“Lava, a liquidly flowing stone, is a mixture of several kinds of minerals, which hardens as it cools into glass and new kinds of rock. Herculaneum was covered to a depth of 65 feet by this material.”
Ceram visualizes archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, a dramatic narrative of man’s search for his past.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Tenth printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 426p. Dust jacket in fair condition with heavy chipping, tape repairs to spine, toning, and edge wear—in new dust jacket cover. Boards and spine clean with edge wear and crushing at spine ends. Binding solid and square. Pages toned. Owner’s name on front free end-paper. Nice copy.
