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Joseph, 1976. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Joseph, 1976. Hardcover. Good.

London: The Folio Society. 1976. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition / 1st Printing. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Very good (minor wear to bottom edge), no dust jacket, no slipcase. Illustrated with color and b&w reproductions of artwork, drawings and photos showing the destruction and rediscovery of Pompeii. 1st edition / 1st printing. Hard Cover. 128pp. 19 x 25cm.

Hardback. Good.

London: Folio Society. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages .

The Folio Society, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Lacking slipcase. Shows minor wear.

London: The Folio Society, 1976. . 1st Folio Society edition. Hardback. No dustwrapper, no slip-case. Cream and brown boards, gilt embossed title and decoration. Illustrated blue endpapers. With colour frontispiece. With colour and black-and-white illustrations. Contents: some occasional light spotting, otherwise pages generally very good and clean. Boards: some light browning/spotting towards edges, otherwise very good and gilt bright. Binding tight. 128 pp.

Folio, 1978. Very Good. Trevelyan, Raleigh. The Shadow of Vesuvius: Pompeii A.D. 79. London: Folio, 1978. 128pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Subtly rubbed covers. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Small price label on front flap.

The Folio Society, 1976. Hardcover. Good. 1976. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Cream paper covered boards with brown cloth to spine. Slipcase is missing. Contains black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

The Folio Society, 1976. Hardcover. Good. 1976. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with a brown spine strip and gilt. In-text photographs throughout. No slipcase. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

Folio Society, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. 0.6299 in x 11.7323 in x 9.9213 in.

London: The Folio Society, 1976. . 1st edition. Hardback, no slip-case. With colour frontispiece and numerous colour and black-and-white illustrations. Contents: pages very good and clean, illustrations bright. Boards: top edge a little rubbed and dusty. Otherwise very good. A tight copy. 128 pp.

The Folio Society, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Folio Society, 1976. Hardcover. Good. **HARDBACK** 1976, NO SLIPCASE.\r\nLight storage marking, corners slightly bumped. internally clean.

The Folio Society, 1976. Hardcover. Good. 1976. No Edition Remarks. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Brown paper covered boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour plates. No slipcase. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

The Folio Society, 1976-01-01. hardcover. Very Good/No Slipcase. 25 to 30 cm tall, Quarto, (4to). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

published by Michael Joseph, by arrangement with The Folio Society, London, 1978,. see description. large slim 8vo, 128pp, the decorative engraved border on the title page, taken from "Specimens of Ancient Decorations from Pompeii", is hardly overshadowed by the facing frontispiece, a coloured engraving of the 1779 eruption of Vesuvius, lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white, with modern photographs and 18th century paintings, etchings, engravings and sketches, on the tinted endpapers front and back two early engraved views of Vesuvius, publisher's boards, title gilt on spine, colour-illustrated dw, near fine.

London: The Folio Society. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. The numerous volanic eruptions of Mount Vesuvius near Naples throughout history are described here, with multiple photos, paintings, sculpture, drawings, etc. --- In brown quarter cloth and paper-covered boards with striking image of Pompeiian in gilt on cover. --- With a bit of bubbling of the paper covering on front cover & a scratch to gilt cover image and previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown, else a clean, unmarked and bright copy lacking other damages. Volume lacks a slipcase or dust jacket.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages .

Folio Society, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. first folio edition

(London: Michael Joseph, 1976) 0718115570. 4to; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 128; profusely illustrated, in colour and monochrome. Short tear to top edge of dustwrapper's lower panel; a little light spotting; gift inscription to front endpaper. Very good condition. "The turn of fate which revealed the lost cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum began in 1710 when a peasant, digging a well, struck marble from the theatre of Herculaneum. The discoveries in the two centuries that followed produced a revolution in artistic taste, affecting furniture, decoration and art in the whole civilized world. Raleigh Trevelyan's vivid narrative gives a striking personal impression of this ghostly city. He gives, too, an entertaining history of the slow unfinished striptease of time which gradually, tantalizingly, is revealing one of the greatest storehouses of treasures the world has seen, the source of much of our knowledge… Read More