh; "The Twelve-Minute Grave" by Roy Vickers; "De Crimine" by Miriam Allen deFord; "The Bearded Golfer" by Michael Arlen; "Two of a Kind" by Laurence Kirk; "Dead Man" by James M. Cain; "Torrid Zone" by Fletcher Flora; "The Gold-Makers" by J. B. S. Haldane; "Nesselrode to Jeopardy" by S. J. Perelman; "You Got to Have Luck" (First) by S. R. Ross; "Tom Sawyer, Detective" (conclusion) by Mark Twain; "The Case of the Arctic Explorers" by Austin Ripley; "Detective Directory" by Robert P. Mills. Wraps re-glued; minor soiling; corner wear. Book. …

Folio, hardcover, fine in near fine burgundy pictorial dj. 224 pp. First edition. Profusely illustrated with many color plates, index. Chapters include: Kings of the Sea, Heroes and Men, The Age of Iron and The Rule of Athens. Book.

Condition: Very Good. . paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, ex libris with usual stamps, tanned pages, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 19, No. 107. Cover art by Salter. Includes "Tyger! Tyger!" by A. H. Z. Carr; "Stranger in the Park" by Thomas Walsh; "The Twelve-Minute Grave" by Roy Vickers; "De Crimine" by Miriam Allen deFord; "The Bearded Golfer" by Michael Arlen; "Two of a Kind" by Laurence Kirk; "Dead Man" by James M. Cain; "Torrid Zone" by Fletcher Flora; "The Gold-Makers" by J. B. S. Haldane; "Nesselrode to Jeopardy" by S. J. Perelman; "You Got to Have Luck" (First) by S. R. Ross; "Tom Sawyer, Detective" (conclusion) by Mark Twain; "The Case of the Arctic Explorers" by Austin Ripley; "Detective Directory" by Robert P. Mills. A little scribble and marks in pencil on first page; tanning; edge and corner wear; small losses at spine ends. Book. …

Condition: Very Good. . paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, ex libris with usual stamps, tanned pages, remains very good. . . . .

Condition: Good. Some faded marks to the jacket. The book is clean and readable throughout, a decent copy.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Minor shelfwear to DJ.; 255 pages; Since the eighteenth century, classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" plays. Yet, according to an anonymous Life of Aristophanes, when Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse wanted to know about the government of Athens, Plato sent him a copy of Aristophanes' Clouds. In this boldly revisionist work, Michael Vickers convincingly argues that in his earlier plays, Aristophanes in fact commented on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians. Vickers reads the first six of Aristophanes' eleven extant plays in a way that reveals the principal characters to be based in large part on Pericles and his ward Alcibiades. According to Vickers, the plays of Aristophanes--far from being nonpolitical--actually allow us to gauge the reaction of the Athenian public to the events that followed Pericles' death in 429 B.C., to the struggle for the political succession, and to the problems presented by Alcibiades' emergence as one of the most powerful figures in the state. This view of Aristophanes reaffirms the central role of allegory in his work and challenges all students of ancient Greece to rethink long-held assumptions about this important playwright.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. New. Unwrapped in plastic; 255 pages; Since the eighteenth century, classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" plays. Yet, according to an anonymous Life of Aristophanes, when Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse wanted to know about the government of Athens, Plato sent him a copy of Aristophanes' Clouds. In this boldly revisionist work, Michael Vickers convincingly argues that in his earlier plays, Aristophanes in fact commented on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians. Vickers reads the first six of Aristophanes' eleven extant plays in a way that reveals the principal characters to be based in large part on Pericles and his ward Alcibiades. According to Vickers, the plays of Aristophanes--far from being nonpolitical--actually allow us to gauge the reaction of the Athenian public to the events that followed Pericles' death in 429 B.C., to the struggle for the political succession, and to the problems presented by Alcibiades' emergence as one of the most powerful figures in the state. This view of Aristophanes reaffirms the central role of allegory in his work and challenges all students of ancient Greece to rethink long-held assumptions about this important playwright.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Minor shelfwear to DJ.; 255 pages; Since the eighteenth century, classical scholars have generally agreed that the Greek playwright Aristophanes did not as a matter of course write "political" plays. Yet, according to an anonymous Life of Aristophanes, when Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse wanted to know about the government of Athens, Plato sent him a copy of Aristophanes' Clouds. In this boldly revisionist work, Michael Vickers convincingly argues that in his earlier plays, Aristophanes in fact commented on the day-to-day political concerns of Athenians. Vickers reads the first six of Aristophanes' eleven extant plays in a way that reveals the principal characters to be based in large part on Pericles and his ward Alcibiades. According to Vickers, the plays of Aristophanes--far from being nonpolitical--actually allow us to gauge the reaction of the Athenian public to the events that followed Pericles' death in 429 B.C., to the struggle for the political succession, and to the problems presented by Alcibiades' emergence as one of the most powerful figures in the state. This view of Aristophanes reaffirms the central role of allegory in his work and challenges all students of ancient Greece to rethink long-held assumptions about this important playwright.…

Hardcover. First. Light yellow boards with debossed illustration and gilt lettering; color pictorial DJ, 352pp, 380 illustrations including 80 plates in color. Offers a new and panoramic view of this fascinating subject by twelve expert and distinguished authors; it also contains a practical Guide for Collectors that will be welcomed by ivory's many aficionados. In addition to a bibliography and index there is also an illustrated glossary, guide to public and private collections in the US and Europe, advice on collecting and conservation, and an unusual time chart that highlights the story of ivory within a worldwide context. Good+(Boards are lightly worn/scuffed/smudged at the edges; interior is clean; binding is solid.) Good (DJ is lightly edgeworn/sunned).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bright laminated covers, sound binding, end-papers are darkened on the edge, clean pages and plates. Contains colour plates (full page illustrations) and black and white illustrations. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 78124121032. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book condition: Near Fine with nudge to spine ends. Jacket: VG/Fine with very light handling wear; very faint smudges to rear. A bright copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Drugs in Anaesthetic and Intensive Care Practice This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Condition: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Some pencil notes and marginalia (Jenifer Neils). Some edgewear with laminate lifting along lower edge of rear wrap. Faint creasing.; This book challenges the widely held view that Greek pottery vases were objects of great value in antiquity, commissioned by rich patrons from the greatest artists of the day. Instead, they are shown to have been simply low cost versions of tableware originally made in silver and gold. Vickers and Gill demonstrates how Greek pottery first came to be regarded as a high value commodity in the eighteenth century thanks to clever, if not fraudulent, sales techniques. They explore the ways in which work in gold and silver influenced painted pottery, and examine the primary sources, both literary and epigraphic, to find what materials the ancients did consider to be important.; 0.58 x 9.67 x 7.46 Inches; 254 pages.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Cloth covered hardcover with decorated front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Boards are lightly marked. Corners are bumped. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. 600 copies printed and only 100 hardback. Cream colored cloth with paste-on illustration. Paste-on has one light stain about 1/2"x 1/4" on window. There is a surface scrap over the name of Rosen which removed the o and s of the name. Pages clean and tight with no markings. 34p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

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First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards; front board inner top edge scuffed. Remains very well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Oxford studies in Islamic art ; 3. Physical description; 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Classical Greek fictile imitations of precious metal vases / David W.J. Gill Tombs or hoards : the survival of Chinese silver of the Tang and Song periods, seventh to thirteenth centuries A.D. / Jessica Rawson The survival of precious and base metal objects from the medieval Islamic world / J.W. Allan Temple inventories in Ancient Greece / D.M. Lewis Some literary evidence for gold and silver vessels in the Ming period (1368-1644) / Craig Clunas Silver in Islamic Iran : the evidence from literature and epigraphy / Assadullah Suren Melikian-Chirvani The attitude towards gold and silver in early Islam / G.H.A. Juynboll Plate and its substitutes in Ottoman inventories / Michael Rogers Silver, copper and ceramics in ancient Athens / Michael Vickers Pottery and precious metals in the Roman world / Michael Fulford Precious metal its influence on Tang earthenware / W. Watson Tenth century Yue Ware and silver and gold / Mary Tregear Looking for silver in clay : a new perspective on S?m?nid ceramics / Julian Raby Pottery and metal shapes in Persia in the 12th and 13th centuries / Oliver Watson Notes on the colloquium on ceramics and metalware, Oxford, March 1985 / Alan Caiger-Smith Puritanism and positivism / Julian Raby and Michael Vickers. Subjects; Silverwork, Ancient Congresses. Goldwork, Ancient Congresses. Pottery, Ancient Congresses. Islamic pottery Congresses. 1 Kg. …

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 339 Seiten; 106 Ill. u. graph. Darst. ; 25 cm Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.). Schnitt und Einband sind etwas staubschmutzig; der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 95 pages, illustrations : 25 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Greek vases fill whole wings of museums - from New York to Malibu, from Munich to Paris and London. There has, however, been an important change of emphasis of late - largely initiated by Michael Vickers and David Gill - as a result of which gold and silver have been restored to their central position as markers of wealth and taste. Painted ceramic has now been shown to be a high quality substitute for use in contexts where precious metal would have been inappropriate, notably in tombs, which are the source of the most number of pots that survive complete. This book demonstrates how Greek pottery first came to be regarded as a high value commodity in the eighteenth century thanks to clever.…

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 32x23cm; 37, 16 S. Hardcover. zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst. Zustand: Sehr Gut, eher ungelesen; * Die Photos sind original von uns erstellt worden, u.a. erkennbar an einem kleinen weißen Stück Papier im oberen Schnitt. Ab und an verwenden Suchmaschinen Verlagsphotos, bei den Portalen selbst, werden aber nur unsere Originalphotos gezeigt.…

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 339 Seiten; 106 Ill. u. graph. Darst. ; 25 cm Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten Bibliothek und kann die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen aufweisen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.); der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 610.…