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TARN, W., Hellenistic Civilisation. Third edition revised by the Author and G.T. Griffith. Edward Arnold, London, 1959. Repr.3rd ed. XI,372p. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. 'In this its third edition Sir William Tarn's classic work remains substantially unchanged both in letter and spirit. (...) The work or revision, for which Mr. Griffith is in a large measure responsible, has mainly consisted in alterations on specific points of fact and qualifications and changes of emphasis in general statements. (...) All scholars will be grateful for the painstaking scholarship which has gone to incorporating in the volume - or at least taking note of - the results of all recent discoveries and researches in the Hellenistic field.' (A.H.M. JONES in the Classical Review (New Series), 1953, p.178). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)