Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition
by Charles Godfrey Leland
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£245.00£220.50
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About This Item
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 11" by 8". None. A smart first edition of this enchanting work from Leland, complete with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with colour frontispiece and over sixty in-text and full-page images. A detailed work on Gods and Goblins, Incantations, Divination, Medicine, and Amulets, from the Roman world that appear in popular tradition and tales. Written by Charles Godfrey Leland, an American humorist and folklorist. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fraying to the head and tail of the spine. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Residue of a removed bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 867T71
- Title
- Etruscan Roman Remains in Popular Tradition
- Author
- Charles Godfrey Leland
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- T. Fisher Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Size
- 11" by 8"
- Keywords
- Etruscan Roman Remains Leland Roman
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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