The Town of Hercules : A Buried Treasure-Trove
by Deiss, Joseph Jay
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0237448386
- ISBN 13
- 9780237448387
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Evans Brothers Ltd, 1976. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with fading to spine and adjacent margin of rear and traces of storage. 143pp. A fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of the rediscovery of the ancient city of Herculaneum which was submerged under a river of hot mud in A.D. 79 by the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius and a reconstruction of the daily life of the people who lived there. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8.5 x 6.75 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006640
- Title
- The Town of Hercules : A Buried Treasure-Trove
- Author
- Deiss, Joseph Jay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0237448386
- ISBN 13
- 9780237448387
- Publisher
- Evans Brothers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- ITALY_HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 8.5 x 6.75 inches
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