A History of Rome: From the Foundation of the City to the Sole Rule of Julius Caesar
Published by London, 2006
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Haunted Bookshop, LLC, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 80.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
2007 printing. Crisp, bright, clean pages; no owners' marks; one-quarter textured brown cloth hard cover (boards in blue cloth) shows a touch of softening at the spine heel and one tiny scratch at the lower spine; brown slipcase shows a small bump with concentric wrinkling at the bottom right open corner, as well as a few small, pale rub marks, otherwise very well-kept. xxvi, 771pp. This is a new abridgement of Dickson's classic English translation of Mommsen's towering history of ancient Rome. Sewn binding; blue silk bookmark; gilded head edges; a particularly striking design of Romulus and Remus with their wolf mother in gilt on the front board.; Map.
Seller Inventory # 00093979
Bibliographic details
- Title
- A History of Rome: From the Foundation of the City to the Sole Rule of Julius Caesar
- Author
- Mommsen, Theodor; Dickson, William Purdie (tr); Shepherd, C. J. (ed); Grafton, Anthony (intr)
- Publisher
- London
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Piggott, Reginald
- Edition
- First Thus; Second Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Classical Studies, History
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 4, 1999
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The Haunted Bookshop is an open shop with over 40,000 quality used, out-of-print, and antiquarian titles for students, scholars, collectors, artists, families and children. We also carry puppets, jigsaw puzzles, and a wide selection of carefully chosen toys, games, and gifts for many interests and all ages. The store has been in business since 1978 and is now located in a historic home in Northside Iowa City. Member IOBA.
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The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
219 N Gilbert St
Iowa City, IA U.S.A. 52245
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