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ROMAN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Tim Copeland.
Stock no. 1831505
Published by The History Press. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

An examination of the area now known as Gloucestershire in the later Iron Age and Roman periods. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 9780752457833. Reprint. A lovely copy.

THE FALL OF THE WEST: THE SLOW DEATH OF THE ROMAN SUPERPOWER
Written by Adrian Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1831443
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A sweeping narrative of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. x and 531 pages including index. ISBN: 9780297845638. Light vertical reading crease to spine. Slight lean to spine. Text block lightly foxed. Couple of spots to front endpaper. Glossy plates have stuck together due to damp, prised apart leaving some minor imprint to facing pages. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper has damp mottling to verso (not visible to front).

ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME II SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829564
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the second) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the city and county of Bristol, from the counties of Cornwall & Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xiii and406 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780954791612. Boards clean and bright. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME I NORTHERN BRITAIN: INCORPORATING THE MIDLANDS AND EAST ANGLIA
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829563
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the first) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the counties of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Yorkshire, and Scotland. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xv and 415 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0953784525. Boards bright and clean. Text block very slightly marked. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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.

LATE IRON AGE CALLEVA: THE PRE-CONQUEST OCCUPATION AT SILCHESTER INSULA IX
Written by Michael Fulford; Amanda Clarke; Emma Durham; Nicholas Pankhurst.
Stock no. 1829488
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies. 1st 2018. Slightly better than very good condition.

Britannia Monograph Series No. 32. Large format, heavy. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. xx and 532 pages including index. ISBN: 9780907764458. A few light scuffs to covers and a few minor marks. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Overall, a decent copy.

SILCHESTER INSULA IX: THE CLAUDIO-NERONIAN OCCUPATION OF THE IRON AGE OPPIDUM
Written by Michael Fulford; Amanda Clarke; Emma Durham; Nicholas Pankhurst; et al.
Stock no. 1829487
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition.

The Early Roman Occupation at Silchester Insula IX. Britannia Monograph Series No. 33. Large format, heavy. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxii and 682 pages including index. ISBN: 9780907764472. Light vertical creasing to top of spine, minor crease to lower corner of front cover, else a lovely copy, appears unread.

CASTLE HILL AND ITS LANDSCAPE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE WITTENHAMS, OXFORDSHIRE
Written by Tim Allen; Kate Cramp; Hugo Lamdin-Whymark; Leo Webley.
Stock no. 1829486
Published by Oxford Archaeology. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Oxford Archaeology Monograph No.9. With a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Northmoor Trust asked Oxford Archaeology to undertake a varied programme of archaeological research in and around Castle Hill hillford, Little Wittenham. This action revealed on e of the most significant later prehistoric settlements in the region. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colopur & b/w illustrations. xxiv and 286 pages. ISBN: 9780904220612. A very nice copy with minimal scuffing.

GLOUCESTER, THE ROMAN FORUM AND POST-ROMAN SEQUENCE AT THE CITY CENTRE
Written by H.R. Hurst.
Stock no. 1829485
Published by Gloucester Archaeological Publications. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition.

Gloucester Archaeological Reports, Volume 3. Excavations at 11-17 and 22 Southgate Street and 4 Westgate Street. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. vii and 240 pages including index. ISBN: 9780948386022. Covers are very lightly scuffed. Base of spine is bumped and gutter edges of contents are thus lightly creased (minor). Else a lovely copy.

THE ROAD: A STORY OF ROMANS AND WAYS TO THE PAST
Written by Christopher Hadley.
Stock no. 1828615
Published by William Collins. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look. A mesmerising journey into two thousand years of history only now giving up its secrets. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 353 pages including index. ISBN: 9780008356699. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few tiny closed tears, a little scuffed.

ROMAN COLCHESTER
Written by M.R. Hull.
Stock no. 1827718
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 1958. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XX. Large format. Brown cloth boards. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some fold-out. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents are clean.

BALDOCK: THE EXCAVATION OF A ROMAN AND PRE-ROMAN SETTLEMENT, 1968-72
Written by I.M. Stead; Valery Rigby.
Stock no. 1827620
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Britannia Monograph Series No. 7. The excavations at Baldock, Herfordshire, described in this reort were carried out by the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments, Department of the Environment. They were prompted by the discovery of a rich La Tene III burial which was found while constructing a road on a housing estate and whose finds had been disperssed before the archaeologists were notified. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w sketches and illustrations. Text block slightly browned. Covers slightly scuffed. Contents clean.