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FAVERDALE, DARLINGTON: EXCAVATIONS AT A MAJOR SETTLEMENT IN THE NORTHERN FRONTIER ZONE OF ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Jennifer Proctor.
Stock no. 1829479
Published by Pre-Construct Archaeology Limited. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

PCA Monograph 15. Large format. Card wraps. B/w diagrams and photos. xviii and 245 pages including index. ISBN: 9780956305466. Light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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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.

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PANNONIA AND UPPER MOESIA
Written by A. Mocsy.
Stock no. 1827726
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1974. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps. ISBN: 0710077149. A lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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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.

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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.

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RUSHDEN: THE EARLY FINE WARES
Written by P.J. Woods; B.C. Hastings; K. Brown.
Stock no. 1827533
Published by Northamptonshire County Council. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

The pottery discovered during the contruction of playing fields at a Rushden school which proved to be manufactured at the site in the early Roman period. This pottery associated with the Roman military conquest of the area, displays an exceptional range of forms and decoration, and represents the achievements of potters whose inspiration derived from various European ceramic traditions. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947590005. Covers a little scuffed, contents clean.

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ART IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1826223
Published by Routledge. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Michael Grant has specially selected some of the most significant examples of painting, portraits, architecture, mosaic, jewellry and silverware to give us a unique insight in to the functions and manifestations of art in the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415120314. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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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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CARLISLE AND CUMBRIA: ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE, ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Written by Mike McCarthy; David Weston.
Stock no. 1825580
Published by The British Archaeological Association. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

The British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions XXVII. Edited by McCarthy & Weston. Cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 1902653696. A lovely copy.

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PALMYRA AND ITS EMPIRE
Written by Richard Stoneman.
Stock no. 1322605
Published by University Of Michigan Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Zenobia's Revolt against Rome. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 246 pages. B/w photos at rear of book. ISBN: 0472103873. Spine slightly bumped, some light dusty marks along spine edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and lightly browned.

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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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ROME'S ENEMIES: GERMANICS AND DACIANS (MEN-AT-ARMS)
Written by Peter Wilcox. Illustrated by G.A. Embleton.
Stock no. 2134757
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations and photos. Colour plates. ISBN: 0850454735. Spine and cover edges have some browning.

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