Lays Of Ancient Rome And Miscellaneous Essays And Poems by Macaulay, Lord [ Thomas Babington ] - 1968

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. Reprinted. 528 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. 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.

Everyman's Library / J. M. Dent & Co. and in New York E. P. Dutton & Co, London / Beverly Hills, California, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Introduction by G. M. Trevelyan, select bibliography. Light blue coloured end pages. Bright orange coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with brown and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Quoting from the front fold over panel blurb " ... (this book) presents this rich and varied selection from McCauley's prose and verse, which shows some of his more unsuspected facets of fantasy and humour. The literary themes of the essays take him as far you as Dante and Petrarch, from excellent portraits of Goldsmith and Johnson." Bumping of the book corners with softening of the back strip edges. Age toning of the text block edges with heavier age toning and some spotting to the top… Read More

London: Everyman's Library. Fair. 1963. Hardcover. No markings, cover is worn, pages are good; Ex-Library; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .