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Published by HERITAGE PRESS, 1961
ISBN 10: 1111887403ISBN 13: 9781111887407
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!.
Published by Heritage Press, 1961
ISBN 10: 1299483720ISBN 13: 9781299483729
Seller: books4u31, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). 1961 hardback no marks and is in good conditionAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing. PLEASE NOTE OVER SEAS BUYERS if the book extra large or heavy there will be additional postage due to the new US Postage rates.
Published by New York: The Heritage Press, 19, 1961
Seller: ABC Books, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Oversize hardcover. Illustrated boards. The spine has faded from red to tan, silver lettering on the spine, some staining and fraying. The slipcase show heavy wear, chipping and tears to edges, heavy marker scribbling on one side. Minor shelf wear to the book, no apparent marks throughout. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
Published by New York: The Heritage Press, 1961
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Contains: -Agamemnon -The Libation-Bearers -The Furies Reprint. Folio bound in cloth and pictorial, paper-covered boards in publisher-issued slipcase. Illustrated with 2-color plates. Condition: slipcases worn but intact; minor sunfading to spines; ele very good. Pages: xix, 176.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Slipcase edition bound in cream colored linen with classical cover design in red. Lettering on spine slightly faded. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. Red slipcase shows faint shelf wear. 11 x 7.75; 177pp.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ayrton, Michael (illustrator). Pictorial boards have a few tiny insect nibbles to top edge. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Published by Heritage Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1961
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover in Slipcase. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Ayrton, Michael (illustrator). Edition and Printing Not Stated. Very good (spine slightly sunned) in good slipcase, no dust jacket as issued. Illustrated with drawings by Michael Ayrton. Reprint of Limited Editions Club. Hard Cover. 160pp. 24.5 x 32. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Published by Heritage Press, NY, 1961
Seller: Windy Hill Books, Bacova, VA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Slipcase. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). With an introduction by Rex Warner. Folio. Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase. Spine of book lightly sun faded, else fine. Slipcase is lightly soiled and sun faded at edges. Priority and/or international shipping on this item will be extra and will be at actual shipping cost.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1979
Seller: The Haunted Bookshop, LLC, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Ayrton, Michael (illustrator). Crisp, clean pages; no owners' marks; endpapers are somewhat discolored around edges, and gilded page edges show droplet marks along the head edge; the bonded leather cover shows some pale specking at the lower spine and a few patches of discoloration in the gilded decoration, yet remains attractive and sound. xix, 177pp. Full green leather with hubbed spine, gold titles and decoration, bound-in ribbon marker, moire endpapers, all page edges gilded. From the "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written".; Small 4to.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Ayrton, Michael (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover, owner's stamp to title page, a touch of shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight, a Very Good + copy.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. For more than 30 years, the Easton Press has been the standard for finely bound, profusely gilt classic leather bindings.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Book
Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). Copyright is 1979. 177 pages. Full leather covers with raised spine bands and gilt stamped lettering and decoration. All edges of text are gilded. Silk moire end leaves and book mark.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Book
Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). Copyright is 1979. "Published by advance reservation exclusively for subscribers to the Easton Press collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written." 177 pages. Full green leather covers with raised spine bands and gilt stamped lettering and decoration. All edges of text are gilded. Silk moire end leaves and book mark.
Published by Easton Press, 1979
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. Gilt-stamped full green leather (hardcover), moire endpapers and pastedowns, a.e.g., fine. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1961
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: good+ to near fine. Limited edition. 1/1500. Folio. xix, 177pp, [1]. Maroon buckram slip case, red label with gilt lettering on spine. Red leather over brown cloth boards, gilt letter "O" on front cover. Tan cloth label with gilt lettering mounted on spine. Frontispiece. This limited edition, #87 of 1500 copies hand numbered and signed by illustrator Michael Ayrton at colophon, contains finely printed illustrations in b/w and color reproduced in high quality photogravure throughout. The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: á½ÏÎÏÏεΠα) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and pacification of the Erinyes. The trilogy-consisting of Agamemnon (á¼Î αμÎμνÏν), The Libation Bearers (ΧοΠÏóÏoÎ ), and The Eumenides (Îá½Î¼ÎµÎ½Î ΠεÏ)-also shows how the Greek gods interacted with the characters and influenced their decisions pertaining to events and disputes. The only extant example of an ancient Greek theatre trilogy, the Oresteia won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BC. The principal themes of the trilogy include the contrast between revenge and justice, as well as the transition from personal vendetta to organized litigation. Oresteia originally included a satyr play, Proteus (ÎÏÏÏεÏÏ), following the tragic trilogy, but all except a single line of Proteus has been lost. Slipcase with chip lower right front cover, scratches, staining and water stains to slipcase. Binding with light rubbing along hinge of spine and staining to cloth label. Slip case in good, binding in very good-, interior in near fine condition overall.
Published by The Easton Press 1979, Norwalk, 1979
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Full Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Ayrton, Michael (illustrator). xix, 177 pp. 'Collector's Edition': publisher's gilt-decorated full green leather binding with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. All edges gilt, with orange satin endpapers and ribbon marker. Translated by E. D. A. Morshead. With a colour portrait of Aeschylus frontispiece and illustrations by Michael Ayrton; an introduction by Rex Warner. In fine condition. Large 8vo. Illustrated.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1979
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Book
Full Leather. Condition: New. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). First Thus. This beautiful copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in green morocco covered boards with bright gilt decoration, there are raised bands to five compartments with the title to the second and the author to the fourth bright gilt decoration to the rest. There are silk endpapers and bright gilt page edges all round. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is an attractive publisher's book plate to the obverse of the f.e.p. A dust wrapper is not called for. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: ????????) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies (also called Erinyes or Eumenides). The trilogy?consisting of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides ?also shows how the Greek gods interacted with the characters and influenced their decisions pertaining to events and disputes. The only extant example of an ancient Greek theatre trilogy, the Oresteia won first prize at the Dionysia festival in 458 BCE. The principal themes of the trilogy include the contrast between revenge and justice, as well as the transition from personal vendetta to organized litigation. Oresteia originally included a satyr play, Proteus, following the tragic trilogy, but all except a single line of Proteus has been lost.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; Collector's Edition. Book condition is Very Good+, bound in full, genuine leather with gilt accents, 22kt gold page edges and a hubbed spine. Smyth sewn, interior vaunts moire end papers, acid-neutral paper (won't yellow or become brittle over time) and silk ribbon page marker. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated. Thin scuff to front panel. ; The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Michael Ayrton (illustrator). First edition. A stunning volume of The Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by the father of tragedy. The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th Century BC. The trilogy consists of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Furies.Aeschylus was an Ancient Greek tragedian and is often described as the father of tragedy.Agamemnon is the first of the three plays and concerns Agamemnon's homecoming after the end of the Trojan War. However, what awaits him at home is his vengeful and distraught wife, Clytemnestra, who is planning to murder Agamemnon for his brutal sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia.The Libation Bearers sees Orestes, Agamemnon's son, murder Clytemnestra in revenge for her murder of Agamemnon.Within The Furies Orestes is hunted and tormented by the furies.The trilogy concerns the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trail of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Erinyes.This stunning large copy of the trilogy is translated from the Greek by E. D A. Morshead with an introduction by Rex Warner and emotively and beautifully illustrated by Michael Ayrton. With nine colour illustration and a slipcase.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a faded spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In a slipcase that has a few marks to the boards. Fine. book.