Previous owner's name and green mark on inside front cover. No apparent marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Appears unread. View More...
1st Edition / 1st Printing - No marks noted in text. Binding busted in a number of places but all pages remain secure. Some mild wear on cover. View More...
1st Edition / 1st Printing - (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010) No apparent marks in text. Binding is tight and square. Light wear on dust jacket. View More...
1st English Edition (Oxford - 1972) No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. . . . . . . . . Mayer's treatment of the Crusades is outstanding. His examination of Europe's forays into the Levant between 1095 - 1291 shows the complex inter-relationship and on-again, off-again cooperation between various secular authorities, and the political competition between state and church. To my suprise, he also draws attention to the political turmoil within the Muslim states between 1095 - 1192 that was an accidental boon to the Crusading Europeans. The majority of the book ... View More...
1st Edition (2004). CLEAN!! No marks. Might as well be new. DJ is as new. Appears unread. . . . . . . The book is organized in a novel way, concentrating on themes that run through the whole period and unite Greek, Etruscan and Roman culture. Chapter I begins with the centrality of the body and its presentation. Chapter II turns to the religious framework and looks at gods and heroes. Chapter III shows how beliefs crystallized in myth. Chapter IV considers the natural setting and its manipulation by agriculture. Chapter V deals with man as citizen - of the city (Greece) and the empire (Rome).... View More...
Stated 1st Edition. 1st Edition / 1st Printing - Full number line. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read. View More...
2 Volume Set - 1963 Reprint by Benjamin Blom of the 1918 Harvard University original edtition. Ex-library with usual marks but appear to have had little use. No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. No dust jacket as issued. View More...