Pindar Bowra (34 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Condition Notes: Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

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Condition: New.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Copyright 1969. 256 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Top front corner torn off. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Creased spine.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

This is a clean, unmarked copy with a worn dust jacket.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Cloth. Condition: Fair (No Dust Jacket). Reprint. 12mo. Spine cocked, head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, front hinge starting, previous owner name, scattered ink marks in text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Former owner's name on ffep. ; Xii, [292] p. Greek Text with Latin apparatus and introduction. ; Oxford Classical Texts Oct (Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis); 292 pages.

Condition: Good. 1928. Limited Edition. 165 pages. No dust jacket. White cloth with patterned slipcase. Number 322 of 1050 copies. Rough-cut pages. Missing front free endpaper. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Slipcase is moderately scuffed and torn with visible splitting and chipping to joints.

Condition: Good. Used, some outer edges have scuffs, cover has light scratches, outer pages have gone Brown, book content is in good readable condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. In blue cloth. Previous owner name. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Minor shelf wear. Else a nice, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Minor shelf wear. Spine, edges of boards, sunned; some light scuffing. Else fine. Internally a bright, clean copy.

2nd edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (worn at head of spine - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Unpaginated (extensive ink and pencil annotations throughout). [Greek text with Latin introduction].

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, 522pp. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the translator. Hardcover, bound in contemporary light brown quarter leather with marbled boards, green morocco label, gilt title and ornament to spine. In very good condition. Firm binding. Pages are clean, with no signs of prior ownership. Light scattered foxing or tanning to paper throughout. Minor rubbing to board edges. A very nice copy overall.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 2revised ed edition. 302 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. navy cloth, gilt lettering, unpaginated, text in Latin and Greek, cover lightly soiled and rubbed, ends of spine and corners scuffed, edges toned, top and fore edges foxed, top edge stained, endpapers foxed, small pencil note and sticker to front endpaper Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No. 660 of 1050 copies. 24mo. xlvi,165 pp., colophon; title-page & two other vignettes engraved on copper by Stephen Gooden. Publishers buckram, gilt lettered and top edge gilt. A very good bright copy in original slipcase, with the bookplate of J.R. Abbey on the front paste-down.

Hard. Condition: Very good + in like slipcase. LIMITED EDITION NO. 1511 OF ONLY 1550 CO. Very good+ in like slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase corners. Minor toning to endpapers.

Slipcased Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Very Good For Age. No Jacket. This book is in very good condition for its age with tight binding and clean text. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Oxford University Press. 1961. Hardback with DW. Wrapper spine sunned and price clipped. Ownership signature to front end paper. A nice clean copy.

LIMITED EDITION No. 160 of 500 copies. Small 8vo. hardback in full cream buckram, gilt, in decorative paper-covered slipcase. t.e.g. xlv, 165pp. plus Limitation page at end. Title page, headpiece and colophon engraved by Stephen Gooden. A clean copy with no markings or inscriptions. Slight tanning to endpapers and untrimmed foredge. Slipcase edges lightly rubbed. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. (Shelf 3) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Slip-Case. 8vo. pp xiv, 165. Original publishers white buckram, lettered gilt at the spine. Greek poetry translated into English. Limited edition of 1050 copies, this being no. 408. Faint browning to endpapers, otherwise very good indeed in slightly used and rubbed, very good slip-case.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). A smart limited edition of this collection of the victory odes by Pindar, here translated into English. Limited edition of one thousand and fifty copies of which this is number one hundred and fifty-four. A collection of the Pythian victory odes by Pindar, an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. The Pythian Games was one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, held in Delphi every four years in honour of Apollo. Translated by Henry Theodore Wade-Gery, an English classical scholar, historian and epigrapher, and Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra, an English classical scholar, literary critic and academic, known for his wit. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Age toning to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Small 8vo. 4.25 x 6.25 inches. xlv + [i] + 165 + [1] pp. All text within decorative borders. Bound in original white buckram with bevelled edges to boards. Top edge gilt. A little wear to extremities, spine title no longer clearly visible and fly leaves browned; otherwise a very good title. Decorated by copperplate vignettes by A. Alexander and Son, including title and colophon pages. A limited private press edition of the twelve Pythian Odes of the late Archaic Greek lyric poet, Pindar (c.518-438 BC), born near Thebes. They celebrate the victors of the Pythian Games, held every four years at the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. These were one of four Panhellenic games, the others being at Olympia, Corinth and Nemea, whose winners were also the subject of Pindaric odes. This edition includes an introduction, appendices and notes. Henry Theodore Wade-Grey (1888-1972) was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford, 1939-53. Cecil Maurice Bowra (1898-1971), another Oxford classicist served as Vice-Chancellor of the University, 1951-54 and was a leading Pindaric scholar. CLASSICS GREEK CLASSICS GREEK POETRY SPORT- ANCIENT CLASSICS.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Schutzumschlag. Ohne durchgängige Seitenzählung. Orig.-Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Der Umschlagrücken gering vergilbt, sonst schönes, gut erhaltenes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen und mit allenfalls leichten Gebrauchsspuren.