Author: BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD GEORGE
Title: The Last Days of Pompeii
Description: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, [c.1880s]. Hardcover. The famous historical novel set in Pompeii at the base of Vesuvius in an American reprint edition. The story reaches its climax when the ancient Roman city was buried under volcanic pumice and ash with the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. First published in 1834, this copy is undated but possibly published c.1880s. Two engraved illustrations at front of volume share a tissue guard. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with decorations in black to cover and spine; titling on gilt cover & spine blocks. --- A Fair-only copy with shaken binding (one signature has worked loose but is present); and with chafing to cloth, leaves with foxing and some pencilings. Overall, an intact, though well-worn, copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (6), 394 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>European History
Title: The Last Days of Pompeii
Description: New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, [c.1880s]. Hardcover. The famous historical novel set in Pompeii at the base of Vesuvius in an American reprint edition. The story reaches its climax when the ancient Roman city was buried under volcanic pumice and ash with the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. First published in 1834, this copy is undated but possibly published c.1880s. Two engraved illustrations at front of volume share a tissue guard. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with decorations in black to cover and spine; titling on gilt cover & spine blocks. --- A Fair-only copy with shaken binding (one signature has worked loose but is present); and with chafing to cloth, leaves with foxing and some pencilings. Overall, an intact, though well-worn, copy.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; (6), 394 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>European History
Price: US$ 23.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 85094
- Book number: 85094