Leisure and Pleasure in Roman Egypt

xiv, 482pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Spine ends and bottom edges bumped. Tape residue on rear board. Top text block edge sprayed red, all edges tanning. Front free endpaper missing. rear endpapers tanning and have tape residue. Lender’s stamp on copyright page. Previous owner’s name on title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket. 8vo. Deals in detail with certain aspects of life in Roman Egypt – holidays, festivals and dances, the gymnasium and athletics – including charioteering; hunting; the theatre and its organization; gardens, their meaning and complex effects.