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Roman Blood: A Mystery
by Saylor, Steven
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312064543
- ISBN 13
- 9780312064549
- Seller
-
Foster, Rhode Island, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Minotaur Books, 1991-11-01. Hardcover. Good. St. Martin's Press; New York, 1999. Hardcover. Good+, black cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, trace handling marks, bit of board/spine edge wear, text block edges darkened[smoke?], some sunning, bit of musty odor, trace discoloration to pastedowns/endpaper, bit of bending to boards, in a Good, some sunning to panels/flaps, horizontal scratch mark mid front panel, bit of edge wear with few small tears, faint moisture stain verso bottom rear panel, Dust Wrapper. A good only, unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 357pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
Synopsis
Roma Sub Rosa is a series of mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in, and populated by noteworthy denizens of, Ancient Rome. The series is noted for its historical authenticity. Roma Sub Rosa means, in Latin, "Rome under the rose". If a matter was "under the rose" it meant that such matter was confidential.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1027538
- Title
- Roman Blood: A Mystery
- Author
- Saylor, Steven
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0312064543
- ISBN 13
- 9780312064549
- Publisher
- Minotaur Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991-11-01
- X weight
- 19 oz
Terms of Sale
Lavendier Books
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About the Seller
Lavendier Books
Biblio member since 2008
Foster, Rhode Island
About Lavendier Books
Selling quailty books for over 20 years.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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