The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome A Companion Book for Students and Travelers
by Lanciani, Rodolfo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. Hardcover. xxiv, 619pp + 5 unnumbered pages. Maps, pictures, diagrams, appendices, indices. Book has red cloth covers with gold text on front and spine, gold borders on front, gilt on top edge of textblock. Minor wear and tears to head, tail and corners, corners bumped, sunning to spine, minor marks on covers. Front inner hinge cracked at half-title page, minor cracking at back inner hinge near bottom. Ex-library with text and sticker on spine, pocket on front pastedown and stamps, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. Binding is sound. Some pages have deckled edge from when pages were cut. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 828 pages .
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- Seller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 9058
- Title
- The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome A Companion Book for Students and Travelers
- Author
- Lanciani, Rodolfo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Rome, Archaeology, Late 19th Century, Guide Book
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
Glossary
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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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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