A concise history of Republican Rome (Illustrated Natural History) - Softcover

A Concise History of Republican Rome

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Cocksparrow Books
(Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom)

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: VG++./VG++/VG. y 1st. Edn. Thus, HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1974* Publisher: Book Club Associates.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo- illustrated dust wrapper showing a bronze portrait head, black titles to face and white titles to spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but showing no shelf price. Has publishers ?Damaged Stock? label. Some shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with slight chips but no losses. Small tear & some wear to rear flap fold. Now in clear protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slight marks to page margins, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 181 pp. text. xii pp. bibliography, list of illustrations & index at rear.* Description: Over 2,700 years ago a few thousand farmers, living in villages beside the river Tiber, combined to found a community which evolved into the city of Rome. By 50 BC, the Romans? military and administrative genius, added to their powerful social cohesion, had made them masters of the entire Mediterranean world as well as most of the hinterland. The Author relates the intricate story of this development and of the people who were at its heart.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st thus with some minor faults in a VG protected dust jacket.* 1973-01-01. n. Seller Inventory # 750

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