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Life and Literature in the Roman Republic
by Frank, Tenney
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Pages tanned with pencilled marginalia and some underlined passages. Pencilled writing on front pastedown and ffep. Cloth over boards has edge rubbing and light shelf wear. Gilt lettering on spine is still bright. ; Chapters: Introduction--social forces. Early tragedy and epic. Greek comedy on the Roman stage. Terence and his successors. The prose of the Roman statesmen. Republican historiography and Livy. Cicero's response to experience. Lucretius and his readers. ; Sather Classical Lectures; Vol. 7; 9.25" tall; 256 pages.
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- Cat's Cradle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3380084
- Title
- Life and Literature in the Roman Republic
- Author
- Frank, Tenney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, California
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- LITERARY, CRITICISM, LITERATURE, ANCIENT, ROME, ROMAN, REPUBLIC
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- Marginalia
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- Shelf Wear
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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....
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