The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign : a Study of Tenth Century Byzantium by Runciman, Steven - 1963

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. First edition. paperback. good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.275. previous owners name on half title page

Cambridge University Press, 1963. Hardcover. Good. 1963. Reprinted. 275 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Ex Libris plate of Helen and Michael Oppenheimer to front pastedown. Very light tanning to otherwise clear pages. Slightly more prominent foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Subtle looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has light sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Cambridge University Press; second edition, 1963. Library copy (Wimbledon School of Art) with corresponding protective cover and stamps etc to the front endpaper. Appears to have been very lightly borrowed – it is marked as reserved stock and there are no date stamps on the record sheet. There is slight age-related spotting to the top of text block. Internally, there are (extremely minor) annotations in pencil to the title page but otherwise the pages are in excellent condition - clean and bright and tightly bound. There is a small tear at the foot of the front cover of the jacket and minor rubbing at both ends of the spine. The jacket is price clipped.

Cambridge University Press, 1988-08-26. First Paperback Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, vi, 275 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price clipped front flap. Spine deep yellowish beige with blue lettering. Moderate plus age toning exteriorly with several instances of chipping to head/tail edges. Boards have slight rubbing wear to head/tail edges with bumped tail fore corners and light pucker to front head edge. Text block has modest age toning and offset toning to the end papers. Illustrated. Fold out map at rear. First Edition. 1370885. FP New Rockville Stock.