Classics from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: A. Zwemmer 1937. Small 8vo. 212 pp. Publisher's stiff vellum binding with gilt lettering to spine. No. 218 of 250 copies, with a note on blue letter paper of presentation from the artist, Aristide Malliol. Uncut, 52 woodcut illustrations and 4 initial letters. A few spots to the edges of the pages, otherwise internally clean. Slipcase is tanned around… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Jonathan Cape 1981. Tall 8vo. First edition. 83 pp. Black hardback in illustrated dust jacket. Slight foxing and discolouration to top edge of book, light marks to top edge of jacket. Internally clean. An attractive copy of this translation of Books 16 to 19 of Homer's Illiad, by actor and playwright, Christopher Logue, which has been praised for its… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1884. 8vo. Unpaginated. Brown calf with double gilt ruling and devices to front board. Raised bands, gilt devices, lettering and ruling to spine. Stone marbled endpapers. Gilt dentelles to edges. Scuffs to boards; minor shelf wear to joints, bands and extremities. Very occasional light spotting. A good copy. . Good. Full Calf. 1884.

Paris: fils, libraire 1771. 8vo. Latin and French dual language. 3 volumes. xxiv, [i], 591, [1]; [iii], 512, [1]; [iii], 485, [3] pp. Full sheep with gilt stamped cardinal arms to boards, gilt decoration and lettering to spine, raised bands, gilt-decorated turn-ins and a.e.g. Some wear and rubbing to extremities, including small areas of loss to spine ends. Internally clean.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Harding, Mayor and Lepard 1824. Small 8vo. Latin language. [2], 476 pp. Red half morocco binding with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; darkened top edge; marbled endpapers. Rubbing and bumping to extremities, with minimal wear to board corners. Foxing to prelims, but cases to text are very occasional and light. The works of Virgil, including the Eclogues,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Cambridge University Press 1927. 8vo. First edition. xviii, 220 pp. Red hardback with gilt lettering and detail to spine. Minor wear to spine ends and corners; a few spots to front board and discolouration to spine. Internally a bright and clean copy with deckle edged pages. Two bookplates to endpapers and a preface by A. E. Housman. An elegant… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Mileti [?] 1798. 16mo. Latin language. 2 volumes in 1. xxii, iv, 5-283; xii, 300 pp. Full maroon morocco with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Marks to boards, rubbing to edges, joints and corners, and dents to spine. Minor offsetting but generally internally clean. Poggio Bracciolini was a fifteenth century humanist; this… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co. 1831. 16mo. 6 volumes in 1. 72, 72, 72, 71, 66, 72 pp. Half dark green morocco over marbled boards with red title label, gilt borders and lettering to spine; all edges speckled red. A few minor marks to boards and spine, a few dents to edges. Occasional light spotting and offsetting throughout. A collected… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Privately Printed 1894. 8vo.Limited Edition. Limited Edition. xxiii, 313 pp. Half brown cloth over marbled boards, with purple title label and gilt lettering to spine. Externally clean. Some offsetting and spots to prelims but generally internally clean. Pages uncut; printed on handmade paper. Subscriber's edition, limited to 1000 copies. Frontispiece portrait of Catullus. Sir Richard Burton's translation of Catullus'… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J. M. Dent and Co. 1903. 16mo. English language. 2 volumes. xv, 334; vi, 282 pp. Blue cloth with blind stamped owl device to front board and gilt lettering & decorations to spine; top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing to extremities. Offsetting and slight spotting to prelims, otherwise internally clean. Frontispiece and engraved titles pages. English translation of Thucydides' history… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Folio Society 2015. Large 8vo.Illustrated. lxxxviii, (viii), 493 pp., Decorative cloth boards with a cloth spine and slipcase. Illustrated endpapers. Internally clean and bright colour illustrations by the artist Grahame Baker-Smith and with 3 maps of the Homeric world. A fine copy. . Fine. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. 2015.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd 1970. 8vo. xii, 468 pp. Hardback with gilt lettering in a price clipped jacket. Slight fading, marks and chipping to jacket. Minor marks to boards. Ink name to ffep., occasional pencil annotations, otherwise internally clean. An analysis of the political theory of Plato, arguing against his identification with the Right or Left. . Very Good.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1967. 8vo. 117 pp. Publisher's cloth in illustrated jacket, price clipped; decorated endpapers. Minor spotting to jacket, boards clean. Ink mark to ffep., otherwise internally clean. Illustrations. A Latin translation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. . Very Good. Cloth. 1964.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1989. 4to.Illustrated. 175 pp. Cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to board and spine in a pictorial dustjacket. With an introduction by Everett Fahy, Chairman of the Department of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A very nice clean copy. 0810915421 . Near Fine. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1989.

Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1957. 4to. xx, 972 pp. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Fading to spine and sections of boards; minor scratches and marks to boards. Internally clean. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1957.

Paris: Pierre Prault 1716. 16mo. French language. 2 volumes. [xi], lxxiv, 264; [iv], 320, [4], 12 ads. pp. Full dark blue morocco with raised bands and gilt letering to spines; all edges gilt. Minimal fading to edges of boards, otherwise externally in near fine condition. Pages toned with occasional minor offsetting of spots, but generally very good. Black & white… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: T. Cadell 1798. 8vo. 2 volumes. xl, iii, 343; iii, 398 pp. Blue card covers. Marks to boards. Significant wear to spines (especially of volume I); split to front hinge of volume II. Bindings still all together. Pages uncut and yellowed, with edges curled and chipped. Ink names to prelims. . Good. Hardcover. Third Edition, Corrected. 1798.

London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh 1925. 8vo. Limited Edition. [vi], 103, [5] pp. Cream boards over a purple spine with purple lyre device to front board. Marks to boards, slight wear to edges and a little loss to spine title label. Page uncut, internally clean. With wood engravings by John Nash. Numbered 544 of 625 copies. Marlowe's translations of Ovid's… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Secker & Warburg 1958. Large 8vo. First UK Edition. xxxviii, 826 pp. Green hardback with gilt lettering to spine in illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket spine ends are very slightly worn and a few minor marks. Minor marks to boards. Internally clean and bright. An English translation of the modern Greek epic poem, written as a sequel to… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1910. 8vo. xi, 364 pp. Light blue cloth with elaborate decoration in gilt, green and orange and gilt lettering to boards and spine; top edge gilt. Fading to spine, wear to spine ends, slight marks to rear board and minor warping. Minimal sporadic spots but generally internally clean. Frontispiece and 23 colour plates… Saber más sobre este artículo