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ISBN13: 9798888180327, [publisher: Purple House Press] Hardcover Hardcover. More than 2,400 years ago one of the most thrilling war stories in history was being read and discussed in Greece. It was called the Anabasis and was written by a Greek noble named Xenophon, who described at first hand what he did, what he suffered, and what he saw during a campaign against the Persians.In Exploits of Xenophon, Geoffrey Household cut the Anabasis to a quarter of its length and modernized Xenophon's style. It retells much of the war hero's own story, a superb picture of a valiant Greek army and its impact upon the ancient civilization of the East.In that day, it was customary for men to hire themselves out as soldiers fighting for another country. More than 13,000 Greeks, including Xenophon, were serving with Cyrus, one of the imperial governors of ancient Persia. Cyrus wanted to seize the throne from his brother, Artaxerxes; but in the Battle of Cunaxa, Cyrus was killed and his Greek army was defeated. Panic seized the men as they realized they were leaderless and 1,000 miles from their native Greece. In short order, they selected Xenophon as one of their new commanders and began the heroic retreat through enemy territory. And all the way the armed Persian hordes continued their attack with poisonous arrows, sweeping sabers, or great boulders from high mountain passes.To read The Exploits of Xenophon is to read a story as vivid as if it had been written by an army col ...
[publisher: Random House] Hardcover First Edition 180pp. Text is unmarked with a warm patina and some foxing on outer edges. Many pages are torn and ripped at the bottom edges. Bound in red cloth boards with bumped corners and intricate compass design with Trojan warrior on front. Jacket remains unclipped but heavily torn with significant edge-wear and is missing large portion on spine. Binding is canted and hinges are slightly loosened but fully attached. Foxing present around text-block. Previous owner's name stamped on front end-page. Still, a legible reading copy. [Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
Geoffrey Household; Illustrated By Leonard Everett Fisher
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Random House/ World Landmark; NY 1955 First American edition Hardcover Very Good in good jacket A difficult to find title in this series. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, ix + 180 pages, light red cloth. A very good, generally clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, binding solid, paper cream white with slight foxing to the fore-edge. In a good, edge worn dust jacket, chipping at the back strip edges top and bottom, with the original price present.
Geoffrey Household; illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher
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Random House/ World Landmark; NY, Date: 1955. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. A difficult to find title in this series. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, ix + 180 pages, light red cloth. A very good, generally clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, binding solid, paper cream white with slight foxing to the fore-edge. In a good, edge worn dust jacket, chipping at the back strip edges top and bottom, with the original price present. 1955. Random House/ World Landmark; NY [US]
Geoffrey Household; illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher
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94.99
Avenue Victor Hugo Books /Abebooks
[publisher: Random House/ World Landmark; NY] Hardcover A difficult to find title in this series. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, ix + 180 pages, light red cloth. A very good, generally clean, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, binding solid, paper cream white with slight foxing to the fore-edge. In a good, edge worn dust jacket, chipping at the back strip edges top and bottom, with the original price present. [Newmarket, NH, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1955]
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