The Twelve Caesars
by GRANT, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0965014215
- ISBN 13
- 9780965014212
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: History Book Club. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. BCE. Hardcover. 0965014215 . A book club edition of Michael Grant's collection of short biographies of ". . .Julius Caesar and the eleven Roman emperors who followed him." With a section of plates bearing black & white photos of surviving busts and coins dating to the time of these men, as well as four maps. The prolific author is described on the back flap as ". . .one of the world's greatest writers on ancient history." This work originally published by Scribner. --- In black paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket with Friedrich Heinrich Fuger's "The Assassination of Caesar" to front panel. --- An about-Near Fine copy in a bright, tightly-bound binding lacking damages worthy of mention. Dust jacket also very nice, though with mild rubbing; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; x, [2], 282 pages .
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- Seller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 88177
- Title
- The Twelve Caesars
- Author
- GRANT, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- BCE
- ISBN 10
- 0965014215
- ISBN 13
- 9780965014212
- Publisher
- History Book Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- 0965014215
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; >>History;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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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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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- Book Club Edition
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