Author: GROSVENOR, GILBERT (EDITOR IN CHIEF)
Title: Everyday Life in Ancient Times: Highlights of the Beginnings of Western Civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
Description: Washington, D. C.: National Geographic Society, 1961. Hardcover. Stated fifth printing, 1961. Rhys Carpenter, Edith Hamilton and three other historians collaborate to describe the lives of everyday people in early civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. With 215 illustrations and 120 paintings by H. M. Herget. --- In full cloth-covered boards in two tones of blue, with cover & spine titling in gilt. Content presented on gloss leaves. Volume wrapped in jacket with black & white wrap-around image of chariot racers in action. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound copy, though with inked date to front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket ($6) with tears and chips but mostly intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 368 pages. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
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Title: Everyday Life in Ancient Times: Highlights of the Beginnings of Western Civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
Description: Washington, D. C.: National Geographic Society, 1961. Hardcover. Stated fifth printing, 1961. Rhys Carpenter, Edith Hamilton and three other historians collaborate to describe the lives of everyday people in early civilizations such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. With 215 illustrations and 120 paintings by H. M. Herget. --- In full cloth-covered boards in two tones of blue, with cover & spine titling in gilt. Content presented on gloss leaves. Volume wrapped in jacket with black & white wrap-around image of chariot racers in action. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound copy, though with inked date to front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket ($6) with tears and chips but mostly intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 368 pages. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
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Price: US$ 17.50 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 89271
- Book number: 89271