Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. A Very Good copy of the First Paperback Edition with light shelfwear, mild bumping to corners, some light scuffing to yellow wraps. 275pp., a handful of b/w maps. // 'This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century B.C. and the great rival of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. Michael Whitby presents essays on key aspects of Spartan history and society, by some of the leading classicists in the world, such as Paul Cartledge, Anton Powell, and Stephen Hodkinson.' -- publisher.
Published by Ambit, 1993
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. 2 Selima Hill Poems Freire Wright Drawing 8 Judy Gahagan Setting the Piazzas Alight Anne Howeson Drawing 16 Hugh Hall Poems 17 Julie Whitby Poems 19 Charles Shearer Christmas in Prague 24 Barbara Clarke Poems Charles Shearer Drawing 27 Alexis Lykiard Family Mementoes or Jacques Prévert The Slavedriving Angel Ken Cox Drawing 35 Jennifer Olds Poems 38 Nicki Jackowska Poems Laura Knight Drawings 42 Anthony Howell Poems 45 Sue Flynn Of Dolls and Games Ian Pollock Drawing 48 Peter Finch Poems 50 Simon Woolford for Ballard's Coming To America 55 Ted Burford Poems 57 Martin Stannard Poems 60 Judi Benson Poems 62 Sue Hubbard Poem 63 Victor Anant Donkey (for Monkey) Michael Foreman Drawing 67 Alistair Wisker Poems 69 Sophie Frank Veil 73 Chris Bendon Poems 76 Jim Burns Reviews 81 Edmund Prestwich Poems 83 Jessica Spanyol Drawings for Mr T. S. Eliot 87 R. G. Gregory Poems 89 James Laughlin Byways.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in black binding without dust jacket. Some light wear to edges of the boards with light bumping to the heel of the spine. A bit of scuffing to the covers also. 275 pages with footnotes, maps, glossary, chronology, guide to further reading, bibliography, and index. A collection of 14 essays on ancient Spartan history, culture, and society. The essays are: 1. The Credibility of Early Spartan History, 2. The Government of Classical Sparta, 3. Trials at Sparta, 4. Spartiate Landownership and Inheritance, 5. Dining Groups, Marriage, Homosexuality, 6. Social Order and the Conflict of Values in Classical Sparta, 7. Spartan Wives: Liberation or Licence?, 8. Religion in Public Life, 8. Religion in Public Life, 9. Perioecic Society, 10. The Helot Threat, 11. The Obligations of Helots, 12. Sparta's 'Foreign Policy,' 13. The Origins and Organization of the Peloponnesian League, 14. The Decline of Sparta.
Published by UBC Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2005
ISBN 10: 0774811943 ISBN 13: 9780774811941
Language: English
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 383 pages. Index. Selected bibliography. Footnotes. Black and white photographic plates. "Commander Layard wrote almost daily in his diary, in bold, neat script, from the time he entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1913 until his retirement in 1947. The pivotal 1943-45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard's preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea." - from back cover. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. A pleasing copy.
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Brand New. annotated edition. 280 pages. 8.50x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Published by Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2005
ISBN 10: 0774811935 ISBN 13: 9780774811934
Language: English
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Published by Cambridge University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 0521782740 ISBN 13: 9780521782746
Language: English
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Published by Cambridge University Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 0521782732 ISBN 13: 9780521782739
Language: English
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 663 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.
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