From fla_holoka@ONLINE.EMICH.EDU Fri Dec 15 05:31:35 2000 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.12) with ESMTP id FAA219974 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:31:34 -0800 Received: from laurel.emich.edu (laurel.emich.edu [164.76.102.30]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id FAA26849 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:31:33 -0800 Received: from holoka.emich.edu (peterson.acad.emich.edu [164.76.21.204]) by ONLINE.EMICH.EDU (PMDF V6.0-24 #36997) with ESMTP id <01JXQ6GF1LNU98AO38@ONLINE.EMICH.EDU> for classics@u.washington.edu; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:31:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:32:15 -0500 From: "James P. Holoka" Subject: Re: Old Gems In-reply-to: X-Sender: fla_holoka@online.emich.edu To: classics@u.washington.edu Message-id: <4.3.1.0.20001215082847.00a6da40@online.emich.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii John -- How about Kirchner's Prosopographia Attika, ca. 1900, I think. I believe G. Olms once had a reprint of it, but I'm not sure that's still in print. Another might be Robinson Ellis's commentary on Catullus, 2nd ed. Oxford 1889, never reprinted to my knowledge. Cheers, -- Jim At 01:02 AM 12/15/00 -0500, you wrote: >I am in search of old gems that are out of print and in the public >domain. I find that many of them, written a century ago, are still >as valuable today as they were then. It seems that almost everyone >has one or two of those old gems in mind. > >I would appreciate your sharing with me the information on your >favorite old gems that you think deserve to be reprinted--off list >if you prefer. > >John Traupman >Editor in Chief >Wimbledon Publishing Company of London >Professor Emeritus of Classics >St. Joseph's University >Philadelphia, PA .