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Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1973
ISBN 10: 0070490317ISBN 13: 9780070490314
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by Thames and Hudson, 1973
ISBN 10: 0500250383ISBN 13: 9780500250389
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Bloomsbury Reader, 2013
ISBN 10: 1448207991ISBN 13: 9781448207992
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
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Published by Book Club, London, 1973
Seller: Westwood Books, Cramlington, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club, London, 1973. Hard cover. Book Condition : Very good, very clean copy.151 black and white illustrations Previous owners signature inside cover.Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory R017134.
Published by Book Club Associates (BCA), London, 1973
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Crisp clean dust-jacket, fresh covers, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40619101103. For International tracked shipping please select the Priority shipping service.
Published by McGraw-Hill, NY, 1973
Seller: M & M Books, ATHENS, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1973 Edition. tiny sig of prev owner on fep.
With 151 black-and-white illustrations. Thames and Hudson, London 1973. 192 pages. Orig. cloth in dust wrappers. Very good/good wrappers.
Condition: Illustr. b/w. In the Year AD 80 the Colosseum opened with quite the longest and most nauseating organized mass orgy in history. It was a mammoth celebration on the grandest scale, a fitting inauguration for an arena built to epitomize all the majesty and power of the Roman Empire, a building which also held the seeds of that Empire's decay and destruction. As well as his vivid account of the erection of the Colosseum, Mr Pearson discusses the origins of death spectacles and their evolution into highly organized games intended to enhance imperial prestige and provide the populace with an effective substitute for politics and war. 'Butchered to make a Roman holiday', the victims of this lust for slaughter were slaves and criminals, the human surplus of their day, coached for an almost certain death. One chapter highlights the perverted death-wish of many early would-be martyrs and decisively establishes that there is no evidence for the death of a single Christian martyr in the Colosseum. The book concludes with a brief survey of the building's subsequent history; looted and despoiled yet still the embodiment of Rome's spirit and greatness, it became a sublime romantic ruin, now exposed by slum-clearance as a gigantic traffic island. Mr Pearson is acutely aware of the violence that was endemic in Roman society, and in his shrewd analysis he draws disturbing parallels with the twentieth-century situation. In the Year AD 80 the Colosseum opened with quite the longest and most nauseating organized mass orgy in history. It was a mammoth celebration on the grandest scale, a fitting inauguration for an arena built to epitomize all the majesty and power of the Roman Empire, a building which also held the seeds of that Empire's decay and destruction. As well as his vivid account of the erection of the Colosseum, Mr Pearson discusses the origins of death spectacles and their evolution into highly organized games intended to enhance imperial prestige and provide the populace with an effective substitute for politics and war. 'Butchered to make a Roman holiday', the victims of this lust for slaughter were slaves and criminals, the human surplus of their day, coached for an almost certain death. One chapter highlights the perverted death-wish of many early would-be martyrs and decisively establishes that there is no evidence for the death of a single Christian martyr in the Colosseum. The book concludes with a brief survey of the building's subsequent history; looted and despoiled yet still the embodiment of Rome's spirit and greatness, it became a sublime romantic ruin, now exposed by slum-clearance as a gigantic traffic island. Mr Pearson is acutely aware of the violence that was endemic in Roman society, and in his shrewd analysis he draws disturbing parallels with the twentieth-century situation. Hardcover with dust jacket. 191 pages. Good copy.
Published by Mcgraw Hill Book Company, New York, 1973
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1973). First Edition, 151 black and white illustrations. Previous owner signed, otherwise a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ.
192pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. B&W illustrations throughout. Bookplate. A very good copy. . First UK edition.
Published by McGraw Hill (1973), NY, 1973
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
Condition: VG Hardback in Fair DJ. 151 black and white illus (illustrator). In the year ad80 the Coliseum opened with revelry and carnage built to epitomize majesty & power of Roman Emperor Owner name front endpaper, small tears and wear at DJ edges. Author Pearson's vivid account of the erection of the coliseum he also discusses the origins of the death spectaclaes and heir evolutioncinto highly organized games to enhance imperial prestige and provide the populace with an effective substitute for politics and war.
Published by McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1973
Seller: Book Orphanage, McCrae, VIC, Australia
hardcover with dust jacket 192 pages Illustrated endpapers, 151 b&w illustrations, further reading, and index. As well as his vivid account of the erection of the Collosseum, this book discusses the origins of the death spectacles and their evolution into highly organised games intended to enhance imperial prestige. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers etc. Barcode excised from ffep. Front hinge exposed. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket.
Published by Published by Thames and Hudson, 30 Bloomsbury Street, London First Edition . 1973., 1973
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine, gilt publisher's device to the front cover, illustrated end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 7¼''. Contains 192 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with two small short closed tears to the rear bottom edge, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0500250383 ROMAN EMPIRE (Romanum).