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	Marcus Aurelius and His Times - The Transition from Paganism to Christianity New York, Walter J. Black. 1945, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.) marked the close of the good period of the Antonine emperors, under whom Rome reached the height of her imperial dominion and administrative efficiency. He died fighting the restive barbarians on the Danube frontier and was buried not far from the camp on the site of what we now call Vienna. Title worn on spine, covers with general wear, text pages clean and sound. 306pp. Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 10.46 \| JP¥ 924] Book number: 000024 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ARISTOPHANES The Ecclesiazusae of Aristophanes Acted at Athens in the Year B.C. 393 London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1923, First Thus. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Translated into corresponding metres by Benjamin Bickley Rogers. 85pp. Spine faded. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 002340 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BOCCACCIO The Decameron of Boccaccio London, Chatto and Windus. 1920. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Thomas Derrick. 555pp. With twelve illustrations, all with slight discolouration/browning affecting bottom ten millimetres of page, print area not affected. Spine faded and worn top/base; corners bumped, rubbed and slighlty soiled covers. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 18.30 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 US$ 30.4 \| JP¥ 2685] Book number: 001541 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BROUGHAM, HENRY LORD (TRANSLATOR) The Oration of Demosthenes Upon the Crown London, George Routledge & Sons. Revised Edition. Half-Leather, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Not dated. 254 pages. Good. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 46.51 \| JP¥ 4109] Book number: 004176 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BUNYAN, JOHN The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come London, Cassell, Petter, and Gilpin. Half-Leather, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Selous, H. C. And Priolo, M. Paolo. With over 100 engraved illustrations. Not dated. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper dated 1864 and poem on back free endpaper on the death of the owners brother, plus page from another book pasted to page opposite. Previous owners coat of arms label on inside from cover. Covers in poor condition, spine detached from front edge, still attached to back. Much surface and edge wear to covers. Small round brown mark, about 10mm, affects pages 3 to 14. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 55.30 [Appr.: EURO 61.5 US$ 91.85 \| JP¥ 8115] Book number: 000681 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	CHURCH, REV. ALFRED J. Stories from Virgil London, Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. 1880. Full-Leather, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. With 25 illustrations which were adapted from a series of designs published earlier in the 19th century by Pinelli. Covers with gilt line edge decoration. Gilt coat of arms of Prisca Coborn's Foundation School on front cover. Dedication to pupil on front free endpaper - it was a prize for Latin. Wear to edges and surface of covers, front pastedown broken and split away from book. Foxing to pastedowns and free endpapers. Good/No Jacket. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 002045 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	COWPER, WILLIAM (TRANSLATOR) The Odyssey of Homer London, J.M.Dent and Sons Ltd. 1943. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. No. 454 of Everyman's Library. 366pp. plus 8 page publisher's list. Green cloth covers. White mark and some fading on front cover. Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.14 \| JP¥ 807] Book number: 002403 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	DALE, THE REV. HENRY The History of the Peloponnesian War By Thucydides. A New and Literal Version, from the Text of Arnold, Collated with Bekker, Goller, and Poppo. Vol II London, Henry G. Bohn. 1853. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. 594pp. followed by 32 pages of publishers catalogue. Front free endpaper missing. Cracked hinge down frontispiece and pastedown. Good/No Jacket. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: 001294 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	EURIPEDES The plays of Euripides. Volume One London, J.M.Dent & Co.. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [1942]. Translated by Shelley, Dean Milman, Potter, & Wodhull. Covers soiled with some fading. Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.30 [Appr.: EURO 6 US$ 8.8 \| JP¥ 778] Book number: 001974 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	GREENE, ROBERT Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit Oxford, B. H. Blackwell. 1919. Decorative Boards, 16mo - over 5Â¾" - 6Â¾" tall. Copy No. 304 of a limited edition of 500. Fourth in the Sheldonian Series of reprints and renderings of Masterpieces in all languages edited by Reginald Hewitt. Writting in pencil on front free endpaper and one word corrected in pen, two in pencil on page 72. Very Good. GBP 74.30 [Appr.: EURO 82.5 US$ 123.41 \| JP¥ 10903] Book number: 001550 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	HOMER (LORD DERBY: TRANSLATOR) The Iliad of Homer London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1944. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. No. 453 of Everyman's Library. Fading to spine and cover edges. 438pp. Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 002407 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	LEWIN, WALTER (EDITOR) Prose Writings of Swift London, Walter Scott. 1886, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Front cover affected by damp down outside edge leaving stain. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper. Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 000985 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	LIVINGSTONE, R. W. (EDITOR) The Pageant of Greece Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1925. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. 240pp. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: 003673 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	LORD MACAULAY Lays of Ancient Rome Together with Ivry, the Armada, a Radical War Song, the Battle of Moncontour, Songs of the Civil War London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Ill.: George Scharf, Jun. Numerous illustrations.237pp. Gutter of half-title page cracked, Wear to decorative covers around edges, corners and top/tail of spine. Awarded-to label on front free endpaper has mostly been torn away by previous owner who made a right mess of the attempt. The word 'soul' written at top of half-title page. Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002269 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Complete Works of William Shakespeare with a Life of the Poet By Charles Symmons London, Atlantis. 1980. (ISBN: 0905694546) Paperback. 910pp. A few creases on front cover; very light wear to edges. Slight browning to page edges. Very Good. GBP 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 10.46 \| JP¥ 924] Book number: 000824 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With Biographical Introduction and Glossary London, Bickers & Son. 1925. Full-Leather, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. 1312 pages. Gilt on all page edges. Gilt school name and vignette on front cover. Award dedication to pupil on front free endpaper. Split with covers down top half of both sides of spine; wear to top corners and top of spine. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 004247 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM Timon of Athens New York, Dell Publishing. 1963. Paperback, 16mo - over 5Â¾" - 6Â¾" tall. Francis Fergusson, General Editor with a Modern Commentary by Kenneth Burke. Very Good. GBP 5.30 [Appr.: EURO 6 US$ 8.8 \| JP¥ 778] Book number: 001038 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	THUCYDIDES The History of the Peloponnesian War London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1945. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. No. 455 of Everyman's Library. 489pp. plus 8 page list of 979 volumes of Everyman's Library. Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 002408 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	VIRGIL The Aeneid London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1943. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. The greatest work of Publius Vergilius Maro. No. 161 of Everyman's Library. 379pp. Slight fading to spine. Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 002411 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.

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	Marcus Aurelius and His Times - The Transition from Paganism to Christianity New York, Walter J. Black. 1945, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 A.D.) marked the close of the good period of the Antonine emperors, under whom Rome reached the height of her imperial dominion and administrative efficiency. He died fighting the restive barbarians on the Danube frontier and was buried not far from the camp on the site of what we now call Vienna. Title worn on spine, covers with general wear, text pages clean and sound. 306pp. Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 10.46 \| JP¥ 924] Book number: 000024 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	ARISTOPHANES The Ecclesiazusae of Aristophanes Acted at Athens in the Year B.C. 393 London, G. Bell and Sons Ltd. 1923, First Thus. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Translated into corresponding metres by Benjamin Bickley Rogers. 85pp. Spine faded. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 US$ 19.93 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 002340 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BOCCACCIO The Decameron of Boccaccio London, Chatto and Windus. 1920. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Thomas Derrick. 555pp. With twelve illustrations, all with slight discolouration/browning affecting bottom ten millimetres of page, print area not affected. Spine faded and worn top/base; corners bumped, rubbed and slighlty soiled covers. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 18.30 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 US$ 30.4 \| JP¥ 2685] Book number: 001541 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BROUGHAM, HENRY LORD (TRANSLATOR) The Oration of Demosthenes Upon the Crown London, George Routledge & Sons. Revised Edition. Half-Leather, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Not dated. 254 pages. Good. GBP 28.00 [Appr.: EURO 31.25 US$ 46.51 \| JP¥ 4109] Book number: 004176 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	BUNYAN, JOHN The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come London, Cassell, Petter, and Gilpin. Half-Leather, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Selous, H. C. And Priolo, M. Paolo. With over 100 engraved illustrations. Not dated. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper dated 1864 and poem on back free endpaper on the death of the owners brother, plus page from another book pasted to page opposite. Previous owners coat of arms label on inside from cover. Covers in poor condition, spine detached from front edge, still attached to back. Much surface and edge wear to covers. Small round brown mark, about 10mm, affects pages 3 to 14. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 55.30 [Appr.: EURO 61.5 US$ 91.85 \| JP¥ 8115] Book number: 000681 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	CHURCH, REV. ALFRED J. Stories from Virgil London, Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. 1880. Full-Leather, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. With 25 illustrations which were adapted from a series of designs published earlier in the 19th century by Pinelli. Covers with gilt line edge decoration. Gilt coat of arms of Prisca Coborn's Foundation School on front cover. Dedication to pupil on front free endpaper - it was a prize for Latin. Wear to edges and surface of covers, front pastedown broken and split away from book. Foxing to pastedowns and free endpapers. Good/No Jacket. GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 39 US$ 58.14 \| JP¥ 5136] Book number: 002045 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	COWPER, WILLIAM (TRANSLATOR) The Odyssey of Homer London, J.M.Dent and Sons Ltd. 1943. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. No. 454 of Everyman's Library. 366pp. plus 8 page publisher's list. Green cloth covers. White mark and some fading on front cover. Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.14 \| JP¥ 807] Book number: 002403 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	DALE, THE REV. HENRY The History of the Peloponnesian War By Thucydides. A New and Literal Version, from the Text of Arnold, Collated with Bekker, Goller, and Poppo. Vol II London, Henry G. Bohn. 1853. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. 594pp. followed by 32 pages of publishers catalogue. Front free endpaper missing. Cracked hinge down frontispiece and pastedown. Good/No Jacket. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 \| JP¥ 1321] Book number: 001294 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	EURIPEDES The plays of Euripides. Volume One London, J.M.Dent & Co.. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [1942]. Translated by Shelley, Dean Milman, Potter, & Wodhull. Covers soiled with some fading. Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.30 [Appr.: EURO 6 US$ 8.8 \| JP¥ 778] Book number: 001974 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	GREENE, ROBERT Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit Oxford, B. H. Blackwell. 1919. Decorative Boards, 16mo - over 5Â¾" - 6Â¾" tall. Copy No. 304 of a limited edition of 500. Fourth in the Sheldonian Series of reprints and renderings of Masterpieces in all languages edited by Reginald Hewitt. Writting in pencil on front free endpaper and one word corrected in pen, two in pencil on page 72. Very Good. GBP 74.30 [Appr.: EURO 82.5 US$ 123.41 \| JP¥ 10903] Book number: 001550 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	HOMER (LORD DERBY: TRANSLATOR) The Iliad of Homer London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1944. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. No. 453 of Everyman's Library. Fading to spine and cover edges. 438pp. Good/No Jacket. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 \| JP¥ 734] Book number: 002407 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	LEWIN, WALTER (EDITOR) Prose Writings of Swift London, Walter Scott. 1886, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Front cover affected by damp down outside edge leaving stain. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper. Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 000985 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	LIVINGSTONE, R. W. (EDITOR) The Pageant of Greece Oxford at the Clarendon Press. 1925. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. 240pp. Very Good/No Jacket. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 \| JP¥ 1027] Book number: 003673 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	LORD MACAULAY Lays of Ancient Rome Together with Ivry, the Armada, a Radical War Song, the Battle of Moncontour, Songs of the Civil War London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1888. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Ill.: George Scharf, Jun. Numerous illustrations.237pp. Gutter of half-title page cracked, Wear to decorative covers around edges, corners and top/tail of spine. Awarded-to label on front free endpaper has mostly been torn away by previous owner who made a right mess of the attempt. The word 'soul' written at top of half-title page. Good/No Jacket. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002269 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Complete Works of William Shakespeare with a Life of the Poet By Charles Symmons London, Atlantis. 1980. (ISBN: 0905694546) Paperback. 910pp. A few creases on front cover; very light wear to edges. Slight browning to page edges. Very Good. GBP 6.30 [Appr.: EURO 7 US$ 10.46 \| JP¥ 924] Book number: 000824 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: With Biographical Introduction and Glossary London, Bickers & Son. 1925. Full-Leather, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. 1312 pages. Gilt on all page edges. Gilt school name and vignette on front cover. Award dedication to pupil on front free endpaper. Split with covers down top half of both sides of spine; wear to top corners and top of spine. Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 004247 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM Timon of Athens New York, Dell Publishing. 1963. Paperback, 16mo - over 5Â¾" - 6Â¾" tall. Francis Fergusson, General Editor with a Modern Commentary by Kenneth Burke. Very Good. GBP 5.30 [Appr.: EURO 6 US$ 8.8 \| JP¥ 778] Book number: 001038 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	THUCYDIDES The History of the Peloponnesian War London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1945. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. No. 455 of Everyman's Library. 489pp. plus 8 page list of 979 volumes of Everyman's Library. Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 002408 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.
	VIRGIL The Aeneid London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1943. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. The greatest work of Publius Vergilius Maro. No. 161 of Everyman's Library. 379pp. Slight fading to spine. Good/No Jacket. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 \| JP¥ 880] Book number: 002411 Click here to order or inquire at Andmeister Books.