Last Days of Pompeii 1980

Isn't this a lovely image? It is the frontis for Last Days of Pompeii published around 1890.

You know, how do books survive so long? They outlive owners, moves, water and insect damage.

Somewhere once Mr. Craig McFaddens owned this. Long gone Mr. McFaddens, yet here his signature and his book remain.

"Heaven had given to Glaucus every blessing but one - it had given him beauty, health, fortune, genius, illustrious descent, a heart of fire, a mind of poetry; but it had denied him the heritage of freedom."

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The Cricket in Times Square

This is a book that my children enjoyed. (so did I) This 1988 dell yearling edition is in near new condition. The spine is not even cracked. I am selling it on Google Products for $1.00 plus $3.99 shipping and handling. http://www.google.com/base/a/4571708/D5324442612368458314

The cover is still so shiny, I had trouble getting a photo as the flash kept glaring off the surface.