Roman Slave Law Tapa dura - 1987

John Hopkins University Press, 1987. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0801834392

John Hopkins University Press, 1987. Hard cover. Very good/Very good. Jacket is worn, especially along edges. Spine is lightly shaken, but secure. Front free end paper is folded. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. Scholarly and readable study of Roman law concerning the enslaved, considering how the law was used to ensure maximum value of the enslaved to their enslavers, while deterring possible retaliation: an import examination of a race-neutral system which could be contrasted with early American racist systems. Watson, a Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, did later write on slave law in the Americas. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear but some foxing to the book, mostly to page edges & endsheets; jacket shows light edgewear, minor chipping & creases, hint of spine fade; couple of marginal ink marks. Text otherwise clean; 157 pages + note on author; index, glossary, chronology, notes. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Fine In Fine Dust Jacket

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. Binding straight and tight, gilt lettering brilliant. No creases, markings, or tears. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. 157 pages.

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987-03-01. hardcover. New. 97x12x148. Brand new gift quality hardcover in jacket E21 Please email for photos.