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Published by Penguin Books; Penguin Classics Series, Harmondsworth, 1971
ISBN 10: 0140442537ISBN 13: 9780140442533
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 430 pages, maps; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his total defeat of Persia, and his campaigns through Egypt, India and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges from this record as an unparalleled and charismatic leader, Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective and fully rounded portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power and worshipped as a god in his own lifetime. Aubrey de Selincourt's vivid translation is accompanied by J. R. Hamilton's introduction, which discusses Arrian's life and times, his synthesis of other classical sources and the composition of Alexander's army. The edition also includes maps, a list for further reading and a detailed index. / Arrian, or Lucius Flavius Arrianus, was a Greek born of well-to-do parents at Nicomedia, the capital of the Roman province of Bithynia, probalbly a few years before A.D. 90. His father had been granted Roman citizenship which enabled Arrian to take up his career in the imperial service. In about A.D. 108 he studied philosophy under Epictetus and wrote down his sayings in the Discourses, and a summary of his teachings in a Manual. His imperial advancement was rapid, and in A.D. 129 or 130 he achieved the consulship. But it was his appointment as governor of the border province of Cappadocia a year later which shows how greatly the Emperor Hadrian trusted his undoubted military and administrative abilities. His command included two Roman legions and numerous auxiliary troops, a rare, perhaps unexampled, responsibility for a Greek at that time. In A.D. 134 he drove the invading Alans out of Armenia in a campaign he describes in The Formation against the Alans. He also wrote a Tactical Manual for cavalry, and the Circumnavigation of the Black Sea, an account of the voyage he undertook from Trapezus to Dioscurias in 131-2. He retired or was recalled before the death of Hadrian in 138, and devoted the rest of his life to writing, living at Athens. He became an Athenian citizen and rose to be chief magistrate in 145, which qualified him to become a member of the Areopagus, the chief governing body of Athens. Nothing further is known for certain of his life. The surviving works of Arrian's Athenian period are a handbook, On the Chase, The Campaigns of Alexander in seven books, and the Indica, an account of the voyage of Alexander's fleet form India to the Perisian Gulf. Aubrey de Selincourt, scholar and translator, translated Livy's The Early History of Rome (Books I--V) and The War with Hannibal (Books XXI--XXX), The Histories of Herodotus and The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, all for the Penguin Classics. He was born in 1896 and educated at Rugby, and University College, Oxford. A schoolmaster of genius for twenty-six years, he retired in 1947 to the Isle of Wight, where he lived until his death in 1962." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Published by Harmondsworth, Penguin (Non-Classics),, 1970
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1970. 199 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Penguin Modern Classics, Harmondsworth, 1964
Seller: East Kent Academic, Bridge, Canterbury, KENT, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. First published 1940. Controversial Hungarian-born British citizen who fought with the Foreign Legion and the British Army during the war. The problems of ends and means, love and truth and social organization see through the eyes of Old Bolshevik, Rubashov, as he awaits death in a Soviet prison after the Moscow Trials of the 1930s.
Published by Penguin Books; Penguin Classics Series, Harmondsworth, 1999
ISBN 10: 0140449272ISBN 13: 9780140449273
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. xlvi, 89 pages; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerge a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Published by Penguin Books; Penguin Classics Series, Harmondsworth, 2003
ISBN 10: 0140449183ISBN 13: 9780140449181
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. lxiii, 85 pages; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. "The eighteen chapters of The Bhagavad Gita (c. 500 b.c.), the glory of Sanskrit literature, encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul. Its three central themes-love, light, and life-arise from the symphonic vision of God in all things and of all things in God. / Juan Mascar taught at Oxford University, Parameshvara College at Jaffna, the University of Barcelona, and Cambridge University. He also translated The Dhammapada and The Upanishads for Penguin Classics. He died in 1987. Simon Brodbeck studied at the Universities of Cambridge and London and completed a Ph.D. thesis on The Bhagavad Gita at the School of Oriental and African Studies." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1957
Seller: East Kent Academic, Bridge, Canterbury, KENT, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Epic poem from 11th century based on Frankish military leader, Roland, at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 CE, during reign of Charlemagne, the oldest surviving major work of French literature. Possibly written by a poet named Turold. This is the 1957 Penguin Classics edition (so first Penguin edition?) translated by the Lord Peter Wimsey creator, Dorothy L Sayers. 206 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £4.95.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, 1977
ISBN 10: 014044050XISBN 13: 9780140440508
Seller: Frances Wetherell, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. 6th reprint. Covers rubbed and creased with neat name on the half title otherwise a firm, clean copy.
Published by Penguin Books; Penguin Classics Series, Harmondsworth, 1982
ISBN 10: 0140444335ISBN 13: 9780140444339
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. 2nd. 262 pages, maps; 20 cm. Translation of De bello Gallico. Revised with a new introduction by Jane F. Gardner. Tight, clean copy. "Between 58 and 50 BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain. This is the record of his campaigns. Caesar's narrative offers insights into his military strategy & paints a fascinating picture of his encounters with the inhabitant of Gaul and Britain, as well as offering lively portraits of a number of key characters such as the rebel leaders and Gallic chieftains. This can also be read as a piece of political propaganda, as Caesar sets down his version of events for the Roman public, knowing that he faces civil war on his return to Rome." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Published by Penguin Books; Penguin Classics Series, Harmondsworth, 1986
ISBN 10: 0140390545ISBN 13: 9780140390544
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. xli, 398 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal journey but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams breathes life into what others might see merely as monuments of a past civilization. With daring and inventive conceits, Adams looks at the ordinary people, places, and events in the context of the social conventions and systems of thought and belief of the thirteenth century, turning the study of history into a kind of theater. As Raymond Carney discusses in his introduction, Adam's freedom from the European traditions of study lends exuberance-and puckish wit-to his writings." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Published by Penguin Books; Penguin Classics Series, Harmondsworth, 1987
ISBN 10: 0140445005ISBN 13: 9780140445008
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 477 pages; 21 cm. First published, 1550. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) was an accomplished painter and architect, but it is for his illuminating biographies that he is best remembered. Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, he traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. Great men, and their immortal works, are brought vividly to life, as Vasari depicts the young Giotto scratching his first drawings on stone; Donatello gazing at Brunelleschi's crucifix; and Michelangelo's painstaking work on the Sistine Chapel, harassed by the impatient Pope Julius II. The Lives also convey much about Vasari himself and his outstanding abilities as a critic inspired by his passion for art. George Bull's introduction discusses Vasari's life and influences, and the political and historical background of sixteenth-century Florence. This volume also includes notes on the artists by Peter Murray and a list for further reading." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, 1964
Seller: Frances Wetherell, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some surface wear to the rear cover otherwise a firm, clean copy.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, Middlesex., 1970
ISBN 10: 0140440895ISBN 13: 9780140440898
Seller: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, United Kingdom
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. Reprint. 282pp. Moderate external wear/creases. Internally VG. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Typical browning apparent to edges. Book.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, Middlesex., 1977
ISBN 10: 0140014047ISBN 13: 9780140014044
Seller: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good+. Reprint. 237pp. Minor external wear. Internally VG. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Book.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, Middlesex., 1971
ISBN 10: 0140019502ISBN 13: 9780140019506
Seller: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good+. Reprint. 170pp. Minimal external wear. Internally VG. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Typical browning apparent to edges. Book.
Published by Penguin Books/ Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, et al., 1986
ISBN 10: 014044467XISBN 13: 9780140444674
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Penguin Classics Reprint, 1986. 265 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and clean text.
Published by Penguin Classics/ Penguin Books, Baltimore, MD, Harmondsworth, England, et al., 1964
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 206 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.
Published by Penguin Classics/Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, et al., 1966
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 237 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.
Published by Penguin Classics/Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, et al., 1985
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Copyright © 1985. 268 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Light foxing on page edges. Publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge.
Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin Books, (The Penguin Classics), 1952
Paperback. Condition: Good. 248, (1)p., map, wrps. World renowned epic poem by Luís Vaz de Camões, (1525-1580); "considered to be the poet of the Portuguese nationality".
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, 1974
ISBN 10: 0140440178ISBN 13: 9780140440171
Seller: Frances Wetherell, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. Neat name on the half title otherwise a firm, clean copy.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, 1982
ISBN 10: 0140441204ISBN 13: 9780140441208
Seller: Frances Wetherell, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. 1982 reprint. Neat name to verso of front cover otherwise a firm, clean copy.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1980
ISBN 10: 0140442391ISBN 13: 9780140442397
Seller: Bemrose Books, Otley, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No internal markings or creases to card covers;
Published by Penguin Classics/Penguin Books Limited, Harmondsworth, England, UK, Baltimore, MD, et al., 1967
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Copyright 1967. 267 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. Publisher's remainder marks on top and bottom edge.
Published by Pelican Classics/ Pelican Books/ Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Englang, UK, et al., 1969
ISBN 10: 0140400095ISBN 13: 9780140400090
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Published in Pelican Books: 1969. 236 pp. A great, almost spotlessly clean copy! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copy with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copy with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Moderate browning/tanning/foxing or discoloration on pages. Slightly skewed spine.
Published by Penguin Classics/Penguin Books Limited, Harmondsworth, England, UK, New York, et al., 1976
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprinted 1976. 235 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. Slightly creased spine and back cover.
Published by Viking Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, 1985
ISBN 10: 0140444564ISBN 13: 9780140444568
Seller: JB Books, Garrison, ND, U.S.A.
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Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. The famous Russian author's classic and fascinating non-fictional account of his time spent in Siberia as a political exile in pre-revolutionary Russia, reflecting upon conditions there, his fellow inmates, the nature of the Czarist system and how it treats political prisoners, the social and revolutionary issues of the Russia of his time, much more. Wraps, 362pp. A nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Former Owner Stamp & Signature. Book.
Published by THe Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, 1955
Seller: Frances Wetherell, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. First printing in this translation. Slight spine lean and a tiny stain to the spine otherwise a firm, clean copy.
Published by Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth, England / New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 0140440992ISBN 13: 9780140440997
Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. A 1984 reprint of the 1971 revision. An English-language presentation of major works by the gifted Roman orator Cicero, who has been described as ". . .the greatest rhetorician of all time." Cicero (106-43 B.C.) is known for his arguments against authoritarian rule, among other things. Translated, with an introduction, by Michael Grant. --- In black wraps with image of first century B.C. bust of Cicero. --- A tightly-bound, clean copy, though with slight tanning to leaves and remainder mark to textblock lower edge.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 272 pages.
Published by Penguin Classics/Published by Pengiun Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, 1992
ISBN 10: 014044131XISBN 13: 9780140441314
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 192 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.
Published by Penguin Classics/Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, et al., 1984
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Erich Lessing/Magnum (Cover Photo); John Newberry (Illustrated With Drawings by) (illustrator). Reprinted: 1984/Volume 2. 534 pp. Vol. 2 only! Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Slightly creased and damaged spine. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Book slightly detached from spine. Pencil markings on first free-end page. Publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge.