A M Harmon Translator (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume V of VIII. Ex-library, with expected library markings. Binding is tight and square. Contents are crisp, clean, complete and undamaged. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume IV of VIII. Ex-library, with expected library markings. Binding is tight and square. Contents are crisp, clean, complete and undamaged. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume III of VIII. Ex-library, with expected library markings. Binding is tight and square. Contents are crisp, clean, complete and undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume II of VII Ex-library, with expected library markings. Binding is tight and square. Contents are crisp, clean, complete and undamaged. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library.

Green Cloth. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, lightly shelf worn, former owner's name in ink on the ffep, overall a clean used copy! Green cloth with gilt lettering and design on the front cover and spine. Gilt upper page edges as well. Wonderfully well-preserved! Text is in Greek and English. 422 unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "Lucian was born at Samosata in commagene and calls himself a Syrian; he may or may not have been of Semitic stock. The exact duration of his life is unknown, but it is probable that he was born not long before 125 A.D. and died not long after 180. Something of his life-history is given us in his own writings, notably in the Dream, the Doubly Indicted, the Fisher, and the Apology. If what he tells us in the Dream is to be taken seriously (and it is usually so taken), he began his career as apprentice to his uncle, a sculptor, but soon became disgusted with his prospects in that calling and gave it up for Rhetoric, the brance of the liteary profession then most in favour. Theoretically the vocation of a rhetorician was to plead in court, to compose pleas for others and to teach the art of pleading; but in practice his vocation was far less important in his own eyes and those of the pbulic than his avocation, which consisted in going about from place to place and often from country to country displaying his ability as a speaker before the educated classes." The Loeb Classical Library Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Volume 4. English and Greek. (classic literature, mythology, greek literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 476 pages. French language. 6.93x4.25x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Condition: Good+ in Good dust jacket. Reprint. Green boards w/ gilded titling on spine. DJ is unclipped, but edgeworn and chipped. From the "Loeb Classical Library" series. Volume 3 of 8 Professional book dealer since 1975. All orders are processed promptly and packaged with the utmost care. Satisfaction guaranteed. …