Precope (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 313 pages. Interior clean, binding tight, covers with mild shelf wear/corner bumps, dust jacket with some shelf wear to the edges/small tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. With 313pp and illustratrions, a valuable study . HARDCOVER, DUST JACKET torn with some loss, NO MARKINGS, VERY GOOD CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. viii, 284 pp, 1 leaf [errata]; illus. Original cloth. Very Good, in dust jacket. First Edition.

313 pp. Original cloth. Cloth along bottom edge of front cover is rippled (I think this is the result of exposure to water). Dust jacket dampstained. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. 1st ed. 313 pp. f/piece woodcut following Contents, portrait plates intermittently throughout; internally clean tight & unmarked in clean covers marred only by corner bumping. Deals with medical views etc. of Greek philosophers period down to Sophists (5th century B.C.E.) with some coverage of Plato & Aristotle. Extensive quotations in Greek+English translation. No publishing date but BL catalogue gives 1961. red cloth.

Original cloth with dustjacket. Dustjacket a bit worn / damaged, book itself only minor traces of use, a good copy. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Illustrated by K. C. Precope (illustrator). First Edition. Clean red paper covered boards, black title on front cover. Text tight, clean & intact. B/W illustration. Dust jacket (G+) has chipped edges & is price clipped. English and Greek texts. Lightly bumped spine head. The evolution of pre-Hippocratic medicine based on the study of anthropology and a knowledge of Ancient Greek. Medical; B/W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (philosophy, biography) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 313 p. : plates ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophers, Greek. Medicine, Greek and Roman. 3 Kg.

Condition: Very good (see description). probably the first edition, large 8vo, 313pp, heavy-quality smoothly calendered paper throughout, a few gatherings still uncut, 9 full-page photographs (from engravings, sculptures, early paintings) of some of the great priest-physicians, philosophers, wise men, covered in this book, publisher's boards, title gilt on spine, dustwrapper intact, illustrated in a background shade from a reproduction of a woodcut 'Dialecticians' of a master expounding to his pupils, upper cover bowed, overall very good.

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red cloth hard boards. Pp 284, art paper. A square, tight and clean copy. contents bright and clean; inscribed by author to blank endpaper:- 'For Joan Gilchrist from K. Precope Xmas 195?' Images/further information available upon requesst. Signed by Author(s).

(1952) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 207pp. Dj sl.chipped else a very good copy. 1st ed. thus. "Hippocrates had a good dealt to say about diet and hygiene and it is surprising that so much of his teaching has stood the test of even modern science.".

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 313 p. : plates ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Philosophy, Ancient. Philosophers, Greek. Medicine, Greek and Roman. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition book. Slight chipping to the edges of the dust jacket. A goos copy.

hardback in original cloth Very Good large octavo 313pp., b/w pls., text ills., index, Covers Priest-Physicians, Wise Men, Physicists, & Sophists.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 314 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.71 inches. In Stock.

First Edition. (London: The New Europe Publishing Company Ltd. 1944). First UK Edition. A softcover stapled pamphlet. Practical Greek recipes in modified war-time form. 54 recipes over 25 pages + 3 pages of adverts. A VG+ copy. A scarce little book (the first we have seen). Photographs/scans available upon request.