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London: Cambridge University Press, 1965. Ex-library hardcover without dust jacket from Christ Church, Oxford, in very good condition. Spine ends are slightly bumped, remnant of label near spine foot, and page block head is tanned. Library plate, barcode and library stamp on front pastedown, FEP and copyright page respectively. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1965, first edition. x+159 pp. Machon was a writer of Comedies who lived and worked in Alexandria in the middle of the 3rd century BC; Latin text with notes and commentary; good/very good condition (dustjacket with mild traces of use, binding perfect, interior clean, without annotations)

Paperback / softback. New. All Machon's work that survives is preserved in the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus who, besides two fragments of Comedies of no great importance, quotes also 462 verses from a collection of anecdotes which Machon called Xpeiai. These anecdotes are written in the iambic verse of Comedy.

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 1965. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. some thin rips to price-clipped dj. Previous owner's name in pen at front FEP. Foxed at fore-edge. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient & Classical Studies).

(Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries 1)
Book is in Very Good+ condition, with some foxing to pastedown/endpapers and page edges. Prior owner bookplate neatly pasted on front pastedown. Text pages clean and tight.
Dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with light edgewear, small tear at bottom front spine corner. Some light sun fading to extremities, mostly on spine.

Cambridge University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521056314 . Very light shelfwear to book. DJ is price-clipped. DJ has 1 small tear with very minor chipping. ; Machon was a writer of Comedies who lived and worked in Alexandria in the middle of the third century B. C. All of his work that survives is preserved in the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus who, besides two fragments of Comedies of no great importance, quotes also 462 verses from a collection of anecdotes which Machon called Xpeiai. These anecdotes are written in the iambic verse of Comedy. They are concerned with the doings and sayings of courtesans, parasites, and musicians, sometimes in relation to persons of historical importance. They are often scabrous but also not infrequently amusing; and they are of considerable interest both as documents of social history and as a type of literature which, though popular in antiquity, has hardly survived. The Xpeiai, which present many problems… Read More

Cambridge University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521056314 . Light shelfwear to DJ and book. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). ; Machon was a writer of Comedies who lived and worked in Alexandria in the middle of the third century B. C. All of his work that survives is preserved in the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus who, besides two fragments of Comedies of no great importance, quotes also 462 verses from a collection of anecdotes which Machon called Xpeiai. These anecdotes are written in the iambic verse of Comedy. They are concerned with the doings and sayings of courtesans, parasites, and musicians, sometimes in relation to persons of historical importance. They are often scabrous but also not infrequently amusing; and they are of considerable interest both as documents of social history and as a type of literature which, though popular in antiquity, has hardly survived. The Xpeiai, which present many problems of reading and… Read More

Cambridge University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521056314 . light dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light shelfwear to DJ. ; Machon was a writer of Comedies who lived and worked in Alexandria in the middle of the third century B. C. All of his work that survives is preserved in the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus who, besides two fragments of Comedies of no great importance, quotes also 462 verses from a collection of anecdotes which Machon called Xpeiai. These anecdotes are written in the iambic verse of Comedy. They are concerned with the doings and sayings of courtesans, parasites, and musicians, sometimes in relation to persons of historical importance. They are often scabrous but also not infrequently amusing; and they are of considerable interest both as documents of social history and as a type of literature which, though popular in antiquity, has hardly survived. The Xpeiai, which… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Cambridge University Press, 2004-08-26. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!