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Number: L100	Series No.: L100 Title: THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH Translated: and with an introduction, by N. K. Sandars Cover illustration: shows a cylinder seal in use from a fourth millenium seal by Juliet Renny Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: September 1960 Pages: 128pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L101	Series No.: L101 Title: POEMS with a translation Author: St John of the Cross Translated: by Roy Campbell Cover roundel: adaptation by Elizabeth Friedlander of the badge of the Discalced Carmelite Order founded by Saint teresa and her co-worker Saint Joan of the Cross Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: May 1960 Pages: 110pp. Printer: Unwin Brothers Ltd Price: 2/6d.
Number: L102	Series No.: L102 Title: THE RISE AND FALL OF ATHENS - NINE GREEK LIVES: Theseus, Solon, Thermistocles, Aristides, Cirnon, Pericles, Nicias, Alcibiades and Lysander Author: Plutarch (Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus) Translated: and with an introduction, by Ian Scott-Kilvert Cover roundel: is a drawing by Berthold Wolpe of a fifth-century coin showing the head of Athene Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: June 1960 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L103	Series No.: L103 Title: NJAL'S SAGA Translated: and with an introduction, by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson Cover roundel: by Elizabeth Friedlander from a thirteenth-century door carving Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: July 1960 Pages: 384pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L104	Series No.: L104 Title: THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROME - BOOKS I - V The History of Rome from its Foundation Author: Livy (Titus Livius Patavinus) Translated: and with an introduction, by Aubrey de Sélincourt Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: August 1960 Pages: 400pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Price: 5/-
Number: L105	Series No.: L105 Title: THE DIVINE COMEDY III: PARADISE (Cantica III: Il Paradiso) Author: Dante Alighieri Translated: by Dorothy L. Sayers and Barbara Reynolds Illustration: 'The Organisation of Paradise' (table) and General View - folded sheet glued to inside back cover Cover roundel: shows head of Dante from picture by Domenico Michelino Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: April 1962 Pages: 400pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Price: 5/-
Number: L106	Series No.: L106 Title: THREE TALES Author: Gustave Flaubert Translated: and with an introduction, by Robert Baldick Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: February 1961 Pages: 126pp. Printer: Unwin Brothers Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L107	Series No.: L107 Title: THE PRINCE Author: Niccolò Machiavelli Translated: and with an introduction, by George Bull Cover roundel: by George Buday Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: May 1960 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L108	Series No.: L108 Title: THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING Translated: into modern English and with an introduction, by Clifton Wolters Cover roundel: drawn by Diana Bloomfield Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: February 1961 Pages: 144pp. Printer: William Clowes and Sons Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L109	Series No.: L109 Title: *THE COSSACKS, THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH, HAPPY EVER AFTER* Author: Leo Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy) Translated: and with an introduction, by Rosemary Edmonds Cover illustration: Wood engraving by Cecil Keeling Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: October 1960 Pages: 336pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L110	Series No.: L110 Title: THE PENSÉES Author: Blaise Pascal Translated: with an introduction by J. M. Cohen Cover illustration the wood-engraving on the cover is by Reynolds Stone Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: January 1961 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Western Printing Services Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L111	Series No.: L111 Title: MONKEY Author: Wu Ch'êng-ên Translated: by Arthur Waley Cover illustration: drawing by K. F. Rowland Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: August 1961 Pages: 352pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L112	Series No.: L112 Title: *PROMETHEUS BOUND, THE SUPPLIANTS, SEVEN AGAINST THEBES, and THE PERSIANS* Author: Aeschylus Translated: and with an introduction, by Philip Vellacott Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: May 1961 Pages: 160pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Price: 3/6d.
Number: L113	Series No.: L113 Title: DEAD SOULS Author: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Translated: and with an introduction, by David Magarshack Cover roundel: by Diana Bloomfield Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: June 1961 Pages: 384pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L114	Series No.: L114 Title: CONFESSIONS Author: St Augustine Translated: by R. S. Pine-Coffin Cover illustration: drawing by Juliet Renny Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: August 1961 Pages: 352pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L115	Series No.: L115 Title: BEL-AMI Author: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant Translated: and with an introduction, by H. N. P. Sloman Cover roundel: drawn by Cecil Keeling Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: August 1961 Pages: 304pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L116	Series No.: L116 Title: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES Author: Choderlos de Laclos Translated: with an introduction by P. W. K. Stone Cover illustration the drawing on the cover is by Cecil Keeling Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: August 1961 Pages: 400pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L117	Series No.: L117 Title: SATIRICAL SKETCHES Author: Lucian of Samosata Translated: and with an introduction, by Paul Turner Cover illustration: engraving by Cecil Keeling Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: August 1961 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L118	Series No.: L118 Title: THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA A book for everyone and no one Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Translated: and with an introduction, by R. J. Hollingdale Cover illustration: drawing by K. F. Rowland from a photograph of Nietzsche Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: August 1961 Pages: 352 Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L119	Series No.: L119 Title: *THE QUEEN OF SPADES, THE NEGRO OF PETER THE GREAT, DUBROVSKY, and THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER* Author: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Translated: and with an introduction, by Rosemary Edmonds Illustration: wood engravings in book by George Buday Cover illustration: wood engraving by Cecil Keeling Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: June 1962 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: L120	Series No.: L120 Title: THÉRÈSE RAQUIN Author: Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola Translated: and with an introduction, by L. W. Tancock Cover roundel: is a woodcut from the Mansell Collection Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: March 1962 Pages: 256pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L121	Series No.: L121 Title: THE BHAGAVAD GITA from the Sanskrit with an introduction Translated: by Juan Masacaró Cover illustration: by Lewin Bussingthwaighte Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: February 1962 Pages: 128pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L122	This the the first of a new cover design for the Classics (known as the 'BLACK CLASSICS') produced by Penguin's Director of Art, Germano Facetti. Series No.: L122 Title: *IPHIGENIA, PHAEDRA and ATHALIAH* Author: Jean-Baptiste Racine Translated: and with an introduction, by John Cairncross Cover illustration: shows a portrait of Racine at Versailles (photo Giraudon) Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: November 1963 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 6/-
Number: L123	Series No.: L123 Title: THE CONQUEST OF NEW SPAIN Author: Bernal Díaz Translated: and with an introduction, by J. M. Cohen Cover illustration: a Zapotec figure from Monte Albán (photograph: Holle Bildarchiv) Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: May 1963 Pages: 416pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Price: 6/-
Number: L124	Series No.: L124 Title: CHRONICLES OF THE CRUSADES Author: Jean de Joinville and Geoffrey of Villehardouin Translated: and with an introduction, by M. R. B. Shaw Cover illustration: detail from a fourteenth-century manuscript of the Conquest of Constantinople Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: May 1963 Pages: 368pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Price: 5/-
Number: L125	Series No.: L125 Title: THE POLITICS Author: Aristotle Translated: and with an introduction, by T. A. Sinclair Cover illustration: wood engraving by George Buday Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: September 1962 Pages: 320p. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd. Price: 5/-
Number: L126	Series No.: L126 Title: ZADIG AND L'INGÉNU Author: Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) Translated: and with an introduction, by John Butt Cover illustration: detail from an engraving by G. Scotin 'Le Grand Visir' Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: April 1964 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L127	Series No.: L127 Title: LETTERS OF THE YOUNGER PLINY Author: Pliny Translated: and with an introduction, by Betty Radice Cover illustration: shows detail from Trajan's Column Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: May 1963 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Image of 1969 reprint (price 35p or 7/-)
Number: L128	Series No.: L128 Title: CONFESSIO AMANTIS (The Lover's Shrift) Author: John Gower Translated: into modern English and with an introduction, by Terence Tiller Cover illustration: shows the 'King and his Lady' from a manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: May 1963 Pages: 290pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L129	Series No.: L129 Title: MEDEA AND OTHER PLAYS:MEDEA, HECABE, ELECTRA and HERACLES Author: Euripides Translated: and with an introduction, by Philip Vellacott Cover illustration: shows a Maenad taken from an Athenian Cup of the fifth-century B.C. Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: May 1963 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: L130	Series No.: L130 Title: THE NEW LIFE (La Vita Nuova) Author: Dante Alighieri Translated: and with an introduction, by William Anderson Cover illustration: shows detail from 'Dante e il suo Poema' by Domenico Michelino Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: February 1964 Pages: 112pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L131	Series No.: L131 Title: TAO TE CHING Author: Lao Tzu Translated: and with an introduction, by D. C. Lau Cover illustration: a detail from a Chinese Silk Painting in the British Museum Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: February 1964 [printed date: 1963] Pages: 192pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L132	Series No.: L132 Title: THE JUGURTHINE WAR and THE CONSPIRACY OF CATILINE Author: Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) Translated: and with an introduction, by S. A. Handford Cover illustration: shows detail from Roman mosaic Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: November 1963 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: L133	Series No.: L133 Title: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Author: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Translated: and with an introduction, by John Wood Cover illustration: detail from 'L'Embarquement pour Cythère' by Watteau Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: March 1964 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: L134	Series No.: L134 Title: ADOLPHE Author: Benjamin Constant Translated: and with an introduction, by L. W. Tancock Cover illustration: shows detail of a self portrait ' Courbet au Chien Noir' Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: March 1964 Pages: 128pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 3/6d.
Number: L135	Series No.: L135 Title: GHOSTS AND OTHER PLAYS: Ghosts, A Public Enemy, When We Dead Wake Author: Henrik Ibsen Translated: by Peter Watts Cover illustration: detail of Munch's 'The Sick Child' Series Editor: E. V. Rieu Date Published: March 1964 Pages: 304pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L136	Series No.: L136 Title: THE ROPE AND OTHER PLAYS: Amphitryo, The Ghost, The Rope, A Three-Dollar Day Author: Titus Maccius Plautus, Translated: by E. F. Watling Cover illustration: a Roman actress, first-century B.C. Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: February 1964 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Price: 5/-
Number: L137	Series No.: L137 Title: THE NIBELUNGENLIED Translated: by A. T. Hatto Cover illustration: shows detail from the 'Hundeshagen Codex', the only surviving illustrated Nibleungen manuscript Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: January 1965 Pages: 416pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 7/6d.
Number: L138	Series No.: L138 Title: THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH FROM CHRIST TO CONSTANTINE Author: Eusebius of Caesarea Translated: and with an introduction, by G. A. Williamson Cover illustration: detail from the 'Homélies de Saint Grégoire de Naziance' a Greek manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: February 1965 Pages: 432pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 8/6d.
Number: L139	Series No.: L139 Title: CHILDHOOD, BOYHOOD, YOUTH Author: Leo Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy) Translated: and with an introduction, by Rosemary Edmonds Cover illustration: detail from a nineteenth-century lithograph of Moscow Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: June 1964 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 6/-
Number: L140	Series No.: L140 Title: MEDITATIONS Author: Marcus Aurelius Translated: and with an introduction, by Maxwell Staniforth Cover illustration: part of a bust of Marcus Aurelius in the Museum of Archaeology and History, Lousanne, Switzerland Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: July 1964 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Price: 4/-
Number: L141	Series No.: L141 Title: SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION Author: Gustave Flaubert Translated: and with an introduction, by Robert Baldick Cover illustration: detail from Courbet's 'Man with leather belt', Louvre, Paris Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: August 1964 Pages: 432pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 6/-
Number: L142	Series No.: L142 Title: THE SPANISH BAWD (Le Celestina) being the Tragic Comedy of Calisto and Melibea Author: Fernando de Rojas Translated: and with an introduction, by J. M. Cohen Cover illustration: detail of a Spanish manuscript in the Musée de Chantilly Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: October 1964 Pages: 256pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L143	Series No.: L143 Title: LADY WITH LAPDOG AND OTHER STORIES Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Translated: and with an introduction, by David Magarshack Cover illustration: detail of a nineteenth-century lithograph of Moscow Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: August 1964 Pages: 288pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Price: 5/-
Number: L144	Series No.: L144 Title: MEDIEVAL ENGLISH VERSE Translated: and with an introduction, by Brian Stone Cover illustration: cover detail from the Beatus page of the 'Peterborough Potter' in the Bibliothèque Royal, Brussels Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: October1964 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L145	Series No.: L145 Title: THE WAR WITH HANNIBAL, BOOKS XXI - XXX of the History of Rome from its Foundation Author: Livy (Titus Livius Patavinus) Translated: by Aubrey de Sèlincourt Edited: and with an introduction by Betty Radice Cover illustration: shows medalion from Hannibal's shield in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: April 1965 Pages: 688pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 8/6d.
Number: L146	Series No.: L146 Title: *THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH, A DOLLS HOUSE, THE LADY FROM THE SEA* Author: Henrik Ibsen Translated: by Peter Watts Cover illustration: detail from Munch's 'Agony' in the Oslo Museum Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: March 1965 Pages: 336pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 6/-
Number: L147	Series No.: L147 Title: FATHERS AND SONS Author: Ivan Turgenev Translated: by Rosemary Edmonds Cover illustration: shows nineteenth-century Russian lithograph Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: February 1965 Pages: 240pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Image of 1973 reprint
Number: L148	Series No.: L148 Title: THE MEMOIRS OF CHATEAUBRIAND Translated: selected and with an introduction, by Robert Baldick Cover illustration: detail from A. L. Girodet's portrait of Chateaubriand in the Musèe de Versailles Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: January 1965 Pages: 432pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Price: 8/6d.
Number: L149	Series No.: L149 Title: THE POT OF GOLD AND OTHER PLAYS: The Pot of Gold, The Prisoners, The Brothers Menaechmus, The Swaggering Soldier, Pseudolus Author: Titus Maccius Plautus Translated: by E. F. Watling Cover illustration: detail from a Roman sarcophagus in the Louvre, Paris Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: June 1965 Pages: 272pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Price: 6/-
Number: L150	Series No.: L150 Title: THE HISTORIES Author: Publius Cornelius Tacitus Translated: by Kenneth Wellesley Cover illustration: detail from a frieze in the Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: November 1964 Pages: 320pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Price: 6/-
Number: L151	Series No.: L151 Title: EUGENE ONEGIN Author: Alexander Pushkin Translated: by Babette Deutsch Introduction: by Avrahm Yarmolinsky Cover illustration: shows a detail from a lithograph by Rudakov for 'Eugene Onegin' Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1964 Pages: 248pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 5/-
Number: L152	Series No.: L152 Title: THE FROGS AND OTHER PLAYS Author: Aristophanes Translated: and with an introduction by David Barrett Cover illustration: shows a detail from a Greek marble relief, in the Louvre, Paris Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1964 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: L153	Series No.: L153 Title: LIVES OF THE SAINTS Translated: and with an introduction by J. F. Webb Cover illustration: shows 'Athelstan presenting the Book to St Cuthbert from Bede' unknown artist (a master of Wincester School) Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Image of 1981 reprint (printers: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd; pages: 208pp.)
Number: L154	Series No.: L154 Title: THE VINLAND SAGAS - THE NORSE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA (Grænlendinga Saga and Erik's Saga) Translated: and with an introduction by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson Illustration: includes 4 pages of maps Cover illustration: shows an axehead from the grave of a Viking chief Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Image of 1975 reprint (printers: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd, pages: 128pp., price: 40p)
Number: L155	Series No.: L155 Title: CLASSICAL LITERARY CRITICISM (Aristotle: On the Art of Poetry; Horace: On the Art of Poetry; Longinus: On the Sublime) Author: Aristotle, Horace, Longinus Translated: and with an introduction by T. S. Dorsch Cover illustration: shows detail from a relief 'Souvetaurilis', Louvre, Paris Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Pages: 160pp. Printer: Cox and Wyman Ltd Price: 3/6d. Image of 1967 reprint
Number: L156	Series No.: L156 Title: THE BROTHERS AND OTHER PLAYS Author: Terence Translated: and with an introduction by Betty Radice Cover illustration: shows a Graeco-Roman portrait of a young man, National Gallery, London Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Pages: 192pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd Price: 4/6d.
Number: L157	Series No.: L157 Title: POEMS OF THE LATE T'ANG Translated: and with an introduction by Angus Charles Graham Cover illustration: shows detail of a Chinese silk painting of the 8th to 10th century with the young Buddha practising archery Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Image of 1977 reprint, with additional preface (printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd; pages: 176pp. price: 60p)
Number: L158	Series No.: L158 Title: MAKERS OF ROME: Nine Lives by Plutarch (Coriolanus, Fabius Maximus, Marcellus, Cato the Elder, Tiberius Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Sertorius, Brutus, Mark Antony) Author: Plutarch Translated: by Ian Scott-Kilvert Illustration: includes 4 pages of maps Cover illustration: shows detail from 'Antony and Cleopatra' by Tiepolo, National Gallery of Scotland Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Pages: 368pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 7/6d.
Number: L159	Series No.: L159 Title: THE SATYRICON and THE FRAGMENTS Author: Petronius Translated: and with an introduction by John Sullivan Cover illustration: shows part of a 2nd century Roman mosaic, Louvre, Paris Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd Price: 4/-
Number: L160	Series No.: L160 Title: COUSIN BETTE, Part One of Poor Relations Author: Honoré de Balzac Translated: from the French by Marion Ayton Crawford Cover illustration: shows detail from 'La Lecture' by Fantin-Latour Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Pages: Printer: Price: Image of 1974 reprint (printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd; pages: 448pp.)
Number: L161	Series No.: L161 Title: A WOMAN'S LIFE Author: Guy de Maupassant Translated: from the French by H. N. P. Sloman Cover illustration: shows detail of a painting by H. de Breval Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: May 1965 Pages: 208pp. Printer: Price: 4/-
Number: L162	Series No.: L162 Title: TIMAEUS Author: Plato Translated: from the Greek with an introduction by Sir Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee Cover illustration: shows detail of a fresco depitcting Plato and Aristotle by Raphael Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: August 1965 Pages: 128pp. Printer: Price: 3/6d.
Number: L163	Series No.: L163 Title: THE UPANISHADS Translated: from the Sanskrit with an introduction by Juan Mascaró Cover illustration: shows architectural detail (Upayapur) of period between 9th and 13th centuries Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1965 Pages: 144pp. Printer: C. Nicholls and Co Ltd Price:
Number: L164	Series No.: L164 Title: LIVES OF THE ARTISTS, VOL. 1 Author: Giorgio Vasari Translated: by George Bull Cover illustration: shows detail froma painting of Florence by the author Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: October 1965 Pages: 478pp. Printer: Price:
Number: L165	Series No.: L165 Title: UTOPIA Author: Sir Thomas More (Saint) Translated: from the Latin with an introduction by Paul Turner Cover illustration: shows detail from 'The Construction of the Tower of Babel' probably by Hendrick van Cleve III Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: October 1965 Pages: 154pp. Printer: Price:
Number: L166	Series No.: L166 Title: THE POEMS OF PROPERTIUS Translated: from the Latin with an introduction by Albert Everett Watts Cover illustration: shows Graeco-Roman ornamented handle depicting the birth of Venus Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: September 1966 Pages: 236pp. Printer: Price: 6/-
Number: L167	Series No.: L167 Title: PEER GYNT, A DRAMATIC POEM Author: Henrik Johan Ibsen Translated: from the Dano-Norwegian by Peter Watts Cover illustration: shows portrait of Ibsen by Vallotton Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: 224pp. Printer: Price: 5/-
Number: L168	Series No.: L168 Title: CARMEN/COLOMBA Author: Prosper Mérimée Translated: from the French by Edward Marielle Cover illustration: shows 'La Robe' by Hubert Robert Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: November 1965 Pages: 256pp. Printer: Price: 6/-
Number: L169	Series No.: L169 Title: FOURTEEN BYZANTINE RULERS: the Chronographia of Michael Psellus Author: Michael Psellus Translated: from the Greek with an introduction by Edgar Robert Ashton Sewter Cover illustration: shows a detail from the shroud of Saint Germain Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: February 1966 Pages: 396pp + 2pp. maps Printer: Price: 9/6d.
Number: L170	Series No.: L170 Title: THE HISTORY OF THE KINGS OF BRITAIN Author: Geoffrey of Monmouth Translated: and edited from the Latin with an introduction by Lewis G. M. Thorpe Cover illustration: shows detail of King Arthur fighting, from a manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: March 1966 Pages: 376pp. Printer: Price:
Number: L171	Series No.: L171 Title: PENSÉES Author: Blaise Pascal Translated: from the French with an introduction by A. J. Krailsheimer Cover illustration: shows a combination of Pascal's portrait and death mask Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: April 1966 Pages: 368pp. Printer: Price:
Number: L172	Series No.: L172 Title: THE EARLIEST ENGLISH POEMS Edited: by Michael Alexander Cover illustration: shows detail of the Franks Casket Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L173	Series No.: L173 Title: RAMEAU'S NEPHEW and D'ALEMBERT'S DREAM Author: Denis Diderot Translated: by L. W. Tancock Cover illustration: shows portarit of Rameau by Louis Carrogis Carmontelle Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L174	Series No.: L174 Title: FOUR TRAGEDIES AND OCTAVIA Author: Seneca Translated: by E. F. Watling Cover illustration: shows bronze head of Seneca Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L175	Series No.: L175 Title: A HISTORY OF MY TIMES Author: Xenophon Translated: by Rex Warner Cover illustration: shows detail of the Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L176	Series No.: L176 Title: A HERO OF OUR TIME Author: Mikhael Lermontov Translated: from Russian by Paul Foote Cover illustration: watercolour portrait of Lermontov Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L177	Series No.: L177 Title: REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE Author: Julian of Norwich Translated: from Middle English by Clifton Wolters Cover illustration: from the Amesbury Psalter Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L178	Series No.: L178 Title: MY CHILDHOOD Author: Maxim Gorky: Translated: from Russian by Ronald Wilks Cover illustration: shows nineteenth-century Russian lithograph Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L179	Series No.: L179 Title: THE GAMBLER / BOBOK / A NASTY STORY Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky Translated: from Russian by Jessie Coulson Cover illustration: 'Within the Dream' by Redon Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L180	Series No.: L180 Title: THE POEMS OF CATALLUS Author: Gaius Valerius Catullus Translated: from Latin by Peter Whigham Cover illustration: shows portrait of Artemidorus from Hawara, Egypt Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L181	Series No.: L181 Title: MIAU Author: Benito Pérez Galdós Translated: from Spanish by J. M. Cohen Cover illustration: 'A Spaniard in Paris' by H. Evenepoel Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L182	Series No.: L182 Title: THE SECRET HISTORY Author: Procopius of Caesarea Translated: from Latin by G. A. Williamson Cover illustration: shows a marble head of the Empress Theodora Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L183	Series No.: L183 Title: KING HARALD'S SAGA Author: Snorri Sturluson Translated: from Icelandic by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson Cover illustration: shows a detail from the Baldishol Tapestry, Hedmark, Norway Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L184	Series No.: L184 Title: RESURRECTION Author: Leo Tolstoy Translated: from Russian by Rosemary Edmonds Cover illustration: for original book by Leonid Pasternak Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L185	Series No.: L185 Title: THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH AND OTHER TRAVEL SKETCHES Author: Matsuo Bashō Translated: from Japanese by Nobuyuki Yuasa Cover illustration: shows portrait of Bashō from Itsuo Museum, Osaka Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L186	Series No.: L186 Title: SKETCHES FROM A HUNTER'S ALBUM Author: Ivan Turgenev Translated: from Russian by Richard Freeborn Cover illustration: shows a Russian engraving from a nineteenth century popular song sheet Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L187	Series No.: L187 Title: THE CIVIL WAR Author: Julius Caesar Translated: from Latin by Jane F. Mitchell Cover illustration: shows a Roman coin Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L188	Series No.: L188 Title: THE ODES OF HORACE Author: Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) Translated: from Latin by James Michie Cover illustration: shows a Roman fresco depicting young girl with flowers Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L189	Series No.: L189 Title: THE GOLDEN CASKET: CHINESE NOVELLAS OF TWO MILLENNIA Author: Geo Translated: from Chinese by Christopher Levenson Cover illustration: 'Chinese Makimeno' by Chu Chuan Kung Huar Chou Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L190	Series No.: L190 Title: EFFI BRIEST Author: Theodor Fontane Translated: from German by Douglas Parmée Cover illustration: 'Die Schwester des Künstlers im Wohnzimmer' by Adolphe von Menzel Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L191	Series No.: L191 Title: PHORMIO AND OTHER PLAYS Author: Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Translated: from Latin by Betty Radice Cover illustration: shows a deatils from a Roman fresco, The Louvre Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L192	Series No.: L192 Title: THE BOOK OF THE COURTIER Author: Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico Translated: from Italian by George Bul Cover illustration: shows portrait of Castiglione by Raphael Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L193	Series No.: L193 Title: THE CHARACTERS / MENANDER: PLAYS AND FRAGMENTS Author: Tyrtamus (Theophrastus) Translated: from Greek by Philip Vellacott Cover illustration: shows a comedy scene from a Pompeian relief Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L194	Series No.: L194 Title: THE SIXTEEN SATIRES Author: Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal) Translated: from Latin by Peter Green Cover illustration: shows a Pompeian comedy scene Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L195	Series No.: L195 Title: ANDROMACHE AND OTHERPLAYS Author: Jean-Baptiste Racine Translated: from French by John Cairncross Cover illustration: shows 'Andromache weeping over Hector's funeral urn' by Jacques Gamelin Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L196	Series No.: L196 Title: THE PFROVINCIAL LETTERS Author: Blaise Pascal under the pseudonym Louis de Montalte Translated: from French by A. J. Krailsheimer Cover illustration: shows detail from 'Abbey of Port Royal' by Madeleine Boullongne Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1967 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L197	Series No.: L197 Title: EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS Translated: by Maxwell Staniforth Cover illustration: shows St James from a manuscript of Acts and Epistles Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1968 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L198	Series No.: L198 Title: POEMS FROM THE SANSKRIT Translated: from Sanskrit by John Brough Cover illustration: shows a mural from Ajanta (Gupta period) Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1968 Pages: Printer: Price:
Number: L199	Series No.: L199 Title: ANTHOLOGY OF JAPANESE LITERATURE Translated: from Japanese by Donald Keene Cover illustration: silk painting of a Zen monk riding a donkey by Unkoku Toteki Series Editors: Betty Radice and Robert Baldick Date Published: 1968 Pages: Printer: Price:

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