The Shadow of Vesuvius, Pompeii AD 79
First edition, first printing. Published by The Folio Society, 1976.
Author: Raleigh Trevelyan - British author, editor and publisher, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Hardback small quarto with a cream coloured textured cover with gold embossing and illustrated endpapers. It is in good condition with no creases, annotations or markings to the inside. The cover has a small degree of scuffing and some scratches which are visible in the photograph.
Weight: 490 g
19 cm x 1 cm x 25 cm
This is a well written and researched story about the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction and recovery of Pompeii. Very well illustrated throughout with photographs and paintings relating to the event.