
HADRIAN’S WALL
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Frank Graham, Newcastle, 1990, 2nd pr. ISBN 0-85983-177-9. Hard cover, 320 pages including Index. Very good; blue boards with gilt lettering on spine; binding sound with a slight lean; corners and lower spine end lightly bumped. Dust jacket with price intact has a bit of cover wear and tiny edge tears. Book interior clean and unmarked; profusely illustrated with colour and black & white drawings. Maps, vignettes and inscriptions by Gill Embleton, Eric Dale and David Thompson. ‘With well over 400 illustrations, 71 of them in colour, this book describes what the Roman Wall was like when in use. It tells us about the soldiers who built and garrisoned it and the civilians who lived in the towns and villages scattered along its length.’ (from front flap)