Dicks D R (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Price clipped. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 272 p., ill., 22 cm. "Astronomy is one of the most enduring achievements of the Ancient Greeks. To show the enormous debt that today's astronomers owe to them, Professor Dicks traces the development from its beginning to the time of Aristotle." - Cornell University Press From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. 272pp, octavo hardcover in dj. boards lightly worn but clean, binding solid and strong, slight toning to endpapers, interior text clean. DJ covers lightly worn, light toning to dj edges, price-clipped, no tears.

Condition: Very Good. 1964. No edition remarks. 109 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustration plates. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Cloth, dj. Minor toning and edge wear to dj. Minor shelf wear to boards. Small tear to fore edge of pp. 67-68. Else very sound, with clean internals.

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (light spotting on page edges and boards a little chafed at edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (spine toned - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 272, illus with b&w diagrams (no inscriptions).

Condition: Fine. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Tuesday, May 26 (holiday sale item)* 272 pp., hardcover, fine in a fine dust jacket. - 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.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and faded spine.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 15 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 28 x 20 cms. Category: Hellenic Studies; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. * PUBLISHER : AWARD BOOKS * YEAR : 1969 * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 512 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: THE COVER IS HEAVILY RUBBED AND CREASED WITH BUMPING AND SMALL TEARS ALONG THE EDGES AND CORNERS WITH A STICKER PULL TO THE REAR. THE SPINE IS HEAVILY WORN AND CREASED WITH BUMPING AT BOTH ENDS. THE BINDING IS FIRM. THE YELLOW COLOURED FOR-EDGE HAS FADED IN PLACES. TO THE TOP OF THE FFEP IS A FAINT PENNED WRITTEN NUMBER. THERE IS FOXING INSIDE BOOK. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE, HOWEVER THERE IS SOME WATER STAINING INSIDE BOOK, THOUGH THIS DOES NOT AFFECT READING. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Condition: Very good.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:050040013X.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:

272pp. with dust cover. foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First printing. 8vo. [5], 6-272 pp. Full blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $7.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Part of the Aspects of Greek and Roman Life series, series edited by H.H. Scullard. A history of Greek astronomy, discussing Plato, Eudoxus, and the Greek contributions to the inventions of the globe, the planisphere, the star map, and the planetarium. A Near Fine book with a small sticker abrasion on the free front endpaper in a Near Fine dust jacket with a hint or two of edge wear and toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue green colored cloth boards have minor wear. Has a good binding, no marks or notations. [xi], 214 pages.

Pbk 127pp.nr Fine.

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Condition: Good. dw. 22cm. xi,214pp.

Thames and Hudson, London. 1970. First edition. Hardback with DW. Large 8vo. Blue cloth boards have some marks. Wrapper slightly worn and browned with a sunned spine. Overall a lovely clean copy.

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Hardcover. Condition: Used-Good. 8vo. Cloth, no dj. Ex-library copy. Minor shelf wear overall; light rubbing to boards, ends of spine. Else fine. A sound copy with clean, unmarked internals in otherwise very good conditon.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. As fine a set of the series edited by H.H. Scullard, and from the home of a noted collector of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome and who made 18 trips thereto over the years. A dozen of the 25 titles published eventually. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format exemplars, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jackets, illustrated, little worn, protected by plastic coats. Bound in brightly colored cloth over boards, with sharp and distinct lettering to spines. First U.S. Editions, from the true First Editions, published by Thames and Hudson of London, England. From the publisher comes the following: "This series presents a vivid composite picture of ancient Greece and Rome through succinct, up-to-date surveys of many aspects of classical life and activities that have been heretofore neglected. Written by distinguished scholars, they conform to the highest standards of research and exposition. These attractive volumes are published not only for scholars and students, but also for the general reader interested in classical antiquity." The set is comprised of the following titles: The Roman Soldier (G.R. Watson, 1969, [6], 7-256 pp., bright orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, clipped dust jacket, Near Fine/Near Fine condition); The Law in Classical Athens (Douglas M. MacDowell, 1978, [8], green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, 9-280 pp., two inked letters to upper edge, else Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Sport in Greece and Rome (H.A. Harris, 1977, Fourth Printing, green linen cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, [7], 8-288 pp., Near Fine/Near Fine condition); The Religions of the Roman Empire (John Ferguson, 1974, Second Printing, orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, [8], 9-296 pp., Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Early Greek Astronomy to Aristotle (D.R. Dicks, 1970, First Printing of the First U.S. Edition, [6], 7-272 pp., bright blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Houses, Villas and Palaces in the Roman World (A.G. McKay, 1975, First Printing of the First U.S. Edition, bright orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering tto spine, [6], 7-288 pp., Fine/Fine condition); Trade and Industry in Classical Greece (R.J. Hopper, Thames and Hudson, 1979, thus a First Edition, dark brick-red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine and two dolphins logo to front cover, [6], 7-240 pp., Fine/Fine condition); Roman Medicine (John Scarborough, Cornell University Press, true First Edition, 1969, red cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, previous owner's ink-stamp along bottom and top edges, clipped dust jacket, [5], 6-238 pp., else Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Festivals of the Athenians (H.W. Parke, 1977, First U.S. Edition, "released" ink-stamp to first free endpaper, burgundy cloth over cloth, gilt lettering to spine, [11], 12-208 pp., Near Fine/Fine condition); Roman Farming (K.D. White, 1970, First U.S. Edition, olive-green cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, clipped dust jacket, [5], 6-536 pp., owner's ink-stamp along top edge, Near Fine/Near Fine condition); Scipio Africanus: Soldier and Politician (H.H. Scullard, 1970, First U.S. Edition, brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, clipped dust jacket, [7], 8-299 pp., Near Fine/Near Fine condition, owner's ink-stamp along top edge); Greek and Roman Maps (O.A.W. Dilke, 1985, First U.S. Edition, gray cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine, [7], 8-224 pp., Fine/Fine condition); R.J. Lenardon, The Saga of Themistocles (Thames and Hudson, London, 1975), Near Fine condition, slight edgewear and rubbing to the brick-red cloth over boards, previous owner's penned signature at first free end paper, else quite Fine looking), with [9], 10-248 pp. and 35 illustrations and four maps. All in, a fine start on a complete set of the entire series.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Hardcover. First Edition. Demy 8vo. 5.625 x 8.75 in. xi, [1], 214, [2] pp. Teal cloth, titled in gilt on spine, in plain dust jacket printed in black & red. Includes TLS from D.R. Dicks to classics professor Peter Kingsley, offering Prof. Kingsley a copy of this book and listing several emendations in case of a second edition. Text in Greek & English. A nice copy. Published as part of the University of London Classical Studies series. Uncommon. Near fine in very good jacket. Light chipping to jacket, with small closed tear & light toning to spine panel. Very light, very occasional foxing.