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Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 2009. good+. Paperback. ISBN:9780374531812 8.25" tall; xxii + 293pp; wear & creases to corners of cover; black remainder dot bottom edge .

Barcelona: Edicions 62, 1991. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Introductory essay in Spanish. Poems are in English with Spanish translation for each on the facing page. Square, tight binding. Clean, age-darkened pages. Writing on ffep. Wraps have edge rubbing, light overall shelf wear. ; Love poetry by British author Robert Graves (1895-1985). Poesia del segle XX; 8.0" tall; 107 pages.

Tight, uncreased spine. Former owner name and date to inside front cover, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Pages are toned. Light shelf-wear. Chic little Pocket Book edition of the only ancient Roman novel extant in its entirety. 'Originally,' writes Graves in his introduction, 'the ass had been so holy a beast that its ears, conventionalized as twin feathers sprouting from the end of a sceptre, became the mark of sovereignty in the hand of every Egyptian deity.' However, by Apuleius' time, he continues, the donkey had devolved into not merely an object of foolishness, as contemporary readers might assume, but ' the most hateful to [Isis] of all the beasts in existence'. 264 pp. Mass-Market Paperbacks.

8vo in cloth with dust jacket. VG+/VG-. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Book is in excellent condition with minimal wear. Interior is clean. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, black titles on spine, xv, 334 pp. A few leaves creased near fore-edge, else fine. DJ spine & fore-edges sunned, small chip to tail of spine; in Brodart archival cover. Contains the six surviving comedies of Publius Terentius Afer (185-159 BC): The Fair Adrian, The Mother-in-Law, The Self Tormentor, The Eunuch, The Tricks of Phormio, and The Brothers. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . VG/VG. 22 X 14 cm.

Mallorca: Valldemosa Edition, 1956. First Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Apparent 1st printing this edition. Pictorial wraps with overlapping edges. 200pp. Illus. On the ffep is a framed inked stamp bearing the words: "Celda Federico Chopin y George Sand" & referring to the following: "Chopin made a trip to Mallorca accompanied by the writer George Sand in 1838. They rented the CELL # 4 La Cartuja Monastery of Valldemossa where Chopin received his piano Pleyel Paris." Book was likely therefore purchased on locatoin. Map on p10. Near fine copy.

1967, London. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/NEAR FINE. 86 pp. 12mo, blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, deckled fore edge. Faint rubbing to extremities, clean and fresh otherwise. DJ tips show light rubbing, spine faintly toned, o/w crisp and bright, now wrapped in mylar. An edition shrouded in controversy--initially over Graves's brash contestation of the revered FitzGerald translation; eventually over Ali-Shah's inability to produce his supposedly newfound manuscript.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some bumped corners and foxing to the top edge, but no other notable wear to the book. Jacket has some light edge-wear. 'Originally,' writes Graves in his introduction to this classic translation, 'the ass had been so holy a beast that its ears, conventionalized as twin feathers sprouting from the end of a sceptre, became the mark of sovereignty in the hand of every Egyptian deity.' However, by Apuleius' time, he continues, the donkey had devolved into not merely an object of foolishness, as contemporary readers might assume, but ' the most hateful to [Isis] of all the beasts in existence' for it 'was in fact sacred to the God Set, whom the Greeks knew as Typhon, her ancient persecutor and the murderer of her husband Osiris.' The only ancient Roman novel extant in its entirety, the text is also known for being the first account of the tale of Cupid and Psyche, one of many inset stories in this ur-picaresque. This edition's jacket design, by children's… Leer más

1 . hardback. Fine in dw.. By Manuel de Jesus Galvan, translated by RG. First edition thus. London (Gollancz) 1956. A fine copy in unclipped dust wrapper. Photo available upon request.

Penguin Books Ltd.. Collectible - Acceptable. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1957. 8vo hardcover. 315pp. Good book. No slipcase. Cover slightly dampstained. Valenti's custom bookplate on front endpage. Front hinge starting at title page. Highlighting on a few pages. From the library of political advisor and lobbyist Jack Valenti. Valenti served as Special Assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson and also presided over the Motion Picture Association of America where he created the MPAA film rating. (Ancient History, Italy, Rome, Emperors) Inquire if you need further information.

Mallorca: Valdemosa Edition. 1956. First Valldemosa Edition. Softcover. Fair in yellow wrappers. Large area of sticker removal to front panel. Owner stamp to FEP. .

London: Cassell, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 357p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is barely edgeworn and tanned, but otherwise intact. A prose translation of the Iliad, with some segments rendered as verse.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 383p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Owner's bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, and suntanned, but otherwise intact. A prose translation of the Iliad with segments rendered in verse. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.

1968, New York. Limited Edition. Hardcover. FINE/NEAR FINE. Signed limited edition, no. 216/500. Slim 8vo, 86 pp. Marbled paper over boards, backed in black with gilt spine lettering, matching marbled endpapers, deckled edges. Exceedingly clean, fresh copy. Slipcase likewise sound and sharp with a few scuffs and light toning to extremities. A choice copy. An edition shrouded in controversy--initially over Graves's brash contestation of the revered FitzGerald translation; eventually over Ali-Shah's inability to produce his supposedly newfound manuscript.