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Hard Cover. Condizione: VG to Fine. VG to Fine. 1st Priinting. 238 pages. Achieving Contentment.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book in fine condition; faint soiling to wraps; faint toning outside edges, with light soiling bottom edge; faint toning to clean interior; binding sound. Dust jacket in very good condition; faint toning; one 1/4-in. tear top of spine at edge with front cover; slight foxing reverse side; not price clipped. 247 numbered pages. 7 1/8 x 5 in. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No DJ. Lightly read if read at all. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Scuffed covers with rubbing to cover edges. Piece of paper was laid in and created browning on 2 pages. Sunned spine. 306pp.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. In near fine condition; faint to light scuffing to wraps; slight rubbing top and bottom of spine; faint dusting top edge of book; otherwise, as new. 111 numbered pages. 7 x 4 15/16 in.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Grey cloth cover is scuffed. Binding is tight, and pages clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. xviii, 300, [2]pp of publisher's ads. Brown cloth-covered boards, blind-embossed initials and border on front, silver titles on spine. 12mo. Spine ends lightly rubbed, front bottom corner very lightly bumped. Lending sheet on front free endpaper; lender's stamp and small pen note on copyright page. Internally very neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf number sticker held with tape at heel; lightly chipped at edges, price sticker on front cover, not price-clipped.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good. 208 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Further reading. Notes on the Illustrations. Glossary/Index. Timothy Peter Wiseman FBA (born 3 February 1940) who usually publishes as T. P. Wiseman and is named as Peter Wiseman in other sources, is a classical scholar and professor emeritus of the University of Exeter. He has published numerous books and articles, primarily on the literature and the social and political history of the late Roman Republic, but also the mythography of early Rome and Roman theatre. Among Wiseman's students at Exeter was J. K. Rowling, about whose encounters with ancient authors he has written. Because of his connection with Rowling, Wiseman attracted brief pop-culture notoriety when media speculated that he was a model for the character of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series of books and movies. Anne Wiseman is Peters wife, also a classicist, and they have been married since 1962. Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC-15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, CBE, FBA, FSA (born 10 December 1939), known as Barry Cunliffe, is a British archaeologist and academic. He was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2007. Julius Caesar was for a few years the undisputed master of the Roman world -- devoted to expanding Roman supremacy and his own fame. THE BATTLE FOR GAUL contains seven books of Caesar's Commentaries on his campaign in Gaul from 58 to 50 B.C. in their original narrative sequence. These unparalleled accounts of war in Western Europe in the closing years of the Roman republic are clear and exciting. We feel the immediacy of the moment as we listen to Caesar's dramatic story of his daring expedition into Germany and unprecedented bridging of the Rhine, the decimation of two Roman legions in a forest ambush, and the heroic last defense of 80,000 Gauls in central France. The Gallic Wars were waged by the Roman general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul (present-day France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland). Gallic, Germanic, and Brittonic tribes fought to defend their homelands against an aggressive Roman campaign. The Wars culminated in the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC, in which a complete Roman victory resulted in the expansion of the Roman Republic over the whole of Gaul. Though the collective Gallic armies were as strong as the Roman forces, the Gallic tribes' internal divisions eased victory for Caesar. Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix's attempt to unite the Gauls under a single banner came too late. Caesar portrayed the invasion as being a preemptive and defensive action, but historians agree that he fought the wars primarily to boost his political career. Still, Gaul was of significant military importance to the Romans. Conquering Gaul allowed Rome to secure the natural border of the river Rhine. The wars began with conflict over the migration of the Helvetii in 58 BC, which drew in neighboring tribes and the Germanic Suebi. By 57 BC, Caesar had resolved to conquer all of Gaul. He led campaigns in the east, where the Nervii almost defeated him. In 56 BC, Caesar defeated the Veneti in a naval battle and took most of northwest Gaul. In 55 BC, Caesar undertook first-of-their-kind expeditions across the Rhine and the English Channel. Rome hailed Caesar as a hero upon his return from Britain. The next year, he returned with a proper army and conquered much of Britain. 53 BC saw a brutal pacification campaign. This failed, and Vercingetorix led a revolt in 52 BC. Gallic forces won a notable victory at the Battle of Gergovia, but the Romans' indomitable siege works at the Battl. Barry Cunliffe (Illustration selector) (illustratore).…

London: Forest Books, (1990). First Edition. 187, [5]pp. Sm. 8vo. Softcover. As New. First edition, first printing of this bilingual anthology of German poems by Transylvanian Saxons and Danube Swabians, translated by noted Canadian linguist Robert Elsie. A review copy from the U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions, review slip laid in. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. From the collection of Edward Ardizzone, with his signature penned to FEP. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. Used.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. From the collection of Edward Ardizzone, with his signature and 'File Copy' penned to FEP. Jacket is sunned. Edges are a little creased. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Signed by Author. Used.…