GALLUS OR ROMAN SCENES OF THE TIME OF AUGUSTUS
by PROFESSOR W. A. BECKER
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO, LONDON, 1898 HARDBACK VOLUME BOUND IN A FULL LEATHER PRIZE BINDING WITH GILT MOTIF TO FRONT BOARD & PRIZE PLATE TO INNER FRONT BOARD, GILT BORDERS TO BOARDS, MARBLED ENDPAPERS & PAGE EDGES, SEVERAL BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDES THE BOOKPLATE FROM THE WALPOLE LIBRARY TO FRONT ENDPAPER. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 7.5 x 5 INCHES WITH 21 + 533 PAGES. FEW MINOR MARKS & MINOR RUBBING TO BOARDS. OVERALL AN EXCELLENT COPY WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED, GILT TO SPINE BRIGHT & PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Elder Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0068488-S2
- Title
- GALLUS OR ROMAN SCENES OF THE TIME OF AUGUSTUS
- Author
- PROFESSOR W. A. BECKER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- LONGMANS, GREEN & CO, LONDON
- Date Published
- 1898
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Elder Books
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
About Elder Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
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- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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