Rome Eternal
by Horgan, Paul
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1959. Photographs by Joseph Vadala.. 8vo. 225 x 150 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. viii, 196 pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white images by NBC cinemographer Joseph Vadala. Publisher's black cloth, dust jacket; jacket with some rubbing to edges and head and tail of spine.
First edition. Paul Horgan, the Pulizer Prize winning author and historian, visited Rome with NBC cameraman Joseph Vadala, who captured the city on film and inspired the author to place words to his images of this great city. Very good copy.
First edition. Paul Horgan, the Pulizer Prize winning author and historian, visited Rome with NBC cameraman Joseph Vadala, who captured the city on film and inspired the author to place words to his images of this great city. Very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- De Simone Company, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1014
- Title
- Rome Eternal
- Author
- Horgan, Paul
- Illustrator
- Photographs by Joseph Vadala.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
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