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GALLUS or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus.
by Becker, Professor W.A. translated by Frederick Metcalfe
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 8th edition, 1886. Hardcover. Good. A few illustrations. . Octavo plum cloth gilt rebacked in green (tips bumped some marks) Top Edge Gilt xxi +535pp coat of arms bookplate Robert Russell Baron on front endpaper, 2 inscriptions, prelims slightly foxed else internally V.G.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A52566
- Title
- GALLUS or Roman Scenes of the Time of Augustus.
- Author
- Becker, Professor W.A. translated by Frederick Metcalfe
- Illustrator
- A few illustrations.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co. 8th edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Roman antiquity history sociology dress classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Non-Fiction;
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About the Seller
Abbey Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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