Publicado por Blue Star Book Club, 1970
Librería: Lot O'Books, Norfolk, VA, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. ***GOOD CONDITION***CLEAN PAGES***EX-LIBRARY with usual stamps stickers/marked out name, light tearing on back cover, moderate edge wear, previous owners name marked out on back pages, sticker remained on side of book & on inside of title page. We specialize in non-fiction books. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Publicado por Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0674005988 ISBN 13: 9780674005983
Librería: Pink Casa Antiques, Frankfort, KY, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. tight, uncreased spine, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
Publicado por Blue Star Book Club, 1971
Librería: marvin granlund, Emeryville, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Paperback. Condición: Good. Covers edgeworn and rubbed. ; Reprint of the 1917 edition. ; V8V; 88 pages.
Publicado por Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, Cambridge (MA) & London (UK), 2000
ISBN 10: 0674511735 ISBN 13: 9780674511736
Librería: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Maps, w/ more than 43 black-and-white illustrations & 18 color plates Ilustrador. 1st Edition. SUPERB: BEAUTIFUL: BRILLIANT: FINE hardcover, almost certainly First Edition / First Printing (although unstated as is the practice at the Belknap Press), AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket, SUPERB silk-finish crimson linen-over-boards cover w/ titles gilt-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior BUT w/ top-edge showing slightest shelf-dust soiling & faintest spotting, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & crimson-gold-checked cloth bands at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior printed w/ ELEGANCE & CLARITY between generous margins on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 8.25" x 10.5" x 1.78", 1.82 kg, xvi+780 (796) pp. * Maps, w/ more than 43 b-w illustrations, 12 pp. of gloss-laminated stock inserted between pp. 272-273 presenting 18 superbly reproduced full-color plates * CONTENTS: Introduction (vii-xiii), Essay Contributions (1-272), Alphabetical Guide (273-758), Abbreviations (759-762), Contributors (763-768), Illustration Credits (769-770), Index (771-780) * ABOUT THE BOOK: The first book of its kind, this richly informative guide to the world of late antiquity offers the most recent scholarship to the researcher along w/ sheer reading pleasure to the browser. In 11 in-depth essays and more than 500 encyclopedia entries, an international cast of experts provides essential information & fresh perspectives on the history & culture of an era marked by the rise of 2 world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, & the creation of art of enduring glory. Extending commonly accepted chronological & territorial boundaries of the period (encompassing Roman, Byzantine, Sassanian & early Islamic cultures, from the middle of the 3rd century to the end of the 8th), this guide makes new connections & revealing comparisons. Consult the article on "Angels" & discover their meaning in Islamic as well as classical & Judeo-Christian traditions. Refer to "Children," "Concubinage," & "Divorce" for a fascinating interweaving of information on the family. Read the essay on "Barbarians & Ethnicity" & see how a topic as current as the construction of identity played out in earlier times, from the Greeks & Romans to the Turks, Huns & Saxons. Turn to "Empire Building" to learn how the empire of Constantine was supported by architecture & ceremony. Or follow your own path through the broad range of entries on politics, commerce & manufacturing, the arts, philosophy, religion, geography, ethnicity, & domestic life. Each entry introduces readers to another facet of the post-classical world: historic figures & places, institutions, burial customs, food, money, public life, amusements. A splendid selection of illustrations enhances the portrait. The intriguing era of late antiquity emerges completely & clearly, viewed in a new light & from new vantage points, in a guide that will be relished by scholars & general readers alike. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional 14.00 fee & via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international shipments at our posted rates.
Publicado por Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2001
ISBN 10: 0674005988 ISBN 13: 9780674005983
Librería: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, Estados Unidos de America
paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap! Looks like an interesting title!.