Medievalbookshop — ALF0040 Oliver, Gibbon & Rome

Bargain books on the Middle Ages and all related subjects


Secondhand book for sale

Scanned image of the book’s front cover

E. J. Oliver.
Gibbon and Rome.

Published London: Sheed and Ward, 1958.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Purnell & Sons, Paulton & London.
Size: 136x205x16mm.
Page count: vii, 198pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: ex‑lib. North Yorks. County; looks well-used and rather grubby, a little staining here and there; the dustjacket is sealed beneath protective transparent plastic; the usual library marks & stamps, and at least 29 pages have some small pencilled reader’s marks.


This item £4.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 357g.

How to order this book


A sympathetic critical study of Edward Gibbon's career and work.

Contents: Architecture among the ruins; Perpetual source; Oxford monks; Rome’s religion; Lover's sigh; Great republic; Path to Rome; Study & society; Roman Empire; Dubious motives; American revolution; Citizen of the world; Byzantium; French revolution; Noblest Roman.

Notes: no
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

[BML/O]

See also | Gibbon |

Bookmark and Share
(please note & image will be deleted when the book is sold)

See the "book descriptions" page for explanations of the criteria used in this listing. 


Back to previous page

Return to used books index page


Use these scrollbars to navigate the attic…

You need javascript switched on for these scrollbars to work. If you can't see see them, there's a full set of links below.


Primary sources | anthologies | anononymous | facsimile | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Secondary sources | journals & partworks | author unknown | exhibition guides & ephemera | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | Mc | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Browse by subject | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Reference books | Reference index | general reference | bibliographies | biographical dictionaries | catalogues: auctions | catalogues: exhibitions | catalogues: museums & collections | chronology & dating | genealogy & heraldry | guides & gazetteers | lexical: concordances, dictionaries, glossaries | maps & atlases | medievalism | name & place-name studies | pass notes & study guides | numismatics

Medievalism | main page | general non-fiction | reference books | biography & autobiography | travelogues | arcana | folklore | arts and crafts | kid's books | fiction | poetry | drama | humour

Other stuff | browse by publisher | browse by series | browse by language | gift books | kids' stuff | incomplete sets | shop returns | signed copies | unused bargains | useful non-medieval | new books (with Amazon links)