About this title: In 1952 the decipherment of the Linear B script suddenly revealed the Greekness of Mycenaean Greece. Now, after new discoveries and more than 20 years of intensive work, scholars are able to interpret the written documents and reconstruct from them a vivid picture of life in this remote period, in a way which is impossible from archaeology alone. John Chadwick, who assisted Ventris in the original decipherment, has played a major part in these advances. He now summarizes the results of recent research and in so doing opens the door to a new world, Mycenaean Greece seen through the eyes of its ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Good. 0521210771 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1976-03-26
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Good. This book is clean and the jacket is glossy. The dust jacket of this book is slightly curled at the top and bottom (front and back), with obvious minor edge wear. There is water damage on the lower front of the jacket near the spine that has caused wrinkling and subsequent rubbing, but affects only the jacket and not the board beneath. The interior of the book is pristine clean, with bright white and unmarked pages. None of the pages are dog-eared, and there is no soiling or water damage ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr, Cambridge
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Book is clean however you can see the stitching at the title pages, cover hinges are tight. Corners and spine are bumped and shelf worn and spine is cocked. Dust jacket has 2 long tears and several small ones with shelf wear at corners and spine. read more
Edition: Ltr. Prtg
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Very Good+/Very Good+ DJ/Very Good. 0 521 21077 1...Presents a vivid picture of life in this remote period... read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardback 6 1/2" x 9 1/4"
Publisher: Cambridge University, Cambridge
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Photographs/drawings/maps. VG, corners/spine ends a little worn, page ends foxed some, DJ VG-201 pp. DJ corners/spine ends worn some, back rubbed some, few 1/8-1/2" tears on top edge. ISBN 0-521-21077-1, Place/phone number/date & sticker mark on half-title page, read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardback 6 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Photos, drawings, map. Near Fine, corners/spine ends slightly worn. DJ VG 201pp. DJ corners/spine ends slightly worn, 1" tear top back edge, a little rubbed. ISBN 0-521-21077-1. read more
Description: Very good. Cambridge University Press, 1976, 1st printing, a nice hardcover in a vg/dj, no owner's mark or underlining, light wear. read more
Edition: Text is Free of Markings
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Very Good to Near Fine in Very Good Plus, Light Rubbing jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" Tall. 201 pp. read more
Edition: LATER PRINT
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. HISTORY. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BLACK JACKET HAS A SMALL TEAR AT TOP REAR, ELSE BOOK IS CLEAN, BRIGHT AND SECURE. 201 PAGES. MAPPED END PAPERS. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0521210771. First edition. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down, else fine in a fine dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1976-03-26
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Cambridge University Press hardcover in good condition (no dust jacket). Light shelfwear, very light wear to head/heel of spine. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, London
Date Published: 1976
Description: Photo Illustrated Thunder's Mouth Pres. Very Good in Very Good jacket. This 6.5"x9.5" hard cover book has a color illustrated dust jacket with red and white lettering on the front and spine of the dust jacket. A reprint. A book about the mycenaean civilizations in Greece. Black and white illustrations throughout the book. 201 indexed pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Summarizes the results of recent research completed on Mycenaean Greece. 201 pages. DJ lightly scuffed. Brown boards have mild shelfwear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is secure. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Mass. :
Date Published: [1976]
ISBN-13:9780521210775ISBN:0521210771
Description: Very good copy in a very good dust jacket. 201pp. Illustrated with black & white illustrations. Dust jacket covered with mylar jacket protector. Page edges are browned. read more
"How did I become so interested in ancient Greece? Public schooling certainly didn't discourage it, since certain modern myths about the classical world form part of the secular religion of the state. When I took Latin in high school, the interest was already present. Perhaps it was the series of Time-Life books which my paternal grandmother gave me which had a beautifully illustrated volume by Moses Hadas about them. Certainly the pictures were familiar, the later art realistic, the architecture replicated all over the place.
Whatever the case, I've exercised a preferential option for the Greeks and the classics since at least junior high school, an interest which was repeatedly reinforced in school, an interest which influenced book selections during periods, like summer vacations, when I could read anything I wished.
Chadwick, with Ventris, decoded the previously unreadable script of the Mycenaean culture. This is an account of that and a synthesis of what the reading of Linear B inscriptions has taught us about their civilization."
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