Some special, beautiful and/or interesting books for your library - or for
Christmas gifts to friends....
Special 20% discount till Dec 31st for items in this list and for books
listed on line in the subject categories
"Christmas" and "Gift Books"
(and for last minute stocking stuffers see a collection of Harlequin
Romances in Greek <vbg>)
*Eikones Tis Athenas / Images of Athens . *Athens: National gallery/
Alexander Soutzos Museum, 1998. First Thus. Laminated HC. As New Himerologia
1999 - a large format [unused] desk diary and address book, illustrated with
lovely etchings and paintings of Athens by Greek and foreign artists.- a
nice gift item. Unpaginated. $40.00
*About, Edmond. The King of the Mountains (Le Roi Des Montagnes)GNES. *ill.
George Avison.. New York: Cupples & Leon, 1924. Hard Cover. Near Fine / Near
Fine. First published as Le Roi des Montagnes (1856) About's popular novel
satirizes the famous Klephts Klephts of 19thC. Greece. His portrait of
Hadj-Stavros owes something to the real life brigand of the mountains
Christodoulos Hadji-Petros (whose charm was sufficient to attract Lady Jane
Digby during her adventurous stay in Greece) 300p. illus This is an original
vintage copy and NOT a modern reprint from a digitized copy. $45.00
*Benizelos, Ioannis [Venizelos] 1735-1807. Istoria Ton Athenon [Tomos A,
Tomos B]. *Athens: Ekdotike Athinon, 1986. First Thus. Leather Style
Binding.2 volume Boxed Set. Fine / No Jacket (as issued). Istoria Ton
Athenon. Me prolegomena Ioannou Gennadiou. Epimeleia Ekdoses I.Kokkona - G
Mpokou . Epistemoniki Epopteia kai Parousiase M.I.Manousaka. . This edition
produced by The Alexander S.Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in a handsome
decorative blue leather binding protected in a blue cloth box. Volume 1
(Pages 1- 240) Vol 2 (Pages 242-500) illus. index. A nice set for a gift !
$50.00
*Dimacopoulos, Jordan [Iordanes Demakopoulos]. Ho George Whitmore sten
Kerkyra : to Anaktoro ton Hagion Michael kai Georgiou kai to Mnemeio
Maitland / George Whitmore on Corfu : the Palace of St. Michael and St.
George and the Maitland Monument. *Athens: Greek Ministry of Culture, 1994.
First Edition. Hardcover. As New / As New. ISBN: 9607254082. Parallel Greek
and English texts describing two of the lovely Neo-Classical buildings in
Corfu - the the Palace of St. Michael and St. George anthe Monument to Sir
Thomas Maitland - designed by George Whitmore and built during the British
protectorate of the Ionian islands c182l. 04 p. : ill. (some col.) $95.00
*Draper, Charlotte Whitney. The American Farm School of Thessaloniki: A
family album = He Amerikanike Georgike Schole Thessalonikes : mia historia
se Photographies. *Thessaloniki: American Farm School, 1994. First Edition.
Original Wraps. Signed by Author. Very Good ISBN: 0964041103. The The
American Farm School was established By John Henry House in 1902 . This book
vividly illustrates with contemporary photographs its development and
successes despiite the disruptions of two World Wars and a Civil War.
Parallel text in English and Greek. 153p. illus . Signed by author on title
page $40.00
*Kountoura-Galake, Eleonora. Hoi skoteinoi aiones tou Vyzantiou (7os-9os
ai.) / The dark centuries of Byzantium (7th-9th c.). *Athens: Ethniko
Hidryma Ereunon,, 2001. First Edition. New ISBN: 9603710156 . Text in Greek,
English, French and German. . Author: Eleonora Kountoura-Galake Publisher:
Athena : Ethniko Hidryma Ereunon, 2001. Series: Diethne Symposia, 9 Notes:
Description: 462 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Series Title: Diethne Symposia, 9 Other
Titles: Dark centuries of Byzantium (7th-9th c.) $75.00
*Lampakes, Stelios. He Byzantine Mikra Asia ( 6os-12os ai) Byzantine Asia
Minor (6th-12th cent.).. *Athens: Ethniko Hidryma Ereunon/ Instituto
Vyzantinon Ereunon,, 1998. First Edition. New ISBN: 9603710059. Collection
of papers (In English, Greek Frech and German) on various aspects of life in
Asia Minor during the 6th-12th centuries. 446p. $100.00
*Paliouras,Athanasios D. To Oikoumeniko Patriarcheio: He megale tou Christou
Ekklesia. *ill. Photographs : Garo Nalbandian. Geneva: Orthodoxo Kentro tou
Oikoumenikou Patriarcheiou,, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Boxed. Fine /
Fine. ISBN: 9604290096. Gorgeous large format illustrated book about the
Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. 266 p. illus [This heavy volume
weighs 3kg / 6lb 10oz.] Book in fine condition protected by cardboard sleeve
which has some wear. A nice Gift Book ! $200.00
*Papoutsy, Christos. A Celebration of Greek Music . *Enfield NH: The Greek
and Near Eastern Publishing Company, 2009. 1st UK Edition. Soft Cover. New
Book from Publisher ISBN: 9781442153813. " .. a comprehensive resource about
Greek music and traditional folk dances , from ancient songs to modern folk
music and how to apply the theory of Eastern modes... there are 94 scores...
and 100's of Greek Lyrics to inspire you to play and dance .. with
traditional, contemporary and specially composed works. Illustrations
include the most well-known instruments that have accompanied Greek
orchestras through the ages." $40.00
*Skrobucha, Heinz. Icons in Czechoslovakia. *ill. Photographs Ladislav
Neubert. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1971. 1st UK Ed.. Hard Cover. Very Good / No
Jacket. ISBN: 0600020053. "This volume with its 60 superb colour plates
draws attention to the magnificent icons to be found in Czechoslovakia, but
which today are half-forgotten by the general public. The work is divided
into two groups: the first is a selection of typical icons from the 15th to
the 17th centuries in National Gallery of Prague. The second group consists
of over forty icons belonging to various museum collections and villages in
the Carpathian region in Eastern Slovakia." $22.50
*
Stamatopoulos. Kostas & Mellas, Akylas. Konstantinoupoli : Anazetontas Ti
Vasileuousa (IN GREEK). *ill. Photographs By Liza Evert, Dora Menaidi &
Maria Phakiki. Athens: Ekdoseis Lousi Batzioti, 1990. 1st Greek Ed.. Hard
Cover. Near Fine / Fine. ISBN: 960-7294-03-3. Large format illustrated book
about Constantinople, showing the architecture and life of the late
19th.century. 178p., illus (col) bibliography. Fine except for a small tear
on last end paper. Tucked inside is a folded copy of an old Greek map of the
city. Jacket has paper band announcing "Vraveio Akademias Athenon 1991"
$200.00
*Tomkinson, John L. Festive Greece : a Calendar of Traditions. *Athens:
Anagnosis Books, 2003. 1st Greek Ed.. Soft Cover. New Book from Greece ISBN:
960-87186-8-6 . (NEW : Book will be sent direct from the publisher in
Greece) A Calendar of Greek festivals and other observances throughout the
year, 'Festive Greece' is the only comprehensive and detailed guide in print
in English to the wealth of tradition accessible to the traveller in
Greece.Included in Festive Greece are in-depth studies of many of the more
exotic manifestations of popular culture: such as the mysterious figures
dressed in animal skins and sheep bells which roam the streets of many of
the towns and villages of Northern Greece during the winter and spring
carnival seasons; the many variations on the religious and popular
ceremonies of Holy Week and Easter; the fire-walking Anastenarides, probably
remnants of the ancient groups dedicated to the cult of Dionysos; the
bull-sacrifices of Lesbos; the annual appearance in church of the Virgin's
serpents in Kefalonia; and the annual services in honour of the Cross, held
in commemoration of a vision received during the German occupation, in
Metsovo.From proud military parades commemorating the trials and victories
of the modern state, to children's spring carol festivities which have
survived almost unchanged from ancient times, this beautifully illustrated
guide will provide you with a key to a more eventful stay in the country and
a better appreciation of its long and colourful past." 144P. Illus( col.)
$40.00
*Yiannacopoulos, Gregorios A. Smyrne - Opseis Ellenikotetas Kai Politismou /
Smyrna - Aspects of Greekness and Culture . *ill. Trans. Judy Yiannakopoulou
. Alimos: Ekdeseis Ephesos , 2001. First Thus. Laminated HC. As New
Himerologia 2002 - a large format [unused] desk diary and address book,
illustrated with lovely vintage postcards and photographs of Smyrna - a nice
nostalgic gift item. Unpaginated. $55.00
** *Zora, Popi. Embroideries and Jewellery of Greek national Costumes . *ill.
Translation: Christopher N.W. Klint, Helen Zigada. Athens: Museum of Greek
Folk Art /Mouseio Hellenikes Laikes Technes , 1981. 2nd Ed. Soft Cover. Fine
Beautifully illustrated book on Greek folk art embroidery and jewellery .
38p text + 58p f plates (some col) bibliography. $60.00
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