Viggen Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 In 1993, R W Mathisen, currently Professor of History at the University of Illinois, wrote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maty Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 There seems to be an increasing availability of hard-to-find books, due to the fact that print-on-demand has now become more common. I used to feel rather smug about having tracked down a copy of Cheeseman's Roman Auxilia, but colleagues have remarked that these days it is much more available. Just today I was buying for a copy of Hornblower's commentary on Thucydides, and the bookseller said that it would take an extra ten days because he had to print it. (It still cost $97, but at least because ancient history is my job as well as my hobby I can claim tax relief on it.) Now I just need to track down Annotations on the Institutes of Gaius ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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