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THE ROAD: A STORY OF ROMANS AND WAYS TO THE PAST
Written by Christopher Hadley.
Stock no. 1828615
Published by William Collins. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have determined the flow of ideas and folktales, where battles were fought and where pilgrims trod. Almost everyone in Britain lives close to a Roman road, if only we knew where to look. A mesmerising journey into two thousand years of history only now giving up its secrets. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 353 pages including index. ISBN: 9780008356699. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few tiny closed tears, a little scuffed.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE CITY OF YORK VOLUME IV OUTSIDE THE CITY WALLS EAST OF THE OUSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828439
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. This is the fourth of several volumes to be devoted to the City of York. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. Plans and b/w photos. Map & large plans showing the position of the Monuments and Burials in pocket at the end of the book. ISBN: 0117007196. Price-cut green dustwrapper has HMSO price-label to front flap, is lightly rubbed at corners with a tiny closed tear to top of front edge of spine. Overall a nice copy.

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VINOVIA: THE BURIED ROMAN CITY OF BINCHESTER IN NORTHERN ENGLAND
Written by Iain Ferris.
Stock no. 1828324
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Binchester Roman fort, Roman Vinovia, sometimes Vinovium, lies on a hilltop spur about two kilometres noorth of the modern town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham. This book uses the results of the large-scale excavations which took place in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s to present a clear picture of the history of the site and its place in the Roman military north. Brown pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations. ISBN: 9781445601281. Date & initials in ink to half-title page else contents clean. Covers lightly scuffed.

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THE COINAGE OF ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Gilbert Askew.
Stock no. 1828294
Published by B.A. Seaby Ltd.. 1st 1951. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history and catalogue of Roman coins that particularly refer to the campaigns fought in Britain, and of the coins that were struck here when the country was a Roman province. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations of coins. Narrow band of fading to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Beige dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a small chip to top of spine.

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GREECE AND ROME AT WAR
Written by Peter Connolly.
Stock no. 1828113
Published by Greenhill Books. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of twelve centuries of military development of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 185367303X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few light creases and scuffing.

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CARTHAGE: A HISTORY
Written by Serge Lancel.
Stock no. 1327590
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

First published under the title Carthage, by Librairie Artheme Fayard in 1992. Translated by Antonia Nevill, introduction by Richard Miles. This translation first published by Basil Blackwell in 1995. The text of this edition follows that of the First English edition, with minor emendations. Grey cloth with gilt & orange title to spine and blocked design to front. Colour plates and b/w diagrams. Book itself is fine. Slipcase is slightly faded to one edge.

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PANNONIA AND UPPER MOESIA
Written by A. Mocsy.
Stock no. 1827726
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1974. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history of the Middle Danube Provinces of the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w maps. ISBN: 0710077149. A lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ROMAN COLCHESTER
Written by M.R. Hull.
Stock no. 1827718
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 1958. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XX. Large format. Brown cloth boards. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some fold-out. A few minor foxspots to text block. Contents are clean.

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SELEUCID AND PTOLEMAIC REFORMED ARMIES 168-145 BC VOLUME 1: THE SELEUCID ARMY
Written by Nick Sekunda. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1327282
Published by Montvert Publications. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Under Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Cardwraps. Colour plates plus b/w photos. 80 pages. ISBN: 1874101027. Slight rubbing to corners. Pale browning to covers.

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BALDOCK: THE EXCAVATION OF A ROMAN AND PRE-ROMAN SETTLEMENT, 1968-72
Written by I.M. Stead; Valery Rigby.
Stock no. 1827620
Published by Society For The Promotion Of Roman Studies. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Britannia Monograph Series No. 7. The excavations at Baldock, Herfordshire, described in this reort were carried out by the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments, Department of the Environment. They were prompted by the discovery of a rich La Tene III burial which was found while constructing a road on a housing estate and whose finds had been disperssed before the archaeologists were notified. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w sketches and illustrations. Text block slightly browned. Covers slightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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BAGENDON: A BELGIC OPPIDUM
Written by Elsie M. Clifford.
Stock no. 1827619
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A record of the excavations of 1954-56. Bagendon is a place of mighty earthworks, in the east of the Cotwold Hills in Gloucestershire. The site, the digging, and full studies of the finds. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Damp staining to lower corner of boards (not too bad). Top & tail of spine and rear lower board edge lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby.

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RUSHDEN: THE EARLY FINE WARES
Written by P.J. Woods; B.C. Hastings; K. Brown.
Stock no. 1827533
Published by Northamptonshire County Council. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

The pottery discovered during the contruction of playing fields at a Rushden school which proved to be manufactured at the site in the early Roman period. This pottery associated with the Roman military conquest of the area, displays an exceptional range of forms and decoration, and represents the achievements of potters whose inspiration derived from various European ceramic traditions. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947590005. Covers a little scuffed, contents clean.

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