Search Results: pompeii the life of a roman by beard mary

Paperback. Very Good.

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London: Profile Books. Good. 2009. Reissue Edition; Eighth Printing. Paperback. 1861975961 . B&W photographs and illustrations. Color photographs and illustrations. Minor foxing to the top exterior edge of textblock. Light creasing and stains to the bottom corner of the first few pages and front cover. Yellowing to pages. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. Reading copy. ; 360 pages .

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Paperback / softback. New. Contains chapters that include Street Life, Earning a Living: Baker, Banker and Garum Maker (who ran the city), and The Pleasure of the Body: Food, Wine, Sex and Baths. This book offers an insight into the workings of a Roman town.

Paperback / softback. New. 'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy - scrutinising and animated in equal measure' Laura Silverman, Daily Mail

London: Profile, 2009. Card covers in tidy, used condition, a little creased on the spine and edges. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Profile Books Ltd, London, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Third impression . Size: 16mo (very small). 360 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Edges browned slightly. This book has been read and has marks or some creasing but remains in excellent condition.. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. The ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; or the hygiene of the baths which must have been hotbeds of germs; or the legendary number of brothels, most likely… Read More

Profile Books, London. 2008. Profile Books, London. 2008. First edition, second printing. Hardback with DW. Illustrated. Large thick 8vo. Wrapper a little shelf worn otherwise a lovely clean copy.

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London: The Folio Society, 2016. 1st Thus. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. large Octavo. pp XXX, 378. 3rd printing. An unread book in an as new slipcase that shows slight shelf wear.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Profile Books, 2009-07-16. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Folio Society,, 2016. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates, numerous illustrations and plans in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps; pictorial cloth, terracotta cloth back lettered in gilt, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.