NY: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Gift inscription to ffep in black ink. Light foxing. Minor shelfwear to book. Neat pencil marginalia on the first few pages. DJ is price-clipped with tears and chipping. DJ spine is sunned. Some rubbing to DJ. ; 240pp + 4pls. ; 240 pages .

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Bookseller: Ancient World Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 22087
Title: A CITY AND A WORLD: A ROMAN SKETCHBOOK
Author: Wall, Bernard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1962
Keywords: Rome, Travel & Exploration, ARCHAEOLOGY

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Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....