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The Roman Villa in Britain
by Rivet, A.L.F.; editor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. Discussion of Roman-era farming & housing in Great Britain. First American edition. Hardcover, full burgundy cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book; jacket spine faded, lightly edgeworn with short tear & associated creasing to lower panel; light foxing to top edge. Text clean; xvi, 299 pages with bibliography and indexes, dozens of illustrations in b/w & color. Includes laid-in folding floor plan of typical Roman villa. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 997562
- Title
- The Roman Villa in Britain
- Author
- Rivet, A.L.F.; editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Praeger
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Roman Empire, Architecture, Britain, Agriculture, Archaeology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture & Interior Decoration;
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...