The Shadow Of Vesuvius | Pompeii AD 79 (Folio Society) by Trevelyan, Raleigh - 1976

London: The Folio Society. 1976. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition / 1st Printing. H Hard Cover. Very Good. Very good (minor wear to bottom edge), no dust jacket, no slipcase. Illustrated with color and b&w reproductions of artwork, drawings and photos showing the destruction and rediscovery of Pompeii. 1st edition / 1st printing. Hard Cover. 128pp. 19 x 25cm.

London: The Folio Society, 1976. . 1st Folio Society edition. Hardback. No dustwrapper, no slip-case. Cream and brown boards, gilt embossed title and decoration. Illustrated blue endpapers. With colour frontispiece. With colour and black-and-white illustrations. Contents: some occasional light spotting, otherwise pages generally very good and clean. Boards: some light browning/spotting towards edges, otherwise very good and gilt bright. Binding tight. 128 pp.

London: The Folio Society, 1976. . 1st edition. Hardback, no slip-case. With colour frontispiece and numerous colour and black-and-white illustrations. Contents: pages very good and clean, illustrations bright. Boards: top edge a little rubbed and dusty. Otherwise very good. A tight copy. 128 pp.

(London: Michael Joseph, 1976) 0718115570. 4to; original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pictorial endpapers; pp. 128; profusely illustrated, in colour and monochrome. Short tear to top edge of dustwrapper's lower panel; a little light spotting; gift inscription to front endpaper. Very good condition. "The turn of fate which revealed the lost cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum began in 1710 when a peasant, digging a well, struck marble from the theatre of Herculaneum. The discoveries in the two centuries that followed produced a revolution in artistic taste, affecting furniture, decoration and art in the whole civilized world. Raleigh Trevelyan's vivid narrative gives a striking personal impression of this ghostly city. He gives, too, an entertaining history of the slow unfinished striptease of time which gradually, tantalizingly, is revealing one of the greatest storehouses of treasures the world has seen, the source of much of our knowledge… Read More

The Folio Society, 1976-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. in x in x in. Folio editrion on half bound cream cloth

London, UK.: The Folio Society., 1976. This is the first edition. FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. FROM A DEALER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE!. Not Signed or Inscribed.. Cloth Spine/Embossed Dec.Board. Very Good (AVERAGE)/No Jacket. Illus. by Pictorial Illustrations Throughout.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK.

London: The Folio Society. 1976. Small Quarto. Very Good condition but missing glassine jacket. Buff colored covers with brown cloth spine. Gold embossed. Illustrated endpapers. Black & white and color plates and Black & white photos. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages. Presentation Volume for 1977. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Folio Society. 1976 Folio Society first thus hardback, no slipcase; Very Good clean condition, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition Thus.. 1976.

London; The Folio Society; 1976.. First Folio Society Edition; Cr. 4to; pp. 128; illustrated endpapers, illustrated frontispiece and title page, numerous text illustrations many in colour, notes, bound in quarter brown cloth with illustrated papered boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, good copy.

London England: The Folio Society, 1976. Hardback. First Edition. Cream and brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering. Contents: Acknowledgements. Introduction. The Murderous Mountain. Discovery and Reawakening. The Romantics. System, Science and Method. Herbulaneum and Oplontis. The Stones of Pompeii. Notes on the Illustrations. 128 pp. Paper protective covering around cloth. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardback.