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VEGETIUS: EPITOME OF MILITARY SCIENCE
Written by Vegetius; N.P. Milner.
Stock no. 1326906
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated Texts For Historians series. Translated with notes and introduction by Milner. Red cardwraps. 152 pages. ISBN: 0853232288. Slight fading to spine and slight rubbing to cover edges.

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THE ROMAN EMPIRE VOLUME 1: FROM THE ETRUSCANS TO THE DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by Henri Stierlin.
Stock no. 1826066
Published by Taschen. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The monumental and technically highly sophisticated architecture of the Roman Empire continues to fascinate all who set eye on it. This volume traces the development of Roman architecture throughout Italy, Gaul, Spain, the Rhineland and North Africa from 800 B.C. to A.D. 330. From the Etruscans to Republican Rome and the eventual fall of the Roman Empire, this publication takes the reader on a vivid journey to Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome and the lost cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Large format. Matt yellow paper boards, white titles. Colour photos. ISBN: 3822885622. A few minor grubby marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with some light scuff marks.

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THE CHILDREN'S TOUR; OR, EVERYDAY SIGHTS IN SUNNY LAND
Written by M.A. Paull.
Stock no. 1325250
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1893. Very good condition.

Dark yellow pictorial cloth, gilt title to front cover and gilt vignette to spine. Pale green floral endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 294 pages, all edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown, name plate to free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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GREAT CIVILISATIONS: ROME
Written by Clarence Greig. Illustrated by Jorge Nunez.
Stock no. 1324402
Published by Ladybird Books Ltd. Circa 1974. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403816. Spine bumped and rubbed, small brown mark to centre of spine. Name in ink to top margin of front free-endpaper. Small, old tape marks to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Some light pencil scribbling to rear free-endpaper. Contents generally clean. This is an early reprint as the last title listed on rear cover is Samuel Pepys (no 36), the first edition had this title as the last listed (no 35).

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THE VILLA IN THE LIFE OF RENAISSANCE ROME
Written by David R. Coffin.
Stock no. 2139044
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 1988. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos, diagrams and illustrations. ISBN: 0691002797. Spine is creased and faded, with a few nicks to top and tail. Some corner creases. Browning and marks to outer page edges.

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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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THIS IS ROME
Written by Miroslav Sasek. Illustrated by Miroslav Sasek.
Stock no. 1815459
Published by W.H. Allen. 1976. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0491019963. Board edges rubbed, spine splitting but still tight. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Price-cut matching pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with a few edge tears and tape repairs.

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THE GENIUS OF ROME 1592-1623
Written by Beverly Louise Brown.
Stock no. 1607156
Published by Royal Academy of Arts. 1st 2001. Fine condition.

An exhibition bringing to London some of the greatest masterpieces produced by Caravaggio, Annibale Carracci, Rubens and many other artists who were drawn to Rome from all over Europe in 1592-1623. Large format. Card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 0900946946. No slipcase.

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ROME AND THE ENVIRONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206800
Published by Fratellii Treves. 1898. Good condition.

Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles. 352 pages + advertisement pages. Lacks plan and map.

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THIS IS ROME
Written by Miroslav Sasek. Illustrated by Miroslav Sasek.
Stock no. 581562
Published by W.H. Allen. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0491019963. 1.5" split to base of spine. Cover edges are slightly unevenly faded. Contents are bright. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased and browned to edges.

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ROME
Written by M.A.R. Tuker; Hope Malleson. Illustrated by Alberto Pisa.
Stock no. 602274
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st thus 1925. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Popular Series. 32 colour plates. Blue cloth. Covers marked, light stain to rear, joints just starting to crack. Some light foxing throughout.

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