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Augustus,
by Buchan, John,
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1937,. see description. second reprint of that year's first edition, large heavy 8vo, 356pp, frontis portrait-bust of Augustus, 3 other full-page photoplates; Octavius aged sixteen, Augustus in armour, and a beautifully-draped statue of Augustus, a folded pull-out chart of The Household of Augustus, and bound in at the back a folded tinted map of The Empire under Augustus, original cloth, title gilt on spine, in gilt on the upper board a 'standing stone' inscribed Immensa Romanae Pacis Majestas, a one-inch split in the cloth over the front hinge, there is a slight wobble to the book, there is a 'ridge' on the spine, although there are faint spots on the cut fore-edge these in no way interfere with the text which is clean and well laid out, top edge gilt, vg+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crouch Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96950
- Title
- Augustus,
- Author
- Buchan, John,
- Format/Binding
- See description
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1937,
- Keywords
- Classical Greek and Roman Literature and Civilisation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical Greek and Roman Literature, Classical Civilisation, Latin;
Terms of Sale
Crouch Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Crouch Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Godalming, Surrey
About Crouch Rare Books
Out-of-print and antiquarian books and maps
Established 1970
Established 1970
Glossary
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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