144 pages; 4to (11.5") 30 cm; Tall hardcover, dark green leather, gilt lettering and decor, [xii] + 52 + [xviii] + 62 pages, 144 total pages, all edges gilt, green moire cloth endpapers, page-marker ribbon, dozens of b/w and color illustrations. ; Contents: 1) The Birds, by Aristophanes, with introduction by Dudley Fitts, illustrated by Marian Parry. 2) The Frogs, by Aristophanes, translated by William James Hickie, with introduction by Gilbert Seldes, illustrated by John Austen. ; Two classic plays of antiquity. ; Endpapers tanned around edges. Ribbon tanned at tip. Original publisher's bookplate affixed to front endpaper, unmarked. No other defects. ; 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series