Search Results: European / 2. Classical / Hellenistic from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: George Braziller, 1998. Cloth, 253 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Photographs by Stephane Compoint/Sygma; translated from the French by Margaret Maehler. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "The last ten years have seen some of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries ever made in Alexandria, the legendary Egyptian city founded by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. Presented here is a full account of these extraordinary finds and of the exciting expeditions that led to their discovery." "Located on the northwestern end of the Nile River Delta, Alexandria was the greatest of Hellenistic cities and was a major center of Jewish and Christian culture. Athens' equal and political rival to Rome, Alexandria awed ancient travelers with its wealth, size, and cultural prestige. But unlike Athens and Rome, practically no… Read More

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; Penguin Classics Series, 1971. 430 pages, maps; 20 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's Campaigns of Alexander is the most reliable account of the man and his achievements we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his total defeat of Persia, and his campaigns through Egypt, India and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges from this record as an unparalleled and charismatic leader, Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective and fully rounded portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power and worshipped as a god in his own lifetime. Aubrey de Selincourt's vivid translation is accompanied by J. R. Hamilton's… Read More

New York: Basic Books; Perseus, 2006. xvi, 656 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics--these are the foundations of Western civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Augustus. From the Peloponnesian War through the creation of Athenian democracy, from the turbulent empire of Alexander the Great to the creation of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity, Robin Lane Fox serves as our witty and trenchant guide. He introduces us to extraordinary heroes and horrific villains, great thinkers and blood-thirsty tyrants. Throughout this… Read More

Istanbul: Keskin, 1995. 64 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Greco-Roman ruins at Ephesus. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Istanbul: Hitit Color, 1990. 112 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 24 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Florence and Istanbul: Casa Editrice Bonechi; NET Turistik Yayinlar, 1993. 63 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Graeco-Roman antiquities in Turkey. With 90 Colour Illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Istanbul: Keskin, 1997. 64 pages, colour illustrations, map; 25 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Guidebook.

Istanbul: Keskin, 2011. 64 pages, colour illustrations, map; 25 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

Izmir, Turkey: Guney Books, 1999. 56 pages, colour illustrations, colour map; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

London and New York: Phaidon Press Limited; Art & Ideas Series, 1997. 447 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. CONTENTS: The artist in ancient Greece; The question of origins: the prehistoric Aegean; Epic figures: myth in early art; Competition and commemoration: cities and sanctuaries; Democracy's children: art in the age of Perikles; Myth into history, history into myth: temple sculptures; The world as a stage: art and Greek drama; Colossal ambitions: Alexander's impact on art; Across two millennia: the Greek legacy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York and Washington D.C.: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers; Books That Matter, 1964. 252 pages, illustrations (some colour) map; 21 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Browning, mild foxing inside wraps/facing flyleaves.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

London and New York: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1996. 304 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. CONTENTS: The beginnings and geometric Greece; Greece and the arts of the east and Eygpt; archaic Greek art; classical sculpture and architecture; other arts in classical Greece; hellenistic art; Greek arts and the Greeks; the legacy.. 4th. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London and New York: Thames & Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1985. 252 pages, illustrations (some colour), map; 21 cm. Revised. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. 250 illustrations.. 2nd.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001. xv, 74 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "In the Hellenistic period, the Greek world enjoyed great prosperity after Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire made vast resources of gold available for the first time. The various royal courts of Alexander's successors, including the Ptolemies in Egypt, comprised a wealthy clientele with a taste for luxury. The group of gold jewelry discussed here-including earrings, finger rings, bracelets, beads, and a hairnet-consists of seventeen spectacular pieces from the Getty Museum. The author takes us on a journey through three centuries, beginning about B.C. 350, from the empire-building Alexander to the beguilingly ambitious Kleopatra VII. This sweep through the turbulent history of the eastern Mediterranean gives a picture of the Greek-Egyptian blending of religion and art. The author demonstrates how the symbolism of dynastic power plays a… Read More

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2015. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 27 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "This book recounts the influence of Greek communities and their culture across Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through the rise of Islam." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Greece and the east: beginnings. Eastern origins; Greeks going east; Greeks and Achaemenid Persia. The confrontation; Greeks in the Persian Empire; The view from home; The view from Homeric heritage; Greeks and Alexander "the Great." The invasion of the Persian Empire; Into Asia; The Hellenistic heritage: 3rd to 1st centuries BC; The new Greek kingdoms in the east. The kingdoms; Their cities and art; Their coinage; Greeks and their arts in Central Asia. Greeks and nomads: Scythians, Sarmatians; The Yuehzhi and Tillya Tepe; The farther east; Greeks and their arts in India. The Mauryans and Buddhism; The Sunga… Read More

New York: George Braziller; The Arts of Mankind Series, 1973. Cloth, ix, 421 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Ribbon bookmark. Translated from the French. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Part One: Architecture, by Roland Martin; Introduction; Tradition and innovation; Formal or display architecture: the evolution and transformation of classical styles; Urban architecture and the development of monumental complexes; Part Two: Painting, by Francois Villard; The conquest of space (330-280); Light and colour (280-150); Landscape, nature and realism; Part Three: Sculpture, by Jean Charbonneaux; The fourth-century metamorphosis; Third-century art; The friezes of the Pergamum Altar; Second-century trends; Conclusion, by Roland Martin; Part Four: General documentation.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990. xix, 213 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Good+. Tight, clean text. Remainder marks/top & bottom edges.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1967. 319 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition to be held at the Fogg Art Museum, December 4, 1967 to January 23, 1968, City Art Museum of Saint Louis, March 1 to April 13, 1968, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May 8 to June 30, 1968. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate edgewear to wraps (crease on foreedge). Age toning. Another copy available.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

Istanbul: Ozture Holding Cultural Publications, 2001. 72 pages, illustrations, facsimiles; 25 cm. Translated from Turkish and edited by Serap Akpnar. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Bergama (Turkey) -- Antiquities.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Thessaloniki: Institute for Balkan Studies, 1978. Cloth, 164 pages, [2] folded leaves of plates, illustrations; 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.