Taplin, Oliver

Greek Fire The Influence of Ancient Greece on the Modern World

Hardcover, New York: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. "Devoting individual chapters to such subjects as tragedy, philosophy, science, myth, politics, sex, and warfare, Dr. Taplin explores the ways in which the modern world has been inspired by, reacted against, imitated, transformed, recycled, subverted, and received Greek Culture." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, bumped on top corners, small bumps on bottom corners and spine ends, light soiling on head edge near spine. Pages and illustrations are clean and tight. Dust jacket has normal edge and shelf wear, 1/2-inch chip on spine tail, wearing on top left corner of back cover, tanned on flaps and inside edges of jacket. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 276 pages. [Item #55445]

Price: $25.00