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ROMAN ROADS IN BRITAIN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Ivan D. Margary.
Stock no. 1827536
Published by Phoenix House Ltd.. 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A two volume work. A comprehensive survey of the Roman roads in Britain. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps, colour folding map to the end of each volume. Volume I is second impression 1955 (same year as first publication), Volume II is first edition, first impression 1957. Light rubbing and wear to spine & corners. Text block lightly browned. Occasional foxing present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrappers are edge-rubbed and chipped with small amounts of loss to edges, a bit grubby.

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THE WORLD OF ODYSSEUS
Written by M.I. Finley; Simon Hornblower.
Stock no. 1326775
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Burnt orange pictorial cloth. Colour photos. Introduction by Hornblower. Minimal rubbing to corners. Spine slightly faded. Contained in brown slipcase.

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EMPEROR OF ROME
Written by Mary Beard.
Stock no. 1326518
Published by Profile Books. Circa 2023. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fact and fiction of the rulers of the ancient Roman world. Brown boards, gilt title to spine 493 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781846683787. 2nd printing. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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THE RISE OF ROME
Written by Polybius; Robin Waterfield; Michael Scott; Brian McGing.
Stock no. 1827057
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title block and gilt title. B/w pictorial paper front side, red cloth rear board. Colour and b/w plates. Translated by Waterfield, preface by Scott, Introduction and notes by McGing. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split open at top edge. Publisher's slipcase is crushed to one open edge with small split at lower corner of same edge.

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BOIOTIA AND THE BOIOTIAN LEAGUE, 432-371 B.C.
Written by Robert J. Buck.
Stock no. 1823520
Published by University Of Alberta Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of the ancient Greek federal state of Boiotia from the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War in 432 B.C. to its victory over Sparta in 371 B.C. Red cardwraps. ISBN: 0888642539. Light scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

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BATTLES OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLDS
Written by John Drogo Montagu.
Stock no. 1322595
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A chronological compendium of 667 battles to 31 BC, from the historians of the ancient world. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 1853673897. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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THE ARMY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Nick Sekunda. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 2134744
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1ST 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850455391. Spine browned.

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THE ROMAN ARMY FROM HADRIAN TO CONSTANTINE (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Michael Simkins. Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.
Stock no. 2134733
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 085045333X. Some browning to covers.

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MOSAICS IN ROMAN BRITAIN: STORIES IN STONE
Written by Patricia Witts.
Stock no. 1821250
Published by Tempus. 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The stories illustrated in mosaics graphically link us to the world of the Romans. Roman culture, the passing of time, and the evocation of protection and prosperity were popular themes along with scenes from the arena and the hunt. This book identifies the figures of known mosaics from Roman Britain and explains what they would have meant to a contemporary viewer and discusses their significance. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 9780752434216. Reprint.

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ROMAN BATHS IN BRITAIN
Written by Ian D. Rotherham.
Stock no. 2133692
Published by Amberley. 1st 2012. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781445606576. Some cover corner creasing. Page browning.

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ROMAN BATHS IN BRITAIN
Written by Ian D. Rotherham.
Stock no. 2132573
Published by Amberley. 1st 2012. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781445606576. Some light creasing to cover corners.

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THE IMPERIAL ROMAN ARMY
Written by Yann Le Bohec.
Stock no. 1818262
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A look in detail at the structure and development of the army in the first three centuries AD, examining its organization, training and role in Roman Society, to see why it has always been accorded with such a prominent position in Rome's history and whether that view is justified. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713471662. Name in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut.

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