Packer Neil Illustrations (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slipcase. First Edition Thus. 157 Pp. Hardcover In Slipcase. First Printing Thus, 2003. Translation Into Contemporary British Colloquial English. Cloth, Gilt, Illustrated Boards, Illustrated Endpapers. Fine (Slight Foxing To Edges Of Page Block) In Fine Slipcase. A Good Reason For The Complete Sack Of Rome In 1527-1529 (But Not The Immediate Reason).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Folio Society Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in pictorial cloth boards with red lettering to spine, no dustjacket as issued. 438pp. Colour frontispiece, full page colour illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers. Not library copy, no inscriptions, missing slipcase, small crease to bottom corner of p.341-345. (27/1).…

1995. (Hardcover in slipcase) Fine, no dust jacket. 400pp. Purple cloth with gilt decoration in a very good plus slipcase. Top edge stained purple, illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece, map, illustrations, color plates. The slipcase has some scuff marks and spots. "Two great historical novels, I Claudius and Claudius the God, brought their author fame, fortune and the openly expressed contempt of the difficult woman with whom he was living. Although successfully adapted for television, Robert Graves's work didn't entirely escape the curse of the doomed Emperors with whom he dealt" - from the Introduction. Book about Claudius--Emperor of Rome. Illustrations by Neil Packer. Introduction by John Mortimer. (Historical Fiction, Emperors, Fiction, Historical Fiction). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Gorgeous bold purple cloth covered hardback book, with matching-coloured purple titles set within a gold-coloured block box, positioned nicely on the spine. Comes with a boxed, slipcase. The book is in excellent condition, looks like it's never been used or read. Normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. 400 pages, all intact, all pages, text, illustrations, map and family trees are in excellent, clean, readable order. Set in Centaur by The Folio Society. Printed at The Bath Press, Avon on Eagle Wove Paper and Bound there in full cloth blocked with a design by the artist. The family trees on the front and back endpapers and the map on page vi were drawn by Denys Baker. A stunning book that would grace any stylish library. …