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Buy this book on-line HARRIS,ROBERT: : POMPEII.[Author SIGNED copy.]LONDON.HUTCHINSON,2003. ISBN 0091779251.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.,3rd imp.[Number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title-page,
no price-clip to dw/dj.Clean,
photographic image illustrated dw/dj,with red+white lettering,a white circular,adhesive 'Signed Copy' sticker to upper panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A couple of minor indentations to upper panel but without appearing to affect the bds below.Head of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread example? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain
black cloth bds with bright,crisp,
stamped gilt letters to spine/
backstrip,a silver+black striped headband,and immaculate b/w+red map (Bay of Naples) illustrated eps.UK,
8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,3rd imp,
3-341pp including author acknowledgement [paginated] and includes [unpaginated] half-title,
author SIGNED title-page, dedication,author's note,page of prose extracts,4 separator pages.
From 'author's note': The Romans divided the day into twelve hours.
The first,hora prima,began at sunrise.The last,hora duodecima,
ended at sunset.
The night was divided into eight watches - Vespera,Prima fax,Concubia
and Intempesta before midnight; Inclinatio,Gallicinium,Conticinium and Diluculum after it.
The days of the week were Moon,
Mars,Mercury,Jupiter,Venus,Saturn and Sun.
Pompeii takes place over four days.
Sunrise on the Bay of Naples in the fourth week of August AD 79 was at approximately 06:20 hours. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HARRIS,ROBERT: : POMPEII.[Author SIGNED copy.]. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, incunabula, first editions, collectables and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |