Translated by harry carter (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. This book is in very good condition. The edges are worn but there are no stains or tears. The book presents the histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus. This is Herodotus's history of the Greek and Persian wars and why they fought each other. For him 'history' took in geography, ethnography, art, religion, customs, and folk-lore. He wrote about those things lest the memory of them might grow dim in the course of time. The book is divided into 9 books and there is an index. There are maps of ancient Greece on the inside of both covers. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education. Edward Bawden (illustratore).…

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Vol. 2 ONLY. Age toned gutters, else textblock is clean and very tight, mapped end papers. Faded brown top page edges. Sunned spine, minimally shelf worn. Inside worn slipcase. 615p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7 " - 9 " tall. Edward Bawden (illustrations and Decorations by) (illustratore). Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. A clean unmarked set with slipcases in excellent condition. Edward Bawden (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book and casing in very good condition: No markings/writings on text. Pages are clean and crisp. Front and back cover in very good condition. 0. Translated from the Latin Text by Harry Carter, with an Introuction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon; Illustrated with Woodcuts by Franz Masereel (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Translated by Harry Carter and Illustrated by Edward Bawden. bound in dark brown cloth with a cameo portrait of Herodotus embossed in ivory linen on the front cover and an ivory linen label stamped in gold on the spine. comes with the Limited Editions Club Monthly Letter, in a decorative slipcase, signed by Bawden on the colophon and numbered #1349 of 1500 . Published by The Limited Editions Club/Joh. Enschede en Zonen, 1958 "book has some spine sunning and spine marks, otherwise very good, insides are almost near fine". Edward Bawden (illustratore). Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDThere is visual wear on the hardcover, the tips are bumped, pages are clean, prompt shipping with tracking with tracking.

Buckram. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Slipcase. Signed Limited Edition. No. 1495 of an edition limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator Edward Bawden to rear. xxviii, 615 pp., Publisher's brown bevelled buckram boards with oval cameo portrait of Herodotus embossed in ivory linen to front and gilt-lettered ivory linen panel to spine; top-edge gilt. In the original pictorial slipcase, which is slightly rubbed to corners and has a few marks and discolouration to top and bottom. Map endpapers. Spine sunned to a pleasant light brown with gilt bright. Boards fresh and internally very clean. With double-page colour and numerous in-text black & white illustrations by Edward Bawden. Slipcase includes original colour illustration and red lettering to spine. Includes the monthly letter and publisher's note of the Limited Editions Club, New York. A lovely edition. Tall 8vo. Limited Edition. Bawden, Edward (illustratore).…