London. London: A. Zwemmer Ltd. Very Good in Good dust jacket. [1959]. 1st British Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is heavily rubbed, creased at extremities, now protected by fresh mylar cover. Book has yellow cloth covers with bumps to corners and spine extremities. Pages are lightly foxed at margins. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Spectacular collection of b/w photos, artifacts from ancient Greece and Rome. The book has 304 plates with captions plus 65 pages of text. A tour de force and a must-have for scholars of these historical periods. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 369 pages. M4 .

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Bookseller: Sweet Beagle Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 24783
Title: Hellas and Rome: The Classical World in Pictures
Author: Zschietzschmann, W. , Ed
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
Edition: 1st British Edition
Publisher: A. Zwemmer Ltd
Place of Publication: London. London
Date Published: [1959]
Keywords: Classical Greece And Rome, B/w Photos, Photographic History
Bookseller catalogs: Architecture; History, World / Classical;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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