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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ANCIENT AND ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Harold Priestley.
Stock no. 1331360
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book No. 56. 74 b/w photos, 10 pages of maps and 4 line drawings. Small format. Brown boards. ISBN: 0723215448. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Inscription in ink (and date) to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots to page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge creased with a small brown mark to top edge of rear panel.

FOUR GREEK HEROES
Written by Jennie Hall.
Stock no. 1329758
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1928. Almost very good condition.

All-Time Tales series. Leonidas, Phidias, Themistocles, Socrates. Blue cloth with red titles and decoration. 135 numbered pages. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some rubbing to cover edges and spine faded. Name and address(?) in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout, heavy to textblock. Originally published in 1913, reprinted in this series 1928.

THE ROMANO-BRITISH VILLA AT CASTLE COPSE, GREAT BEDWYN
Written by Eric Hostetter; Thomas Noble Howe; et al.
Stock no. 1829536
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume presents the results of a systematic study of the ruins of the large Roman courtyard villa at Castle Copse, located near the village of Great Bedwyn, in southwest England. Edited by Hostetter and Howe with contributions by many others. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxiv and 550 pages including index. ISBN: 0253328020. Spine is slightly concave. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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.

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.

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.

ROMAN ARMY WARS OF THE EMPIRE
Written by Graham Sumner. Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Stock no. 1816015
Published by Brassey's. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Brassey's History of Uniforms. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1857532120. Spine slightly cocked, contents fine.

ROMANS IN BRITAIN
Written by Rodney Legg.
Stock no. 1807872
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0434413305. Dustwrapper spine faded.

PHOCION THE GOOD
Written by Lawrence A. Tritle.
Stock no. 1604353
Published by Croom Helm. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Croom helm Classical Studies. Tracing the life, and subsequent image, of Phocion of Athens, the most enigmatic of Plutarch's heroes. ISBN: 0709943636.

WARRIORS OF ROME
Written by Michael Simkins. Illustrated by James Field.
Stock no. 1001152
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An Illustrated military history of the Roman Legions. Large format. Colour illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0713720018.

ARCHAEOLOGIA GRAECA OR THE ANTIQUITIES OF GREECE
Written by John Potter; James Boyd.
Stock no. 594984
Published by Thomas Tegg. 1837. Very good condition.

With Numerous Notes and Improved Indices by Boyd. Illustrated by upwards of 150 engravings on wood and steel including folding maps. xii + 818 pages + 2 page booklist. Scattered foxing to page edges. A bright copy.

GREEK GEOMETRIC ART
Written by Bernhard Schweitzer.
Stock no. 613060
Published by Phaidon. 1st 1971. Slightly better than good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. 352 pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 0714814113. Ex-lib. Contents very good but endpapers a little grubby with remains of library bookplates.