The Satyricon Of Petronius **RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET** **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**

Petronius (Petronius Arbiter); William Burnaby (Translation); C.K. Scott-Moncrieff (Introduction)

Published by The Modern Library, New York, 1930

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RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**

The Satyricon Of Petronius by Petronius Arbiter. New York: First published by The Modern Library in 1929, this is a 1930 printing. This is a nice Modern Library title in a great typographical dust jacket. Bound in brown balloon cloth (spine #7) with Kent end papers.

The book is VERY GOOD-. Solid binding, gilt nice on cover and spine, faded matching topstain. Shelf wear and lightening of spine. Contents are clean with no owner's signature or other writing in text.

The beautiful typographical dust jacket is VERY GOOD- chipping at extremities and darkening to spine otherwise extremely clean and bright! 95 cent price present and bright on inside flap. The back of the dust jacket mentions 175 titles matching a 1935 printing. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector.

This book is part of the Modern Library collection from the Boston Book Company which comprised 1,917 modern library volumes and was used to create A Descriptive Bibliography of The Modern Library: 1917 - 1970 by George M. Andes in 1989.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Satyricon Of Petronius **RARE EARLY MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET** **PART OF THE BOSTON BOOK CO. MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTION**
• Publisher: The Modern Library, New York
• Publication Date: 1930
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Boston Book Co Collection