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LATIN TEXTS AND GUIDES
GREEK TEXTS AND GUIDES
AESCHYLUS (The Complete Greek Tragedy Series)
Aeschylus II (The Suppliant Maidens / The Persians / Seven Against Thebes / Prometheus Bound)
VG- discoloured edges of wraps.
$10 B/B [Item# 324 ANCLT]
University Chicago Press 1991 second edition, softcover, vii 180pp. Greek drama. ISBN 0226307948
AESOP translated S A HANDFORD
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Fables of Aesop |
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VG name to first page.
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$8 A/B [Item# 231 ANCLT]
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Penguin Classics 1973 paperback, xx 228pp, illustrated by Brian Robb. Ancient Greek didactic literature. ISBN 0140440437
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ANDERSON J J (editor) Patience Old and Middle English Texts series
VG VG sunend DW, neat rubber name stamp to fep, some minor age browning $10 B/A Manchester University Press 1969 first edition hard cover, viii 112pp + frontis. ISBN 0719003350 [# 1349 ancient literature]
APULEIUS retold by W H D Rouse
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The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius including the Tale of Cupid and Psyche. |
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G ex-library with stamps, rubbed joints, and a patch of the lower board cloth trimmed away. $4 C/B [Item# 331 ANCLT] John Murray 1940 first thus edition, 16mo cloth, xi 116pp, illustrated with cuts by Kupfer-Sachs.
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APULEIUS translated by Robert Graves
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The Transformations of Lucius Apuleius otherwise known as The Golden Ass. |
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G+ taped head of spine, some wear and mild surface soiling, aged paper stock, name to fep, sewn sheets in printed wrapper. $5 C/B [Item# 332 ANCLT] Penguin 1951 third printing paperback, 298pp.
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ARISTOPHANES translated Patric Dickinson
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Aristophanes Plays; 1 (Acharnians / Knights / Clouds / Wasps / Peace) |
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VG- rubbed, soiled wraps. $10 C/C [Item# 327 ANCLT] Oxford University Press 1970 softcover, xi 274pp. Greek drama. ISBN 0192810545
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BLISS AJ editor Sir Orfeo second edition
VG sunned spine, small notation at head of contents page, name stamp to fep $20 B/B Oxford University 1966 paper wrappers, lx 79pp, includes comparison of the extent manuscripts. [# 1346 medieval literature]
CHAUCER edited by BREWER D S The Parlement of Foulys Nelson's Medieval and Renaissance Library
VG VG name stamp to fep $20 C/B Nelson 1964 hard cover, 168pp. [# 1344 medieval literature]
EURIPIDES translated by Philip Vellacott The Bacchae and other plays VG names to inside cover $7 A/A Penguin Classics 1982 paperback, 249pp. ISBN 0140440445 [PB# 367 anclt]
EURIPIDES translated by Gilbert Murray
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The Alcestis of Euripides |
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VG
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$7 B/B [Item# 323 ANCLT]
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Allen & Unwin 1922 cloth, 12mo, xvi 82pp. Greek drama.
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EURIPIDES translated Gilbert Murray
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The Bacchae |
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VG- $4 A/A [Item# 329 ANCLT] Allen & Unwin 1957 paperback, 90pp. Greek drama.
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EURIPIDES The Bacchae and other plays Penguin first edition
VG- rubbed spine ends, small split at tail, light scattered foxing to wrappers $8 A/A Penguin [L44] 1954 first edition paperback, 234pp+ adverts. A new translation by Philip Vellacott. Ion / The Women of Troy / Helen / The Bacchae [PB# 605 ancient literature]
EURIPIDES translated by Philip Vellacott Alcestis and other plays Hippolytus, Iphigenia in Tauris, Alcestis
VG names to first page $10 A/A Penguin Classics L31 1953 first thus sewn paperback, 165pp. [PB# 945 ancient literature]
EURIPIDES translated by Philip Vellacott Alcestis and other plays Hippolytus, Iphigenia in Tauris, Alcestis
VG small bookseller stamps to first page and rear inside wrapper $7 A/A Penguin Classics L31 1959 sewn paperback, 165pp. [PB# 946 ancient literature]
GORDON E V editor Pearl MS. Cotton Nero A. x, f. 37.
VG VG DW sunned, closed top edge foxed, name stamp to fep $10 C/B Oxford University 1966 hard cover, 167pp [# 1345 medieval literature]
HOMER translated by Rieu The Iliad VG $8 C/B Penguin 1956 paperback (perfect bound) 469pp + adverts [PB# 355 anc lit]
LANGLAND William Piers the Ploughman translated into modern English by J F Goodridge
VG small mark to cover $7 A/B Penguin Classics [L87] 1960 first reprint paperback, 366pp [PB# 856 medieval literature]
MALORY Sir Thomas Le Morte d'Arthur - Tales Seven and Eight edited by Greg Waite; Otago Studies in English 3
VG- insect damage to first page $10 C/C English Department (University of Otago) 1993 soft cover xxxvii 187pp ISBN 0959791493[# 1535 medieval literature]
MALORY Thomas
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Le Morte D'Arthur (Everyman Library vol 2 only) |
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VG light wear to covers, bookseller stamp to paste down.
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$10 C/B [RM 194]
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Dent Everyman 1912 cloth with gilt spine, 411pp. Vol 2 of 2.
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MALORY retold by Keith Baines Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, King Arthur and the Legends of The Round Table VG $7 C/B Mentor Classic [MQ415] paperback 1962 first edition 512pp intro by Robert Graves[PB#133 anc hst]
PEARSALL D A (editor) The Floure and the Leafe, and, The Assembly of Ladies Medieval and Renaissance Library
VG VG minor wear to DW fore edge fold, neat rubber name stamp to fep $15 C/B Nelson 1962 first edition hard cover, viii 191pp. [# 1350 ancient literature]
PETRONIUS (BALME M G)
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The Millionaire's Dinner Party, an adaptation of the Cena Trialchionis of Petronius |
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VG+
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$30 B/A [ANCLT 1]
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Oxford Univ Press 1983 corrected edition softcover, 95pp, illustrated. Latin workbook on the ancient text. ISBN 0199120250
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PETRONIUS translated Paul Dinnage
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The Satyricon of Petronius |
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VG- G price clipped DW chipped and rubbed to edges and corners but generally intact, large chip to tail of spine.
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$20 C/B [ANCLT 2]
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Spearman & Calder 1953 first thus cloth, 162pp. Translation of BCE Roman satire on an opulent Roman feast.
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PETRONIUS translated by Paul Dinnage
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The Satyricon (unexpurgated) |
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G+ aged paper, rubbed wraps. $5 C/A [Item# 330 ANCLT] Panther 1964 paperback, 189pp.
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PLAUTUS translated E F Watling
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The Pot of Gold and Other Plays |
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VG
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$10 A/B [Item# 189 ANCLT]
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Penguin 1987 paperback, 268pp. The Pot of Gold/ The Prisoners/ The Brothers Menaechmus/ The Swaggering Soldier/ Pseudolus. ISBN 0140441492
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PLAUTUS
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The Pot of Gold and Other Plays |
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VG- light cover wear. $10 C/B [Item# 328 ANCLT] Penguin paperback, 268pp. The Pot of Gold/ The Prisoners/ The Brothers Menaechmus/ The Swaggering Soldier/ Pseudolus. Roman Drama. ISBN 0140441492
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POGGIO ( Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini ) The Facetiae translated by Bernhardt J Hurwood
VG+ near fine $10 A/B Tandem [T178] 1968 first thus edition paperback, 219pp. First complete and unexpurgated English translation. Ribald Renaissance classic. [PB# 846 literature medieval renaissance]
SISAM Kenneth editor Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose VG minor edge staining, inscription to inside front cover, sunned spine $12 C/C Oxford University Press 1978 soft cover with sewn binding, xlvii 460pp. Includes a vocabulary by J RR Tolkien ISBN 0198710933 [# 1248 ancient literature]
SISAM Kenneth editor Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose VG name to first page, sunned spine $12 C/C Oxford University Press 1975 soft cover with sewn binding, xlvii 460pp. Includes a vocabulary by J RR Tolkien ISBN 0198710933 [# 1626 ancient literature]
SOPHOCLES translated by E F Watling The Theban Plays King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
VG $6 A/A Penguin (L3)1956 sewn paperback, 168pp. [PB# 366 anclt]
SOPHOCLES translated E F Watling
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The Theban Plays (King Oedipus / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone) |
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G- covers worn with edge tears, pages creased, bottom corner chipped, foxed wraps. $3 A/A [Item# 337 ANCLT] Penguin 1947 first edition, sewn paperback, 185pp. Greek drama. Penguin first edition.
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SOPHOCLES (The Complete Greek Tragedy Series)
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Sophocles II (Ajax / The Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes) |
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VG
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$10 B/B [Item# 325 ANCLT]
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University Chicago Press 1969 softcover, 254pp. Greek drama. SIBN 0226307867
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SOPHOCLES (The Complete Greek Tragedy Series)
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Sophocles II (Ajax / The Women of Trachis / Electra / Philoctetes) |
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VG sunned spine
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$10 B/B [Item# 326 ANCLT]
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University Chicago Press 1969 softcover, 254pp. Greek drama. SIBN 0226307867
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VIRGIL trsl C Day Lewis The Aeneid World's Classics
VG $8 A/B Oxford 1986 paperback, xxvii 450pp. [PB# 876 ancient literature]