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The Isles and Shrines of Greece

by Barrows, Samuel J.

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1st.UK Edition
Published
1898
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Oxford: Sampson Low,Marston & Co., 1898 Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st.UK Edition . Attica, the Peloponnese, Phocis, Thessaly,Delphi, the Ionian and Aegean islands (and Troy) as they were seen at the end of the 19th.Century, (some of the trips in the company of Wilhelm Dorpfeld) with nice period photographs. [Pages 302-306 give the words and music of a version of… Read more about this item
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Monastery of Arkadi : History - Art - Traditions

by Provatakis, Theocharis

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1st Greek Ed..
Published
1986
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Paperback
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Athens: Toumbis, 1986 Book. As New. French Wraps. 1st Greek Ed... A small but well illustrated and informative guide to the Monastery of Arkadi in Crete, famous for the heroic resistance to the Turkish occupation (1866-1869) 80p. illus. index.
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The Travel Chronicles of Mrs J Theodore Bent. Volume 1, Greece and the Levantine Littoral

by Bent, Mabel Virginia Anna & Brisch, Gerald

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First Thus.
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2006
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Paperback
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9781905739028
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Oxford: Archaeopress, 2006 Book. New. Soft cover. First Thus.. On August 2nd 1877, the English explorer and archaeologist James Theodore Bent married an extraordinary Irishwoman, Mabel Virginia Anna Hall-Dare .and within a few months they had embarked on their pattern of annual travels that continued until his early death in 1897. Their trips began fairly close to home, visiting northern… Read more about this item
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Rambles and Studies in Greece

by Mahaffy, J.P.[ John Pentland]

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Published
1900
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Hardcover
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Philadelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates, 1900 Book. Illus. by Photos T.H. McAllister. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. The Dictionary of National Biography relates the story than on "His first visit to Greece in 1875, for which he absented himself during Trinity term and was severely reprimanded by the board of the college, led to his charming and popular Rambles and… Read more about this item
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Passion's Child : The Extraordinary Life of Jane Digby

by Schmidt, Margaret Fox

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Edition
1st US Ed..
Published
1977
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Hardcover
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9780060138073
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New York: Harper & Row, 1977 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Ed... This biography of one of the nineteenth century's most dazzling women is also a dramatic and exciting historical story set against a background of glittering cities and filled with a cast of fascinating characters. Jane Digby, born in 1807, was the daughter of a respected English noble… Read more about this item
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The War Dispatches of Stephen Crane

by Crane, Stephen [Stallman, R.W. and Hagemann, E.R]

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1st US Edition
Published
1964
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Hardcover
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New York: New York University Press, 1964 Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. "Stephen Crane's war dispatches add a new dimension to his reputation as one of America's leading writers...The present volume includes his dispatches on the Greco-Turkish War and the Spanish -American War; his articles on the Boer War; and the play he wrote about some of his… Read more about this item
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The Dilessi Murders

by Jenkins, Romilly [Romilly James Heald]

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Published
1961
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London: D & I.Mathioulakis, 1961 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. The book tells the story of the kidnapping and eventual murder of Lord and Lady Muncaster, Italian nobleman Count Alberto de Boyl and their party, in April 1870, by Greek banditti, on their way back to Athens after visiting the battlefield of Marathon. The episode severely tested the… Read more about this item
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Greek Life:An Account of Past and Contemporary Conditions and Progress by Many Writers.

by Hall, John M.(ed.)

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First Edition.
Published
1908
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Detroit: Bay View Reading Club, 1908 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. "Greek life, by many writers, edited and arranged by John M. Hall." A survey of Greece as it was in 1900. with brief but informative chapters on : The geography of Greece/The beginnings of Greece/ The golden age of Greece/Modern Greece/A glympse of mythology /Literature of the golden… Read more about this item
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Under a Lilac-Bleeding Star : Travels & Travellers

by Blanch, Lesley

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Published
1963
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London: John Murray, 1963 Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Four adventurous women who found love and romance in the Levant : Isabel Burton, Jane Digby (who amongst other romantic attachments married Count Spyridon Theotocky, and co-habited with Christdoulos Hadji-Petros in Othonian Greece c. 1840-1850) Aimee Dubucq de Rivery, Isabelle Eberhardt..
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