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Barbarian: a Tale of the Roman Wall
by Bartropp, John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: W & R Chambers, 1933. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of green boards, slight fading to spine but gilt titles thereon are still bright; a small ink stamp on f/ep, binding just starting to split at half-title, some foxing to outer pages and to page edges throughout, but otherwise a good clean copy of this hard-cover book. A story set in Roman Britain in the late second century AD, mostly around Hadrian's Wall. The author was a Sir Philip Howard Pilditch, Conservative MP for Spelthorne, Middlesex between 1918 and 1931. The name Baltropp comes from his house (now long-demolished) in Weybridge, Surrey. A second, abridged, edition was published in 1938. 320pp, 1 map.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012669
- Title
- Barbarian: a Tale of the Roman Wall
- Author
- Bartropp, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W & R Chambers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction-set-in-Roman-Britain, Philip-Pilditch,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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Kirkwall, Orkney
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Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- Dustwrapper
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