This page lists printed editions of The Cyclades or Life Among the Insular Greeks and other books and writings by Theodore and Mabel.
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Print editions of The Cyclades or Life Among the Insular Greeks
The version by Gerald Brisch has been newly typeset in a smaller font than the original and so is less bulky; it also contains additional information about the Bents and their travel itinerary. It is available in hard-back or paper-back versions.
The version from Forgotten Books is a facsimile copy of the original book and contains over 500 pages. The copying has rendered the print to be quite light. There is no additional material in this edition. It is available in hard-back or paper-back versions.
Aegean Islands (The Cyclades or Life Among the Insular Greeks)
In 1965, the Chicago-based author Al. N. Oikonomides, and the American publisher Argonaut, produced a hard-back facsimile reprint of the original book under the title ‘Aegean Islands’. It included Theodore’s separate ‘technical’ publication ‘Researches Among the Cyclades’ and also a number of additional sections: Introduction to Cycladic Archaeology and Folklore, Ancient Buildings on Mykonos, In Search of Ancient Mykonos, Select Cycladic Bibliography, and Maps. It also incorporated a full index, which was crucially missing from the original edition. It is no longer in print but single, used copies do appear on Amazon from time to time. Check if any are currently available.
Researches Among the Cyclades (1884)This is not actually an edition of book but a facsimile reprint of the 18-page booklet that Theodore published separately from the main The Cyclades or Life Among the Insular Greeks. It describes his archaeological excavations and finds in some of the islands. The ebook linked to this website includes this booklet as an appendix.
Mabel’s diaries edited and compiled by Gerald Brisch
An absolute must-have companion to Theodore’s book is Gerald Brisch’s meticulously researched and edited version of Mabel’s diaries.
This volume is Mabel’s account of the Bents’ adventures around the Aegean and beyond, extracted from her fifteen year sequence of notebooks. It follows Mabel and Theodore to the Greek mainland, the Cyclades and the Dodecanese, as well as the northern Aegean islands. Their journeys along the Turkish littoral lead them from bustling Istanbul to provincial Mersin in the far south-west.
A digital edition of this book, in PDF format, is available to order and download on-line on the Archaeopress website.
This volume contains Mabel’s diary entries from their travels around Africa. It includes her previously unpublished account of the year they spent trekking to and from the previously unexplored ruins of Great Zimbabwe.
This volume contains Mabel’s diary entries from their journeys to Bahrein, Persia, the Hadhramaut, Socotra and the lands of the Fadhli and Yafai, as well as personal letters, documents, maps, and Mabel’s own photographs.
The ‘unpublished’ book on the Dodecanese by Theodore and Mabel
This book, compiled by Gerald Brisch, presents writings that should have formed the sequel to The Cyclades or Life Among the Insular Greeks. Between 1885 and 1888, Theodore and Mabel continued exploring the Greek islands, heading further east this time to the Dodecanese. Theodore never published his notes and articles in a single book. Brisch has brought together Theodore’s separate articles and information from Mabel’s chronicles in the form of a book – much the same way as Theodore produced The Cyclades or Life Among the Insular Greeks.
Theodore’s other books
This is a facsimile reprint of the original edition of the book published in 1879.
This is a facsimile reprint of the original edition of the book published in 1880.
This is a facsimile reprint of the original edition of the book published in 1882.
This is a facsimile reprint of the original edition of the book published in 1892.
This is a facsimile reprint of the original edition of the book published in 1893.
This is a facsimile reprint of the original edition of the book completed by Mabel in 1900 after Theodore’s death. It covers their journeys around Southern Arabia, the Red Sea coast of Africa and the island of Socotra where Theodore contracted the malaria that led to his premature death.