The Ancient World


  • Abbott, Frank Frost. A Short History of Rome. Scott Foresman and Company. 1906. Name on front end page otherwise Good. $5.60
  • Avebury, Lord. Prehistoric Times: As Illustrated By Ancient Remains and The Manners and Customs Of Modern Savages (Seventh Edition, thoroughly revised). Anthropological Publications. 1969 reprint of 1901 edition. Good Plus. $18.50
  • Baker, G.P. Tiberius Caesar. Barnes and Noble. 1967 reprint of 1929 edition. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Very Good. This book was never read. $8.19
  • Baldwin, John D. Pre-Historic Nations; or, Inquiries Concerning some of the Great Peoples and Civilizations of Antiquity, and their Probable Relation to a Still Older Civilization of the Ethiopians orCushites of Arabia. Harper and Brothers Publishers. 1871. Top of spine slightly worn. Corners slightly bumped otherwise good. $30.30
  • Billard, Jules B. (Editor). Ancient Egypt: Discovering Its Splendor. National Geographic Society. 1978. Pages slightly tanned. Name on front end page otherwise Good. ISBN: 0870442201. $4.50
  • Branigan, Keith. Atlas of Ancient Civilizations (Illustrations by Gerry Embleton. Maps by Geographical Projects London). John Day. 1976. Very Good. ISBN: 038198284X. $4.25
  • Breasted, James Henry. Ancient Times: A History of the Early World. Ginn and Company. 1935. Cover is scuffed otherwise good plus. $14.50
  • Browne, R.W. A History of Roman Classical Literature (Second American Edition). Blanchard and Lea. 1857. Cover edges and corners are worn. Light foxing. Front cover detached otherwise good. $31.50
  • Browning, Robert. The Byzantine Empire. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1980. Very Good. This book was never read. ISBN: 0684166526. $21.00
  • Burgh, W.G. The Legacy Of The Ancient World: Volume One. Penquin Books. 1953. Pages tanned otherwise Reading Copy. $1.00
  • Burgh, W.G. The Legacy Of The Ancient World: Volume Two. Penquin Books. 1953. Pages tanned otherwise Reading Copy. $1.00
  • Caesar. The Civil War, Together With The Alexandrian War, The African War, and The Spanish War by other Hands (Translated with an Introduction by Jane F. Gardner). Dorset Press. 1985. Pages tanned otherwise Good. ISBN: 0880290412. $3.00
  • Carswell, John; Louis Dela Haba; Seymour L. Fishbein; Thomas O'Neill. Splendors of The Past: Lost Cities of the Ancient World (Large Format Volume enhanced by 250 color photographs and 17 specially commissioned paintings by National Geographic Society). National Geographic Society. 1981. Very Good. ISBN: 0870443585. $4.75
  • Cary, Henry. Herodotus: A New and Literal Version From the Text of Baebr with a Geographical and General Index. Harper and Brothers. 1860. Top of spine slightly worn. Corners slightly bumped otherwise contents are clean and tight. $9.75
  • Casson, Lionel. Ships and Seamanship In the Ancient World. Princeton University Press. 1971. Very Good. ISBN: 0691035369. $29.00
  • Cicero. Select Orations of Cicero: The Four Orations Against Catiline (with an Interlinear Translation on the Hamiltonian Sysyem by William Underwood. The Seven Remaining Orations with an Interlinear Translations on the System of Locke by Thomas Clark. David McKay Company. 1966 reprint of 1885 edition. Good. $19.50
  • Clark, Eleanor. Rome and A Villa (Drawings by Eugene Berman). Atheneum. . Cover slightly scuffed otherwise Good Plus. This book was never read. $2.15
  • Clark, Grahame. World Prehistory: An Outline. Cambridge University Press. 1962. Cover scuffed. Pgs slightly yellowed otherwise Good Reading Copy. $1.00
  • Demosthenes. Demosthenes II: De Corona And De Falsa Legatione XVIII, XIX (With an English Translation by C.A. Vince and J.H. Vince). Harvard University Press. 1971. Pages tanned. Outter page edges slightly foxed otherwise Good. ISBN: 0674991710. $17.95
  • Dickinson, John. Death Of A Republic: Politics and Political Thought At Rome 59-44 B.C. (Edited and with an introduction by George Lee Haskins). Macmillan. 1963. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. $48.00
  • Dillaway, Charles K. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology; For Classical Schools (Fourth Edition). Gould, Kendall and Lincoln. 1840. Cloth on spine is cracked with a small piece missing at bottom of spine. Pages foxed otherwise contents are clean and tight. $49.75
  • Duggan, Alfred. He Died Old: Mithradates Eupator, King of Pontus. Faber and Faber . 1958. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. $245.00
  • Duncan, William. Select Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero: Translated into English with the Original Latin, From the Best Editions and Notes, Historical, Critical and Explanatory. John Cumming (Dublin). 1830. Covers detached. Signatures separated but all pages present. $15.00
  • Durant, Will. Caesar and Christ: A History of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from their Beginnings to A.D. 325 (The Story of Civilization Series). Simon and Schuster. 1944. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good . $6.00
  • Durvy, Victor. The World Of the Greeks (Translated by Joel Rosenthal). Minerva . 1971. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. $4.60
  • Fantham, Elaine. Comparative Studies in Republican Latin Imagery (Analyses in detail the conservative imagery of Terence and of Cicero's letters, contrasting this naturalistic language with the fantasies of Plautus and the formalization of Cicero's speeches). University of Toronto Press. 1972. Very Good . ISBN: 0-8020-0130-0. $28.50
  • Featherstone, Donald F. War Games Through the Ages: 3,000 BC to 1,500 AD. Henry Regnery Company. 1972. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. $9.00
  • Ferguson, Adam. The History of the Prgress and Termination of the Roman Republican (An Edition Abridged In One Volume). William Milner (Halifax). 1850. Cover edges are worn especially the top of the spine that is cracked. Notes on front end page otherwise this volume is clean, tight and legible. Gold Edged. $79.25
  • Finegan, Jack. Light From the Ancient Past: The Archeological Background Of the Hebrew-Christian Religion. Princeton University Press. 1951. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. $6.60
  • Finley, M.I. The Ancient Greeks. Penquin . 1979. Pages tanned otherwise Good . ISBN: 0140208127. $1.00
  • Fowler, W. Warde. Social Life At Rome: In the Age Of Cicero. Macmillan. 1909. Pages tanned otherwise Good. $7.60
  • Friedlander, Ludwig. Roman Life and Manners Under the Early Empire (Volume II Translated by J.H. Freese and Leonard A. Magnus). Barnes and Noble. 1968. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good . $28.25
  • Gibbon, Edward. Rome: Volume IV (Edited by Milman). . Circa 1880. Cover is present but detached> Text is legible. Front end page is missing. Volume is intact but page edges are worn. Poor Condition. $2.00
  • Gibbon, Edward. The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire And Other Selected Writings (Edited And Abridged With An Introduction By Hugh R.Trevor-Roper). Twayne. 1963. Pages tanned otherwise Good Plus. $20.00
  • Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: (With Notes by the Reverend H.H. Milman. Six Volume Set). Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger. 1875. Top of spines are worn. Corners are slightly bumped. Light Foxing otherwise good plus. $165.00
  • Gillies, John. The History of Greece: Its Literature, Fine Arts. T. Wardle Minor Street: Philadelphia. 1841. Top of front and rear hinges has 3 inch long crack. Cover edges are worn. Some foxing otherwise good. $44.00
  • Hoare, F.R. Eight Decisive Books of Antiquity (The Laws of Hammurabi; The Book of the Dead; The Torah; Homer;The Laws of Manu;Confucius; Plato's Republic; Aristotle's Politics). Dorset Press. 1991. Very Good. ISBN: 0880296054. $7.00
  • Hopper, R.J. The Early Greeks. Barnes & Noble. 1976. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. This book was never read. ISBN: 0064929787. $3.00
  • James, T.G.H. Ancient Egypt: The Land And Its Legacy (Author was Keeper of Egyption Antiquities at the British Museum untill 1988. 148 illustrations, many in colour). University of Texas Press. 1990. Top right corner of rear cover is bumped otherwise Very Good. ISBN: 0292720629. $2.98
  • Jessup, Ronald. South-East England (Ancient Peoples and Places Series. 75 photographs, 57 Line Drawings, 2 Maps, 1 Chart). Praeger Publishers. 1969. Good plus. $33.50
  • Jewell, Helen M. English Local Administration In the Middle Ages. David and Charles/Barnes and Noble. 1972. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. This book was never read. ISBN: 0715357603. $7.25
  • Jonres, Barri and Mattingly, David. An Atlas of Roman Britain (Comprehensive atlas containing over 270 detailed and wide-ranging maps, figures, plans and site phoytographs of all aspects of Roman Britain). Blackwell Reference. 1990. Good Plus. ISBN: 0631137912. $54.25
  • Joy, James Richard. Grecian History: An Outline Sketch. Chautauqua Press. 1892. Pages tanned. Corners slightly bumped. Cover scuffed. Some text marks otherwise Good. $3.96
  • Karageoghis, Vassos. View From the Bronze Age: Mycenaean and Phoenician Discoveries At Kation (With 126 illustrations, 20 in color and 27 line drawings). E.P. Dutton. 1976 First Edition. Cover edges scuffed. Pages tanned otherwise Good. ISBN: 0525228667. $4.25
  • Kendrick, T.D. British Antiquity (With 16 plates and 4 text illustrations). Barnes and Noble. 1970 reprint of 1950 edition. Pages slightly tanned.Small tear on front hinge on spine otherwise Good Plus. This book was never read. $27.50
  • Kennett, Basil. Roma Antiqua Notitia: or the Antinquities of Rome: In Two Parts-I. A Short History of the Rife, Progress and Decay of the Commonwealth, II. A Description of the City: An Account of the Religion, Civil Government, and Art of War; with Remarkable Customs and Ceremonies. Public and Private with copper cuts of the Principal Buildings to which are prefix'd, Two Essays: Concerning, the Roman Learning and the Roman Education. (The Tenth Edition). J. and P. Knapton (London). 1737. Covers are missing but contents are clean and intact. $950.00
  • Kitto, H.D.F. The Greeks. Penquin . 1967. Pages tanned. Mark on inside of front cover otherwise Good. $1.00
  • Knight, W.F. Jackson. Elysion: On Ancient Greek and Roman Beliefs Concerning Life After Death (With an introduction by G. Wilson Knight). Barnes and Noble. 1970. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. $17.10
  • Lord Macaulay. Lays of Ancient Rome and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems (Introduction by G.M. Trevelyan). Dent: London (Everyman's Library). 1968. Pages slightly yellowed otherwise Very Good. ISBN: 260-00239-5. $16.00
  • MacQuitty,William. Ramesses The Great: Master of the World (The most flamboyant pharaoh of Ancient Egypt who lived over 90 years, ruled for 67 years and fathered 178 children. The most prolific builder of any age). Crown. 1978. Front cover has a scuff mark and slight crease otherwise good. ISBN: 0517534002. $3.95
  • Malter, Joel L. Byzantine Numismatic Bibliography 1950-1965. Argonaunt Inc., Publishers. 1968. Good plus. $20.00
  • Massa, Aldo. The World Of the Etruscans (Translated by Anthony Werner). Tudor Publishing. 1973. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. ISBN: 0814805795. $3.50
  • Merivale, Charles. History of the Romans Under the Empire (From the Fourth London Edition with Copious Analytical Index. Two volumes bound in one book. Volume Seven bound alone). D. Appleton and Company. 1879. Tops and bottoms of spine are worn. Corners are bumped otherwise good plus. Contents clean. $300.00
  • Michell, H. Sparta (Describes the peoples of Sparta, their constitution, their discipline, their money and public finance and their practice of eating together in public messes). Cambridge The University Press. 1964. Cover slightly scuffed otherwise Good Plus. This book was never read. $10.90
  • Morey, William C. Outlines Of Roman History (For the use of high schools and academies). American Book Company. 1901. Minor text marks but the front and rear end pages are filled with notes. Volume is loose. Cover edges are worn. Reading Copy. $8.00
  • Mrs. Oliphant. The Makers of Venice. H.M. Caldwell Company (New York). Circa 1900. Pages slightly yellowed. Corners bumped and slightly worn otherwise good. $12.00
  • Mure, William. A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece-Volume III (Poetical Period,-Lyric Poetry). Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1850. Rear hinge is cracked. Toip of spine is tron otherwise contents are clean and tight. $37.50
  • Mure, William. A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece-Volume IV (Attic Period). Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1853. One inch tear at top of title page. Top of front and rear hinges have a tear otherwise contents are clean and intact. $37.50
  • Nadaillac, Marguis De. Pre-Historic America (Translated by N. D'Anvers. Edited by W.H. Dall With 219 illustrations). Anthropological Publications. 1969 reprint of 1885 edition. Very Good. $27.50
  • Nicolini, Gerard. The Ancient Spainards: Translated by Jean Stewart (Illustrated). Saxon House. 1974. Page edges slightly yellowed otherwise good plus. ISBN: 0-3470023-1. $27.25
  • Nilsson, Martin P. Imperial Rome (A clear and informative survey of the history of the Empire from Augustus to the fall of Rome. Contains a comprehensive reference). Schocken Books. 1962. Pages slightly tanned. This book was never read. Cover slightly scuffed. $5.25
  • Nitzsche, Jane Chance. The Genius Figure In Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Colombia University Press. 1975. Cover slightly scuffed otherwise Good Plus. This book was never read. ISBN: 0231038526. $2.50
  • Oates, David and Oates, Joan. The Rise Of Civilization (The Making Of the Past Series). Elsevier. Phaidon. 1976. Very Good. This book was never read. ISBN: 0525701656. $5.00
  • Osborn, E.B. The Heritage Of Greece and the Legacy of Rome. George H. Doran. . Covers scuffed. Pages tanned otherwise Good. $13.00
  • Perlman, S.(Editor). Philip and Athens (Views and Controversies). Heffer (Cambridge). 1973. Good . ISBN: 064955184. $18.80
  • Pomeroy, Sarah B. The Murder Of Regilla: A Case Of Domestic Violence In Antiquity. Harvard University Press. 2007. Good Plus.This book was never read. ISBN: 0674025830. $14.75
  • Procopius. Procopius Secret History (Translated by Richard Atwater. Foreword by Arthur E.R. Boak). University of Michigan Press. 1963. Good Plus.This book was never read. $3.25
  • Renault, Mary. The Nature Of Alexander. Pantheon . 1975. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good. ISBN: 0394491130. $2.70
  • Robinson, Cyril E. Apollo History Of Greece (With illustrations and maps). Thomas Y. Crowell. 1965. Some page edges are slightly curled otherwise clean and tight. $2.25
  • Roebuck, Carl. The World of Ancient Times. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1966. Corners bumped otherwise good plus. $12.00
  • Rolfe, John C. Cicero and His Influence. Cooper Square Publishers, Inc. 1963. Good plus. $27.50
  • Roth, Cecil. The Last Florentine Republic. Russell and Russell. 1968 Reissue of 1925 edition. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Very Good. This book was never read. $19.50
  • Schliemann, Heinrich. Tiryns: The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns. Arno Press . 1976 reprint of 1885. Top right corner slightly bumped otherwise Very Good. ISBN: 0405098537. $16.75
  • Schliemann, Henry. Mycenae; A Narrative Of Researchers and Discoveries At Mycenae and Tiryns (The Preface by the Right Honorable W.E. Gladstone. Maps, plans and more than 700 illustrations). Arno Press . 1976 reprint of 1880 edition. Very Good. ISBN: 0405098510. $16.95
  • Shotwell, James T. The Story Of Ancient History. Colombia University Press. 1961. Pages tanned otherwise clean and tight. $3.00
  • Snodgrass, Anthony. Archaic Greece: The Age of Experiment. J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd. 1986. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. This book was never read. ISBN: 0460043382. $25.00
  • Stone, J.F.S. Wessex: Before the Celts (Part of Ancient Peoples and Places Series 72 Photographs, 17 Line Drawings and Maps. Praeger Publishers. 1970. Pages slightly yellowed otherwise good plus. $23.25
  • Strachan-Davidson, James Leigh (Editor). Selections From Polybius. Oxford . 1888. Pages tanned. Bottom edge of front cover has a dent. Some text marks otherwise Reading Copy. $33.00
  • Synder, John W. Alexander the Great. Twayne Publishers, Inc. 1966. Pages yellowed otherwise good. $14.00
  • Tacitus. Tacitus: The Annals and The Histories (Translated by A.J. Church and W.J. Brodribb. Edited and Abridged with an Introduction by Hugh Lloyd-Jones). Twayne Publishers. 1964. Pages slightly tanned otherwise Good Plus. This book was never read. $40.00
  • Tacitus. The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus: With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola: Translated by Thomas Gordon, and Edited by Arthur Galton. Walter Scott: London. Circa Late 1880's. Top and bottom of spine worn otherwise contents clean and tight. $26.00
  • Taylor, Lily Ross. Party Politics In the Age of Caesar. University of California Press. 1961. Pages tanned. Cover slightly scuffed. This book was never read. Good. $2.75
  • Taylor, Wm. C. Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome: To Which Is Prefixed an Introduction to the Study of Roman History, and Great Variety of Valuable Information Added Throughout the Work on the Manners, Institutions, and Antiquities of the Romans; with Numerous Biographical and Historical Notes and Questions for Examination. Charles Desilver. 1857. Leather on spine binding is worn. Writing on Inside of Covers otherwise Good. $34.00
  • Thalheimer, M.E. A Manual of Ancient History. American Book Company. 1872. NAme on front end page. Top of spine slightly worn otherwise good. $15.75
  • Thucydides. The Peloponnesian Wars (Revised and abridged with an introduction by P.A.Brunt.Translated by Benjamin Jowett). Twayne. 1963. Pages are slighty tanned otherwiseGood Plus. $8.25
  • Twiss, Travers. An Epitome of Niebuhr's History of Rome: With Chronological Tables and an Appendix (In Two Volumes). D.A. Talboys (Oxford). 1836. VolumeI has Signet Library written on outside and inside of front cover top of rear hinge has a 1/2 inch mark. Corners slightly bumped otherwise good, clean and tight. Volume II has Signet Library written on outside and inside of front cover. Corners slightly bumped otherwise good, clean and tight. $250.00
  • Wacher, John. Roman Britain (Illustrated). J.M. Dent and Sons, Ltd. (London). 1980. Pages yellowed otherwise good reading copy. ISBN: 0-260-02232-9. $4.00
  • Wacher, John. The Roman Empire (Illustrated). Barnes and Noble. 1997. Name on front end page otherwise Good. ISBN: 0760704384. $2.90
  • Wender, Herbert. The Rise and Fall of the Ancient Worlds. Philosophical Library. 1976. Good Plus.This book was never read. $6.10
  • Werner, Paul. Life in Greece in Ancient Times (Profusely illustrated). Liber. 1977. Good plus. $27.75
  • Wevers, J.W. and Redford, D.B. (Editors). Essays On the Ancient Semitic World (Essays by A.K. Grayson; R.F.G. Sweat; R.C. Culley; Donald B. Redford; Ronald J. Williams; E.J. Revell; J.W. Wevers). University of Toronto Press. 1970. Very Good. This book was never read. ISBN: 0802016030. $16.90
  • Wilkins, Francis. Ancient Crete (Drawings by Elizabeth Hammond. Young Historian Books). John Day. 1966. Good Plus. $6.30
  • Wilkinson, William Cleaver. Classic Greek Course In English (The After-School Series). Chautauqua Press. 1892. Minor text notes otherwise Good. $4.35
  • Willetts, R.F. Everyday Life in Ancient Crete (Drawings by eva Wilson). B.T. Batsford Ltd. (London). 1969. Good plus. $22.25
  • Wood, Michael. In Search Of The Trojan War. Facts On File. 1985. Good Plus. ISBN: 0816013551. $1.50
  • Yourcenar, Marguerite. Memoirs Of Hadrian And Reflections On The Composition Of Memoirs Of Hadrian (Translated from the French by Grace Frick.). Farrar, Straus. 1963. Reading Copy. $1.00
  • Zafiropulo, Jean. Mead and Wine: A History Of the Bronze Age In Greece (Translated from the French by Peter Green). Sidgwick and Jackson. 1966. Pages tanned otherwise Good Plus. $8.90
  • Zafiropulo, Jean. Mead and Wine: A History of the Bronze Age in Greece (Translated from the French by Peter Green). Sidgwick and Jackson (London). 1966. Pages slightly yellowed. Top corners bumped otherwise good plus. $17.00
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