James n davidson (73 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Zustand: Good. 1 Us ed. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. 1 Us ed. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. As any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he reflected the culture of ancient Greece in which he lived, a culture of passions and pleasures, of food, drink, and sex before--and in concert with--politics and principles. Athenians, the richest and most powerful of the Greeks, were as skilled at consuming as their playwrights were at devising tragedies. Weaving together Greek texts, critical theory, and witty anecdotes, this compelling and accessible study teaches the reader a great deal, not only about the banquets and temptations of ancient Athens, but also about how to read Greek comedy and history.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Like New dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 47198774. 1792170093. 10/16/2026 5:01:33 PM.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover in good to very good condition. All inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the dust jacket. Dust jacket wrapped in protective cellophane. Ex library.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Pages tanned. DJ spine a bit sunned.; 1.25 x 10 x 6.75 Inches; 371 pages; British historian Davidson takes us inside classical Greece's brothels, bedrooms, drinking parties and banquets in this rarefied scholarly inquiry. His aim is not merely to depict Athenians as pleasure seekers but to overturn the current notion, purveyed by Michel Foucault and others, that Athens was a "phallocratic" society permeated with an ethos of penetration and domination, a homosexual-leaning culture polarized between adult male citizens and all others: Slaves, women, boys, foreigners. He largely succeeds on all counts, bringing to convivial life a predominantly heterosexual society where classes mingled easily; cultured courtesans bedded leading figures like Pericles and Alcibiades; and wives participated fully in sexual pleasures. Drawing on ancient treatises, pamphlets, comic plays, poems and speeches, Davidson investigates the classical Greeks' indulgences, including their mania for eating fish, A luxury viewed as hedonistic, And their tolerance for booze and sex (though sex addicts were considered to have a lower capacity to resist the natural pleasures). His intriguing study serves up a banquet of arcane lore.…

Hardcover, no dust jacket. 13 plates. Very good. 372 pages. 372 pp.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The October 1970. issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 4 whole # 323. Contains stories by Edward D Hoch (The Spy Who Traveled with a Coffin), Celia Fremlin (Don't be Frightened), Gerald Kersh (Dr Ox Will Die at Midnight), Avram Davidson (Manhattan Nights' Entertainment), Charles Einstein (My Brother's Keeper), J N Williamson (Gerald "Jerry" Neal Williamson - They Never Even See Me), P D James (Murder, 1986 - a blending of mystery & sci-fi genres), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the spin . A very good or better copy. …

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The October 1970. issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 56 # 4 whole # 323. Contains stories by Edward D Hoch (The Spy Who Traveled with a Coffin), Celia Fremlin (Don't be Frightened), Gerald Kersh (Dr Ox Will Die at Midnight), Avram Davidson (Manhattan Nights' Entertainment), Charles Einstein (My Brother's Keeper), J N Williamson (Gerald "Jerry" Neal Williamson - They Never Even See Me), P D James (Murder, 1986 - a blending of mystery & sci-fi genres), and others. Also includes an article by John Dickson Carr (The Jury Box). Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the spine. The internals are clean and tight. A very good or better copy. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. very good +. First American edition. 6 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like near new on all points. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; very clean, minor wear. Hist. Stax.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxvi, 372pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Just a book club edition, but perfect and pristine.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. US ed. xxvi, 371, [1] p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Crammed with intriguing details, this illuminating appraisal of vice and excess in the cradle of democracy delivers a fascinating and engagingly written study of the hedonism that ruled Athens. Good in very good dust jacket. Front board weak, strengthened with some glue.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a fine, somewhat edge-bumped dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxvi, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Subjects; Athens (Greece) Social life and customs. Sex customs Greece Athens History. Food habits Greece Athens History. Women Greece Athens History. Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a fine, somewhat edge-bumped dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxvi, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Subjects; Athens (Greece) Social life and customs. Sex customs Greece Athens History. Food habits Greece Athens History. Women Greece Athens History. Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. 1 Kg.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; somewhat dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Slight internal staining. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxvi, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index. Contents; Feasts. Eating -- Drinking -- Desire. Women and boys -- A purchase on the Hetaera -- The citizen. Bodies -- Economies -- The city. Politics and society -- Politics and politicians -- Tyranny and revolution. Subjects; Sex customs Greece Athens History. Courtesans Greece Athens History. Women Greece Athens History. Greeks Food. Food Greece History. Athens (Greece) Social life and customs. Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. Davidson, James N. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; somewhat dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Slight internal staining. Previous owner's inscription. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxvi, 371 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes; Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-362) and index. Contents; Feasts. Eating -- Drinking -- Desire. Women and boys -- A purchase on the Hetaera -- The citizen. Bodies -- Economies -- The city. Politics and society -- Politics and politicians -- Tyranny and revolution. Subjects; Sex customs Greece Athens History. Courtesans Greece Athens History. Women Greece Athens History. Greeks Food. Food Greece History. Athens (Greece) Social life and customs. Greece Civilization To 146 B.C. Davidson, James N. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 371pp hardback, blue boards gilt in wrapper, bw plates, very good in a very good wrapper.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verformung / umgeknickte Seiten; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Foxing, very good in wrappers.