Edgar johnson introduction by (8 Ergebnisse)

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 457 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Amazing reading copy. Lightly stained back-end pages at bottom left corner. Light tear on back cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good - Cash. Lighter surface and edge wear to the cover. The corners have been lightly bumped. Discoloration to the spine. Pages show light reader wear. Still in great condition! The binding is tight and pages are secure. Slipcase has general shelf and use wear. Discoloration to the slipcase. The corners have been bumped and the boards are beginning to show in the corners. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. …

mass market paperback. Zustand: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDgood mass market paperback; tips bumped; tanned pages and inside covers; crease to cover and spint; slight nicks top edge front cover; 16mo; 456 pages; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 436 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Thus. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine.Light fading to spine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slip cased. Minor rubbing and bumping. Includes Sndglass. Kurt Craemer (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. New York: Heritage Press (1957). Introduction by Edgar Johnson & illustrations by Kurt Craemer. Hardcover in fine condition. Spine tanning. An otherwise clean, tight copy. Comes with slipcover with some fading and shelfwear, but in very good condition. Shipped in well-padded box. Smoke-free shop.…

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Printing, March 1964. 896 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and clean text. Slightly creased spine. Water stains on edging of pages. Publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge.

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Bulwer-Lytton's most celebrated work, a classic of historical fiction and the basis for the 1935 Hollywood film of the same name directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper. Quarto, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt-ruled turn-ins and inner dentelles stamp-signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with others untrimmed,Âillustrated by Kurt Craemer.ÂOne of fifteen hundred numbered copies signed by the printer and the illustrator on the colophon, this is number 511. In fine condition. First published in 1834, Edward Bulwer-Lyttonâs The Last Days of Pompeii emerged at a time of growing British interest in classical antiquity, fueled by ongoing archaeological excavations in southern Italy and the broader cultural authority of Greco-Roman history in Victorian education and aesthetics. Drawing on contemporary reports of discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum, Bulwer-Lytton constructed a fictional narrative set in the final days of the Roman city. The novel juxtaposed Roman polytheism with early Christianity, reflecting dominant Victorian concerns with moral decline, religious transformation, and civilizational decay. While primarily a work of imaginative reconstruction, it also aligned with mid-nineteenth-century literary efforts to interpret the ancient world in terms legible to modern readers. The work served as the basis for multiple film adaptations, particularly in the early and mid-20th century. The most notable is the 1935 Hollywood film The Last Days of Pompeii, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper (who also directed King Kong). …