Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Antiquities.
by William Smith (editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Walton And Maberly/John Murray, 1859. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 2nd Edition improved and enlarged. Royal 8vo, xii + 1293 with numerous vignettes throughout. Hardcover no dust jacket. Full contemporary vellum binding with brown leather title label with gilt lettering to spine in very good condition with some marking to vellum and wear to leather title label. Inside a little foxing to ffe papers otherwise all pages and marbled end papers, full edge dyed red, in very good/near fine condition. A very good copy in a very good, tight vellum binding
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- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000567
- Title
- Dictionary Of Greek And Roman Antiquities.
- Author
- William Smith (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Walton And Maberly/John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1859
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- history1
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