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Cicero: Murder Trials
by CICERO; GRANT, Michael (translation)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0880290757
- ISBN 13
- 9780880290753
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dorset Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0880290757 . Reprinted excerpts from speeches given by the gifted Roman orator Cicero in defense of various citizens tried for murder in ancient Rome. Per the jacket flap, "Cicero was the greatest of Roman orators. . .he won his reputation in the courts of Rome, and the speeches he gave there brought him his deserved laurels as the greatest rhetorician of all time." Translated, with an introduction, by Michael Grant. With appended index, tables and maps. --- In full grey paper-covered boards backed in maroon cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket bears an image of the bust of a philosopher from an engraving by Cornelius Galle. --- A tightly-bound, newish copy lacking damages worthy of mention, though with rubberstamped remainder mark to lower textblock edge. Excellent unclipped, unpriced jacket with minor rubbing, otherwise without damages.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 348, [16] pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88121
- Title
- Cicero: Murder Trials
- Author
- CICERO; GRANT, Michael (translation)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0880290757
- ISBN 13
- 9780880290753
- Publisher
- Dorset Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 0880290757
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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