The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic
by GILMAN, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with burgundy and black lettering and pictorial/decorative stamping. xvi, 355oo, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, illustrations, foldout maps. Very good. Mild edgewear; delicate inner hinges expertly, archivally strengthened, thus tight. Early printing of this 1885 study, a volume in this publisher's lengthy "The Story of the Nations" series. Front pastedown bears interesting bookplate of Chicago oleomargarine manufacturer John F. Jelke Jr. (1888-1965). An attractive volume.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40886
- Title
- The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic
- Author
- GILMAN, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Ancient World;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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