Hughes, Ian: Attila the Hun: Arch-Enemy of Rome. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2019. First edition. 8vo., pp. xxvi, 214. Maps and illustrations to text. Hardback: grey cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54451
Hughes-Hallett, Lucy: Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions. London: Bloomsbury, 1990. First edition. 8vo., pp. 339 + plates. Hardback: green cloth, gilt-lettered to spine and upper board. Dust-jacket. Foxing to top edge, slight creasing along jacket edges, light signs of use, otherwise very good. Ref: 54249
Jimenez. Ramon.L: Caesar Against The Celts: Staplehurst, Kent: Spellmount Ltd, 1996. First edition. 8vo., pp. xv, 284, (iii). Maps and illustrations. Hardback: burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. A little foxing to edges only, otherwise fine. Dust-jacket, light signs of use, still very good. Ref: 54202
Juvenalis, Decimus Junius: (Dryden, John, trans.:) The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. By Mr Dryden, And Several other Eminent Hands. Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus [...] London: Printed for Jacob Tonson [...] 1697. Second edition. 8vo. pp. [ii], xc, 501, [iii] + frontispiece and 17 further engraved plates. Trimmed a little close at head just touching letters of headline p.v, light dampstain to bottom edge and a little worming pp. 5-20 and pp.345-356, slightly foxed, small tear to head of pp.213-4, occasional small wax spots. Contemporary dark brown mottled calf, raised bands with gilt filets, red label, blind-tooled frame and corners to boards, edges sprinkled red. Roughly 1.5cm loss to head cap, spine creased, some scuffs and scrapes, small loss to bottom corner of upper board and top corner of lower board, good. Ownership inscriptions of Tom S. Gowland, Old Park House, Ripon dated Easter 1947 to front pastedown; Gerrard Thomas (Ferrand?) to frontispiece verso. The first edition in 8vo format, following first publication in folio in 1693. Translations by Dryden, Tate, W. Bowles, Charles Dryden, G Stepney, Stephen Harvey, Mr Congreve, Mr Power, Mr Creech, J, Dryden Jnr. The fourth, anonymous satire translated by R. Duke. ESTC R031548; Wing J1289. Ref: 54733show full image..
Kiley, Mark, et al.: Prayer from Alexander to Constantine: A Critical Anthology. London: Routledge, 1997. 8vo., pp. xx, 332. Paperback. Light signs of use, with light pencil underlining to just a few pages, still very good. Ref: 54247
Kokkinos, Nikos: Antonio Augusta. Portrait of a great Roman lady. London: Routledge, 1992. First edition. 8vo, pp. [xviii], 254, with illustrations. Hardback: black cloth, spine gilt-lettered, very good. Dust-jacket, small tear to fold of upper flap, upper edge rather frayed, generally a little creased. but still good. Ref: 53541
Koortbojian, Michael: Crossing the Pomerium: The Boundaries of Political, Religious, and Military Institutions from Caesar to Constantine. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2020. First edition. Large 8vo., pp. xix, 228. Illustrations to text. Hardback: Buff cloth, silver-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. Ref: 54503
Lenski, Noel: Constantine and the Cities: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Large 8vo., pp. ix, 404. Maps and illustrations. Paperback. White covers, and edges, dust-marked, but an unused copy: very good. Ref: 54358
Libanius: (Wolfius, J.C., ed.:) Epistolae. Quas nunc primum maximam partem e variis codicibus, manu exaratis, edidit, Latine convertit & notis illustravit. Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios. 1738. Editio princeps. Large folio, pp. [20], 865, [1], lacking final blank. With half-title, title page in red and black, engraved printer's device to title, double column in Greek and Latin. Half-title, title and a handful of other leaves slightly foxed, occasional toning. Contemporary Dutch vellum, traces of ties, gilt ruled to a panel design, gilt centrepieces with arms of Amsterdam, small gilt arms of Amsterdam to corners, raised bands, small gilt arms of Amsterdam to spine, title inked to spine, modern shelfmark label to upper cover. Corners a bit bumped. Modern stamp of Maastricht library to ffep. A sumptuously bound, large folio prize book - a clean and well-margined copy. The first collected printing of the letters of Libanius, the 4th-century AD rhetorician. More than 1500 of his letters survive, the largest extant collection from antiquity, and only brief selections had been previously edited. Wolf's magisterial volume not only prints as many as were known but also includes Latin translations for each letter; Smith called it 'the best edition' (Dict. Gr. & Rom. Bio.), and it is still cited in modern editions. Brunet III, 1050; Graesse IV, 195; Hoffman II; Spoelder, 493 (Amst. 12). Ref: 53359show full image..
Lieu, Samuel N. C.: Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China: A Historical Survey. Manchester University Press, 1999. Sandpiper Books reprint. 8vo., pp. xviii, 360. Maps. Hardback: burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered to spine. Dust-jacket. Unused, a hint only of shelf-dust: a fine copy. With a Foreword by Mary Boyce. First published 1985. Ref: 54445
