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THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (EASTON PRESS)
by Thucydides
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NF
- Seller
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Mount Vernon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Easton Press. NF. 1974. Leather bound. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. The Leather Bound Library of Military History. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 461 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. Collector's Edition. Bound in Genuine Leather. Book is still crisp and gold gilded page edges in excellent condition. Gilt decoration to spine and boards. Raised spine bands, satin endpapers and sewn in bookmark. Includes Collector's Notes and unpasted and unsigned bookplate .
Synopsis
The History of the Peloponnesian War is an account of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, fought between the Peloponnesian League and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian general who served in the war. It is widely considered a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The History was divided into eight books by editors of later antiquity. Analyses of the History generally fall into one of two camps.
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- Bookseller
- Easton's Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61203
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (EASTON PRESS)
- Author
- Thucydides
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Ancient History, Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
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