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Book Description Leather Bound. Condition: Fine. Arthur Secunda (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated. No DJ. Limited to 2,950 copies, this being number 424. Contents in 5 sections: Disaster (August 24, A.D.79); Discovery (Treasure Hunting & Neoclassicism, 1748-1820); Exploitation (The City of the Dead & for the Living, 1820-1880); Classification (Archaeology & Art History, 1880-1945); Rediscovery (1945-1979). Seller Inventory # 003878
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Arthur Secunda (illustrator). Limited Edition. Signed by author on the title page. Includes an original, tipped-in, color lithograph by Arthur Secunda. Number 1549 of 2950 copies. Folio bound in brown leather with all edges gilt, in a silk-covered half-slipcase. Color and B&W illustrations. Condition: some sun-fading to slipcase; slight sunfading to leather binding; else near fine. 306 pages. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 300577
Book Description hardcover. Condition: fine. Arthur Secunda (illustrator). First. Profusely illustrated, plus an original engraving by Arthur Secunda. xiii + 305pp., 4to, full leather, a.e.g, 1/4 slipcase. New York: Museum of Natural History with Kent: Volair Limited, 1979. First edition. A fine copy. Deluxe edition, one of 2950 copies, signed by the author. Seller Inventory # 250482
Book Description Leather. Condition: As New. Arthur Secunda (illustrator). First Edition. Full brown morocco with gilt spine, silk moire endpapers and silk moire covered half slipcase, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker, number 454 of a limited editon of 2950 copies signed by the author, with a numbered and initialed limited edition print tipped in by Arthur Secunda. xiv + 305pp, beautifully and profusely illustrated. The book is pristine and the slipcase has only very light wear. The book's contents are divided into 5 sections: Disaster (August 24, A.D.79); Discovery (Treasure Hunting & Neoclassicism, 1748-1820); Exploitation (The City of the Dead & for the Living, 1820-1880); Classification (Archaeology & Art History, 1880-1945); Rediscovery (1945-1979). Signed by Author. Limited. Full-Leather. Limited Numbered Copy. Seller Inventory # 005815
Book Description Arthur Secunda (illustrator). 1st Edition limited to 2950 copies. An exceptional copy in gilt-blocked gull leather with silk overboard angled slip-case. Complete with the (usually lacking) original lithograph. AEG, particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 305 pages; Description: xiii, 305 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm. Notes: "An official publication of the American Museum of Natural History, New York." "Deluxe edition." "Each copy bears the signature of the author and contains an original engraving by Arthur Secunda."Includes index. Bibliography: p. 292-296. Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) --Italy --Pompeii (Extinct city) Pompeii (Extinct city) Italy --Antiquities. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 173162
Book Description Arthur Secunda (illustrator). 1st Edition limited to 2950 copies. An exceptional copy in gilt-blocked gull leather with silk overboard angled slip-case. Complete with the (usually lacking) original lithograph. AEG, particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Literally as new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 305 pages; Description: xiii, 305 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm. Notes: "An official publication of the American Museum of Natural History, New York." "Deluxe edition." "Each copy bears the signature of the author and contains an original engraving by Arthur Secunda."Includes index. Bibliography: p. 292-296. Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) --Italy --Pompeii (Extinct city) Pompeii (Extinct city) Italy --Antiquities. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 173162