Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xvii + 222 pp. Fine in Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jackeT: At noontime on August 24, A.D. 79, the tranquil mountain of Vesuvius exploded with a force ten times as violent as the recent Mt. St. Helens eruption. Buried under 25 feet of volcanic ash was Pompeii. Buried under 65 feet of pyroclastic avalanche, and sealed as if in plastic, was Pompeii's sister city, Herculaneum. Today, after almost 2,000 years, Herculaneum is the most enticing of prospective archaeological digs. Whole houses and public buildings, astonishingly we... View More...
