Search Results: ancient rome in the light of by lanciani rodolfo

Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1892. Hardcover. Fair. 1892. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Loose binding- see photos. Edgeworn. Corners bumped. Pages lightly stained throughout. Contents intact. 329p.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1888-01-01. 9th. Hardcover. Good. 329 pgs. Ex-library; usual treatments. Bound in original red over white cloth. Cover shows some edge wear and soiling. Interior text and plates are clean throughout. Frontis has a faint separation along hinge. Binding is secure.

Houghton Mifflin. Collectible - Very Good. Condition: Very Good -; Hardcover in dustjacket. First Edition. Quarter vellum over red cloth. Condition is Very Good- in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has clean covers with a square spine and corners. Front hinge cracked at the bottom but binding is still quite tight. Red linen jacket is clean with a touch of fading to spine.

B. Blom, 1967-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. Tears to jacket with loss.

Benjamin Blom, Inc., 1967. Hardcover. Good. 1967. Reissued. 329 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Ex-libris of Lady Helen and Sir Michael Oppenheimer to front pastedown.Black and white photographic images and illustrations throughout. Pages are bright and clear with mild tanning to text block edges. Some very slight looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier sunning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. With one hundred illustrations. Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1845-1929) was an Italian archaeologist, a pioneering student of ancient Roman topography, and among his many excavations was that of the House of the Vestals in the Roman Forum. Original red cloth-covered boards over a white cloth spine, with decorative gilt stamping. The rear hinge is starting. Some general fading and minor soiling along the spine, with a bit of edgewear to the boards; otherwise very good.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. G/G. 1888. ........ Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 329 pp., DJ rubbed, edges frayed, bumped, page yellowing .

Boston/New York (Houghton, Mifflin and Company), 1888.. xxix, (1), 329, (1)pp., 36 plates. 64 text illus. 4to. Orig. dec. publisher’s cloth gilt, 1/4 vellum.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1888. First edition. Quarter Leather. Good (No Dust Jacket). Quarter leather and red cloth, gilt-stamped, top edge gilt, wide 8vo, 329 pp., b/w plates and text illus. Ownership signature of classicist L. R. Lind, otherwise unmarked. Covers a bit soiled and worn, head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, top of spine cracked at joints and tape-repaired; some scuffs, stains, and wrinkling to cloth at rear; page edges browned, discoloration to endpapers, light foxing throughout.

Hardback. New.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889. Cloth. Good Only. 9.5" by 7". None. A history of Ancient Rome, with note of archaeological discoveries up until the late nineteenth century. Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text. Third edition. Including chapters such as The Foundation and Prehistoric Life of Rome, The House of the Vestals, The Palace of the Caesars and more. In a cloth binding. Externally, sound, though with some discolouration to the spine, light dampstaining to the rear, and some wear to the extremities. Internally, binding tender. Hinges are tender. Pages have some marginal browning and tidemarks up to page 29. Good Only

Hardback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Ancient Rome In The Light Of Recent Discoveries.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. Large 8vo.  240 x 170 mm., [9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches].  xxix, [1], 329 pp.  Illustrated with one hundred illustrations throughout the text.  Bound in original red paper boards, white linen cloth spine, red cloth wrapper; tail of spine with some minor transfer of red from wrapper, wrapper a bit soiled, spine turned dark; frontispiece loose from text block. Tenth printing, originally published in 1888.  Lanciani's book was an immediate success and became one of Houghton and Mifflin's best selling travel books of the season.  His text is a combination of new scholarship, describing the archeological discovers in Rome and a serious travel guide for many of the ancient monuments of the city.  The illustrations include wood engravings, reproductions of art, heliotypes in black and white of city views, and maps.  It is printed on lightly coated paper and is a very substantial book.  With faults a good copy of a standard book.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.