New York: Longmans Green and Co., 1904 navy cloth with gilt vignette of a fisherman with IXOYC in Greek underneath, light rubbing to edges, private library stamp to verso of title and head of preface, dedication page has top half cut away ( with no loss of text), xi 594pp + 1pp advert, original endpapers, an historical novel set in the time of the persecution of the christian cult, author in preface states he has not shrunk from showing the reality of the pagan 'darkness' yet has not sensationalised it either, christian bias, Complete in one volume. New Impression. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

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Bookseller: Fortuna Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006484
Title: Darkness and Dawn or Scenes in the Days of Nero, an Historic Tale
Author: FARRAR F W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: New Impression
Publisher: Longmans Green and Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1904
Keywords: Roman Empire Emperor Nero Early Christians Christianity Paganism Roma Imperial Historical Novel Victorian Pedantry
Bookseller catalogs: FICTION LITERATURE & CRITICISM;

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Est 1999 e.v. and specialising in the occult, new age and metaphysics as well as religion and mythology, we also stock general fiction and non-fiction. Our shop which was upstairs in the Olympia Building, accessed via Shand's Emporium, was lost in the 2012 earthquakes, and we are currently mail order only.

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Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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...