Alcestis, Signed (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Inscribed to previous owner by the author on the second free endpaper. PO's address sticker is on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. hardcover. Nicely INSCRIBED and signed by the author and dated in the year of publication on the front endpaper. Some offsetting to the front and rear pastedowns and endpapers, still a very good copy with clean text and tight binding. Green cloth, no dust jacket.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 365-374. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication of the author. - Author's name underlined on cover, otherwise a very good and clean copy. - From the text: Death is quite pervasive in Greek literature. It is much lamented in Greek lyrics and it is an integral part of two major genres, the epic and the tragic. In the Iliad, it is part and parcel of the heroic life. Achilles is offered the choice between a long, undistinguished life or a short, glorious one crowned by everlasting renown {II. 9.410-416). Only the latter is heroic. The untimely and unnatural death of the key protagonists is also one of the defining features of Greek, and subsequent, tragedy. In both genres, unnatural and often violent death is linked to greatness. Yet Greek literature does not glorify death. In the Iliad, the abundant detail with which killing and dying are described is not only fascinating; it is also repellent. The tragedies are concerned less with the heroes demise, which is foreknown and taken for granted, than with how they live and the choices they make before they die. In both genres, death is generally presented as inevitable, fearful, and very sad, not welcomed or embraced. The afterworld is envisioned as sunless, cheerless Hades, whose inhabitants pine for the life they had lost. The Elysian Fields, blissful as they are said to be, are described only in the vaguest of terms and do not seem to offer much comfort for the general lot of humanity. While Hesiod tells us that their inhabitants are untouched by sorrow, he also relays that the place is apart from men (Hes. Op 167-73). Most of the Greek heroes, some even with divine ancestry (e.g., Achilles), do not seem to have been granted entry. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

72 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed decorated boards. First edition. No. 62 of 260 copies, signed by Richard Aldington. Short, slight crease to the first few leaves; some minor use and sunning at extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. Bileck, MArvin (illustrator). First Published. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Presented to Frances Eaton, with author's signature, on flyleaf. Light normal book wear; dust jacket has some edge chips, rub marks, scuffs and soils. 119 pages. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Book.

1904 Antique Print - BERKSHIRE Bradfield College Greek Play Alcestis (77) For more info please ask seller a question. Royal Mail 2nd Class - £0.00 Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed For - £4.50 Standard Int'l age - £4.00 Royal Mail International Signed - £8.00 No PICK UP OPTIONSorry, our items are NOT available for pick-up.PAYING VIA PAYPALWe accept on our all our items so you can shop with confidence.Simple choose the option when proceeding through the checkout.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Limited. Translated by Richard Aldington. 72 pages, cloth backed decorative boards. London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. Limited Edition. One of 260 copies, signed by Aldington.

First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth, top edge gilt; [8],60pp. Spine a hint toned, else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed to the noted American author and critic William Lyon Phelps on front free endpaper (author signature "Sara Wiley Drummond"). Signed.

Condition: Gut. S. 173-195. Mit Widmung des Autors. - Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Name des Autors unterstrichen, sonst sehr sauber. - Aus dem Text: Der spätantike Alkestispapyrus, der im Jahre 1982 in Barcelona ans Licht der Öffentlichkeit kam (P.Barcinonensis, Inv. n. 158-161), hat bereits eine Reihe von Bearbeitungen erfahren, bis hin zu einem ausführlichen Kommentar. Der Textbestand kann danach im großen und ganzen als gesichert gelten, für Verständnis und Interpretation bleibt aber noch manches zu tun. Die mehr als 120 lateinischen Hexameter eines Anonymus, die vermutlich ins 4. Jh. n. Chr. zu datieren sind, geben in zumeist dramatischdialogischer Gestaltung den Todesentschluß der Alkestis, dem die Weigerungen von Vater und Mutter, für Admet zu sterben, vorangehen. Als Einleitung dient Admets an Apoll gerichtete Frage nach seinem Todestag, den dieser unter Bedauern als leider unmittelbar bevorstehend ankündigen muß, freilich mit der Möglichkeit, daß Admet ein Ersatzopfer finden und anbieten könne. Apoll fordert Admet ausdrücklich zu diesem Versuch auf (Pap. 18-20): Vater, Mutter und Gattin gelten präzis in der dann auch realisierten Reihenfolge als mögliche Kandidaten. - Wikipdia: Wolf-Lüder Liebermann (* 30. Januar 1941 in Gießen) ist ein deutscher klassischer Philologe. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 Sonderdruck, Privatkopie des Autors, gefaltet, nicht gebunden.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Hardback, quarter cloth with decorative paper backed boards. 21cm x 14.5cm. 71pp. Number 182 of a limited edition of only 260 copies. Signed by Richard Aldington to the limitation leaf. Top edges of boards a little age-discoloured. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. A very pleasing copy. (bs67). Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Signed by the author. A fine copy. No jacket.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: FINE. Alan Aldridge (illustrator). SIGNED and inscribed by the author to photographer and fine-press publisher, Stathis Orphanos, d. 1982 in Mountain View, CA. Unpaginated, glossy printed hardcovers. FINE in FINE jacket. Adams, best known for his epic novel Watership Down, was also fond of short stories and tales, one of which, 'The Legend of Te Tuna' was published by Sylvester and Orphanos.

ALDINGTON, Richard, trans. EURIPIDES. Alcestis. Original cloth-backed fancy boards. London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. First edition. One of 260 numbered copies signed by Aldington. Minor rubbing to corners, very faint foxing to endpapers, else very good or better. Signed.

1 of 250 signed by Aldington. Orig. cloth backed boards. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. By Euripides. Translated by Richard Aldington. Patterned paper boards, black buckram spine. Very nice copy. One of 260 numbered copies signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Alan Aldridge (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards. 4to. no dust jacket as issued. Illustrated with twelve full page illustrations in colour by Alan Aldridge. SIGNED by the author opposite the title page 'Yours sincerely Richard Adams.' Covers are a little worn with a scratch on surface on verso, else very good.Size 11'' x 9''. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. 91p. INSCRIBED BY BOTH TRANSLATORS. A hardcover book in very good condition with an acceptable dustjacket. Spine lightly tanned; endpapers more deeply tanned. Very thin, light stain on side of front cover. Otherwise, text clean and binding tiht. The jacket is lightly chipped at the corners and at the ends of the spine. Light dampstain on side of front panel. The spine is deeply tanned and is almost completely split along the back edge. However, the jacket is protected in a mylar cover. This copy is inscribed and signed by both Fitts and Fitzgerald in the front free endpaper to Allen Bernard Sly, the composer of the music for this version of the play: "For Allen Sly / Whose music encourages us to believe in this poem." This English translation was the first of many renowned collaborations between Fitts and Fitzgerald.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED COPY. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1873. Hardcover. Two volumes bound into one. Author's inscription to first blank page. Fine period binding. Mustard yellow decorative staining to all edges. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece. Title panels on spine slightly chipped. Decorative staining dulled along top edges. Some light foxing to first few, to last few pages and to some other pages. Overall, the book is in a very good condition. Blanche Warre-Cornish née Ritchie (widely known as Mrs Cornish, 5 July 1848 9 August 1922) was an English conversationalist, celebrated for the "pregnant and startling irrelevancies" of her discourse. She edited some reminiscences of her cousin, the novelist William Thackeray. Blanche was born in Calcutta, India. Her father was William Ritchie, Advocate-General of Bengal, and her brother Sir Richmond Ritchie, who spent most of his working life in the Indian Office. In 1866, aged 18, she married Francis Warre-Cornish, a master at Eton College and ultimately Vice-Provost of the school. Their several children included the writer Mary MacCarthy and Cecilia Fisher, who married William Wordsworth Fisher, later an admiral. Blanche Warre-Cornish died in Kensington, London. Warre-Cornish's published works included the novels Alcestis (1873) and Northam Cloisters (1882, sometimes misattributed to William Hamilton Maxwell). She also wrote, for example, a memoir of Robert Hugh Benson and edited some biographical reminiscences of her cousin, William Thackeray. However, she was noted most of all for her conversation, with which she engaged and occasionally alarmed generations of Eton schoolboys. Some of her remarks were collected by Logan Pearsall Smith and printed privately in 1935 as Cornishiana. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Translated and with a lengthy introduction and extensive endnotes by William Arrowsmith. Topedge modestly foxed else fine in a very good dust jacket; the lamination is about 1/16" short on all four edges, and those edges have some wear and soil. Inscribed to noted poet David Ignatow: "For Dave Ignatow, in friendship and admiration -Bill Arrowsmith. Lincoln, Vt. June 20, 1975." Issued as part of The Greek Tragedy in New Translations.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards. 4to. 11'' x 9''. In Fine condition book in acetate dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author opposite the title page 'Yours sincerely Richard Adams.' Henry Sotheran ticket inside. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0224014412 CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Excelente. 1ª Edición. Premi Mallorca de Narrativa del año 2008. PRIMERA EDICIÓN. PRIMERA EDICIÓ. FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING. EXCELENTE ejemplar DEDICADO por el autor al editor Pere Sureda / DEDICAT per l'autor a l'editor Pere Sureda / DEDICATED by the author to the publisher Pere Sureda. Editado en tapa blanda con solapas, en muy buen estado de conservación. Colección "Narrativa" núm. 357. Un grupo de amigos se reúnen para celebrar una edición más de lo que ellos llaman el Juego de la Fragmentación. De forma inesperada, un hecho trágico proporciona al Juego un objetivo excepcional y claro. Interior en perfecto estado. 684 pp + Nota editorial. Dedicatoria autógrafa del auto.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge with Mr. Harry Willock. Quarto. Glossy pictorial boards. Illustrated in color. A fine copy, issued without dust jacket. Inscribed by Richard Adams: "To Michael Curtis with every good wish from Richard Adams" on the verso of the front flyleaf. An illustrated fantasy story for children told in verse.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge with Mr. Harry Willock. Quarto. Glossy pictorial boards. Illustrated in color. A little rubbed, near fine, issued without dust jacket. Inscribed by Richard Adams: "To Michael Curtis with all good wishes from Richard Adams" on verso of the front flyleaf. An illustrated fantasy story for children told in verse.