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THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII.
Edition: Very early printing with these illustrations.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. dj. Hardcover - A title in the Scribner's Classic series, illustrated by F.C. Yohn with a pasted-on cover illustration, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 9 inserted color plates (the color plate pasted on the dustjacket is different from that of the book and reproduces the plate at pg 150.) A beautiful edition of this classic set in the days of the Roman Empire and early Christianity. viii, 425 pp.
Condition: Near fine in black cloth with full color plate and gilt lettering on the spine in a fair example of the uncommon dust jacket. (minor foxing to edge of texblock, unobtrusive gift inscription, edgewear to dustjacket, interior tape reinforcements at ends of spine, fold, original price of 2.50 present.) Back cover of dj notes "latest edition to this series - - Children of the New Forest" published in 1927.
Book ID: 89925More details Price: $110.00 -
GERMANICUS MOSAIC.
Edition: First printing.
London: Headline (Hodder), (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first crime novel, and her first novel written under this name. Set in the late 2nd century A.D. in Britain, the northernmost province in the Roman Empire. "Libertus, a freedman and pavement-maker, has been searching for his wife for years. He hears of a possible sighting at a slave-market a day away when his patron asks for his help - a burned body has been found and a slave is missing" - he cannot say no. 275 pp. A rather hard to find first edition of the first book in this long-running and highly praised series. ISBN: 0-747222622.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning)
Book ID: 89919More details Price: $45.00 -
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII.
Edition: First printing with these illustrations.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Scribner's Classic series, illustrated by F.C. Yohn with a pasted-on cover illustration, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 9 inserted color plates (the color plate pasted on the dustjacket is different from that of the book and reproduces the plate at pg 150.) A beautiful edition of this classic set in the days of the Roman Empire and early Christianity. viii, 425 pp. Illustrated endpapers.
Condition: Very good in black cloth with full color plate on front cover and gilt lettering (small tear to edge of pasted on illustration, corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 89896More details Price: $30.00 -
EMPEROR: THE GATES OF ROME.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Delacorte, (2003.). First edition - The author's first book, and the first in the Emperor series. An epic historical novel of the ancient Rome and the young Julius Caesar. Praise from Bernard Cornwell who called it 'a novel of vivid characters, stunning action and unrelenting pace.'
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new) .
Book ID: 81393More details Price: $20.00 -
HOUSEHOLD GODS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A time traveling novel featuring a 1990s Los Angeles lawyer with no special technical or historical knowledge. Nicole Gunther-Perrin is a single mother of two, struggling with daycare, a deadbeat ex-husband and being overlooked for promotion. And then one morning she awakens in second-century Carnuntum, a town near the Roman Empire's borders where death, disease, and dirt are commonplace. Slavery and corporal punishment are facts of life, and war, pillage, and rape are constant threats. Mere survival is hard work, especially when plague and war come to the time. SIGNED by Turtledove on the title page. 508 pp. ISBN: 0-312864876.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73796More details Price: $30.00 -
THE IRON HAND OF MARS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hutchinson, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 4th in the highly praised series featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-09-1753333.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages).
Book ID: 66162More details Price: $85.00 -
LAST ACT IN PALMYRA.
Edition: First printing.
London: Century, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Marcus Didius Falco.SIGNED on the title page. Map, list of principal characters at beginning of book, footnotes at end. 384 pp. ISBN: 0-7126-59366.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual toning to the pages).
Book ID: 66156More details Price: $35.00 -
A GOD STROLLING IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 64690More details Price: $75.00 -
THE IRON HAND OF MARS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Crown, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 4th in the highly praised series featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-517-592401.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52457More details Price: $55.00 -
ORACLE OF THE DEAD: SPQR XII.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The twelfh book in this Edgar-nominated historical series, set in Rome during the time of Julius Cesaer and featuring playboy senator and amateur investigator Decius Caecilius Martellus the Younger. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-312-380933.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 51281More details Price: $30.00 -
THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATES: SPQR IX.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The nineth book in this Edgar-nominated historical series, set in Rome during the time of Julius Cesaer and featuring playboy senator and amateur investigator Decius Caecilius Martellus the Younger. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary. 198 pp. ISBN: 0-312-33723x.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 50257More details Price: $31.50 -
THE IRON HAND OF MARS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Crown, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 4th in the highly praised series featuring Marcus Didius Falco. ISBN: 0-517-592401.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49439More details Price: $24.00 -
MASADA: THE LAST FORTRESS.
Edition: First printing.
Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historical novel for young adults, based on the seige of Masada by the Roman Legions in the year 72 C.E. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Map front endpapers. ISBN: 0-8028-51657.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 20006More details Price: $25.00 -
THE IRON HAND OF MARS.
Edition: First US edition.
New York: Crown, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 4th in the highly praised series featuring Marcus Didius Falco. SIGNED on the title page. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-517-592401.
Condition: Good only in a good dustjacket ('popular library' stamp, bookstore stamp, flaps of dj were pasted to inside covers, rem line.)
Book ID: 15598More details Price: $28.00
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