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London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. 1960 reprint of the 1910 issuance. Irish-born English philosopher and statesman Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was an influential shaper of public opinion. His reflections on the French Revolution are described… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1960]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition offering a guide to the predictions of the French astrologer, physician and prophet Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566), best known as "Nostradamus." Many historic events are believed to have been predicted by Nostradamus, such as the rise… Read more about this item

Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1964. Softcover. A softcover edition presenting The Histories of Herodotus, arranged in nine books with 2 maps at rear of volume. The ancient Greek historian wrote these works in about 440 BC, and chronicled wars fought by the Greeks, including the Persian Wars as well as other important… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Loeb Classical Library / Harvard University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999, 2000. Hardcover. 0674992601 . 1999 & 2000 printings of the 1976 & 1983 revisions. A two-volume set presenting Arrian's history of the campaigns of Alexander the Great, especially his Persian Empire forays. Originally published in seven books, the histories have… Read more about this item

New York: David McKay Company Inc.. Very Good-. 1896. Hardcover. A compact, late 19th century, English language edition of Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic Wars. Edited and introduced by Edward Brooks, Jr. (who is the presumed translator). With explanatory notes throughout. --- In light green cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in darker green to… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good. [c.1970s]. Softcover. 0075536390 . A softcover edition presenting the works by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, who was a Roman senator and historian. Includes "The Annals," "The History," "The Life of Cnaeus Julius Agricola," "Germany and its Tribes," and "A Dialogue on Oratory." Translated from the Latin by Alfred… Read more about this item

Boston: Ginn and Company. Good. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition (so indicated with number 119.1 on copyright page). The account of the Gallic War as written by Julius Caesar (as well as the Third Book of his "Civil War"), prepared for an English-speaking student of Latin. In these conflicts, Caesar conquered much of France, Belgium, … Read more about this item

New York: American Book Company. Good. 1891. Quarter Leather. A late 19th century edition of the account of the Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar, prepared for an English-speaking student of Latin. In these conflicts, Gaul (present-day France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland) was conquered by Caesar and his Roman troops, ending in about 50 BC. Caesar's text… Read more about this item

New York: Dorset Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0880290412 . A Dorset Press reprint edition of the account by Julius Caesar of his conflict known as Caesar's Civil War, in which he inserted himself as Emperor of Rome. Following the period of rapid expansion of the Roman Republic, Caesar led his armies… Read more about this item

London / New York: Macmillan / St Martin's Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. A 1966 printing of the third edition of 1951. A sweeping history of ancient Greece by John Bagnell Bury, first published in 1900. The Irish-born author was a noted historian and wrote histories of the Roman Empire before writing this,… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society. Near Fine. 2007. Hardcover. Stated second printing, 2007. A deluxe, hefty Folio Society edition of the famous history of Rome by Germany's Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903). Originally published in three volumes in 1854-56, this single-volume English language version is an abridgment of the three-quarter million-word 1868 edition. The period from Rome's founding through… Read more about this item

New York: History Book Club. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. BCE. Hardcover. 0965014215 . A book club edition of Michael Grant's collection of short biographies of ". . .Julius Caesar and the eleven Roman emperors who followed him." With a section of plates bearing black & white photos of surviving busts and coins dating… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 0198215088 . A 1967 reprint of the fourth edition (1940); first published in 1917. Sir John Marriott provides a guide to the politics, history and peoples of eastern Europe and Asia Minor. Per Lord Morley, the area comprised of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia eastward through… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. A stated first edition of Alan Moorehead's straightforward, highly readable description of the events of 1917 in which communist forces amassed under the leadership of Lenin overthrew the nation ruled by Czar Nicholas II. With 24 pages of b&w photos. Maps of… Read more about this item

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. A 1944 reprint edition of the 1908 issuance. The infamous statesman's essays on power and governance in an Everyman's Library edition. Translated from the Italian and with an introduction… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. [c.1878]. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. An undated, sixth edition of William Forsyth's 1863 biography of Rome's famous orator, author and statesman, Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC). His efforts were influential in the establishment of the Roman Empire. With numerous black & white drawings. Likely published… Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. [c.1947-63]. Hardcover. The ancient Greek author's account of the Persian Wars is among the earliest historical accounts ever recorded. Herodotus has been called 'The Father of History.' This English language edition, with footnotes, translated by George Rawlinson, and with an introduction by Francis… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. A 1928 reprint of the 1926 issuance. The lives of notable gods from Greek/Roman mythology are profiled in this textbook intended for students learning Latin. Text entirely in Latin except for back matter, with numerous black & white illustrations of these gods. Includes notes… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1882. Hardcover. An 1882 reprint of the 1878 issuance. A survey of classical literature by John D. Quackenbos. The author divides the subject into Ancient Oriental Literature, Ancient Grecian and Ancient Roman Literature. With a few scattered black & white engraved illustrations and several colored maps.… Read more about this item

New York: Barnes & Noble Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0880295910 . A biography of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) by Agnes Savill. Beginning as king of Macedon, he was able to lead his forces to conquer large parts of Asia Minor, Egypt, the Levant and part of India. With a map of the… Read more about this item