Moore George Longus (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Fair dust jacket. dj. First Edition. First Edition. Sound binding. Clean, tanned pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has general shelf wear, some edge wear,; Illustrated with erotic drawings, this is an English-language translation of the work of 2nd century AD Greek writer Longus, telling the story of Daphnis and Chloe, who find sensual love with each other after mishaps and adventure. 8.25" tall; 177 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Reprint. New edition, 1927, very good hardcover (7 by 5 approx.) shows mild rubbing and soil to covers, browning at both endpapers, light foxing to fist and last few pages and some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket that shows soiling, mild staining at upper portion of spine, exposure toning along spine and edgewear that includes closed tears and open chips. 161 pages. Solid copy in jacket of this edition of the classic pastoral novel here translated by Moore.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light wear and chipping to jacket; a nice copy. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Erotica; Inventory No: 049746.

Hardback. Condition: Good. DJ. DJ is sunned with tears on corners and spine; stamped inside 'Classics Greek Latin' and donation label on inside cover page. 160 pages.

New Edition. Bookplate on front free end-paper. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 160p. ; 18cm. Subjects: Daphnis (Greek mythology) ; Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardback. Printed pages: 164. Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. Quarter cream buckram with paper covered boards. Page edges untrimmed. Limited Edition, number 565 of 1280 copies, signed by George Moore. Light marking to boards. Bumping and wear to board edges. Browning and a little light foxing to page edges. Small stain to outer margin of first two pages. Loss to upper corner of p139/140 where the page has been carelessly opened. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Illustrated. Engraved bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (John Arthur Giles Gere, Art Historian and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum). Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5.75 x 9.5 inches (14.5 x 23.5 cm). Signed by Author.…

New Edition. Bookplate on front free end-paper. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 160p. ; 18cm. Subjects: Daphnis (Greek mythology) ; Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Near Very Good. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover, has a tiny skew to the binding, slight wear to the spine ends and cover corners, a few tiny spots and smudge to the edges of the text block, and a previous owner's name and date penciled to the front fly leaf. Overall, this is a Very Good+ copy with a bright, clean interior, in a Near Very Good dust jacket, which has wear with creasing and peels along the spine ends, edges and corners, creased tears and short losses to the head, scraping along the hinges and folds, sunning to the spine, and rubbing across the exterior. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Marc Chagall (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Impression. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. No Slipcase. Boards light rubbed at corners and front boards a little bowed. Page edges a little age-toned. Bookplate to the front free endpaper. Illustrated with black & white etchings by Marcel Vertes. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 95 pages.…

96pp. 4to. Original vellum-backed cloth, B/w illustrations. Some foffsettng to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. First edition.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed paper-covered boards, in a good (torn) slip-case. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 95 pages illustrations. Notes; Done into English by George Moore, with etchings by Marcel Vertes. Subjects; Daphnis (Greek mythological character) Fiction. Chloe (Greek mythological character) Fiction. Pastoral fiction, Greek. Longus. Moore, George (translator). Vertes, Marcel (illustrator). Folio Society. 3 Kg.…

Leather bound. Condition: Very good. Signed by illustrator. Number 181 of 1500 copies. Very good condition. Binding is secure. Pages are unmarked.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed paper-covered boards, in a good (torn) slip-case. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 95 pages illustrations. Notes; Done into English by George Moore, with etchings by Marcel Vertes. Subjects; Daphnis (Greek mythological character) Fiction. Chloe (Greek mythological character) Fiction. Pastoral fiction, Greek. Longus. Moore, George (translator). Vertes, Marcel (illustrator). Folio Society. 3 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Book Club Edition. Pastoral Loves of Daphnis & Chloe by Longus, a 2nd or 3rd CE Greek writer. This is his only surviving work. The work was translated by George Moore and is illustrated with classical etchings by Ruth Reeves. Ms. Reeves (1892 to 1966) was an American painter, artist and textile designer. She signed the book at the end. This is a Limited Editions Club edition from 1934, and only 1,500 copies were printed. This is the 13th copy from the press run, as note above Ms. Reeves signature. The book is covered with tan leathers, with embossed Greek boarder or a meander around the cover's edges, with an embossed, gilt medallion of the main characters on the front and gilt lettering on the spine. The book is 8.5 x 11.5-inches and is 130 pages on cream stock withal pages with deckle edges. There is a thin line of foxing around edges of the end papers where the leather made contact with the paper, but the text block is clean. Condition Estimate Used/Very Good: Shows some small signs of edge wear on dust jacket, but no tears on the binding or pages. International Customers: Due to extraordinarily high international shipping rates, it may be necessary to adjust your shipping costs up or down depending on the shipping address of the destination country. Please shop around and carefully consider the purchase price and the shipping costs before ordering. See our Shipping Terms for more information. Ruth Reeves (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited edition #720/1280; signed by George Moore. Light wear and smudges to cover. Age-toned pages and foxing. Keywords: Love Story, Limited Edition, Signed, Ancient Greek novel, Longus, Lesbos, Shepherds, Pan, Bucolic Lives. Signed by Author.

Hard cover. Text in English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Very good in very good dust jacket. Chagall, Marc (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. A handsome signed limited edition translation of this Greek pastoral novel. Signed by the translator to the title page.A limited edition of 1,280 copies, of which 1,250 are for sale. This copy is number 432.In the publisher's original cloth binding.'Daphnis and Chloe' is considered the first pastoral prose romance, written during the Roman Empire by Hellenistic romance writer Longus. It tells of a boy and a girl, both of whom were abandoned at birth, who get fostered by a goatherd and shepherd and fall in love, but are limited by their naivety.This edition translated by Irish novelist, art critic and dramatist George Moore. In the original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with shelf wear and minor marks to the boards. Slight darkening to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. #649/1500cc. Signed by illustrator Ruth Reeves. 3/4 leather. Covers edgeworn. Frontispiece mildly soiled. Ruth Reeves (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A limited edition copy of this classical pastoral tale, signed by the translator, George Moore. A limited edition of 1,280 copies, of which this is numbered 1,279.Signed by the translator, George Moore, to the limitation page.Additionally inscribed by Moore to the half-title, "To Thomas Whittaker, in remembrance of many literary talks which evere of great help to his friend, George Moore, December 20". This is inscribed to the metaphysician and critic Thomas Whittaker, who was an advocate of the Christ myth theory. Whittaker is part of the introduction of this volume, which takes form of a conversation between Whittaker and Moore.'Daphnis and Chloe' is a pastoral novel by Longus, following two people who were abandoned at birth, alongside some identifying tokens. The pair grow up together and fall in love, though they are naive and do not understand what is happening to them.Illustrated with four plates, in addition to head- and tail-pieces. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, a little heavier to the extremities, resulting in a little loss of paper. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a few scattered spots. Very Good. None (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

Hardback, Slipcase. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Card slipcase marked and toned, sticker with title and publisher; dust jacket is bright though edgeworn, tear to upper spine though no loss, one or two handling marks on rear; fawn cloth boards, corners sharp; binding is tight; pages are clean with colour illustrations by Marc Chagall.; 9.75 x 1.2 x 12.9 inches; 222 pages. Illustrated by Marc Chagall (illustrator).…

Condition: Collectible; Good. [SIGNED] New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover in publisher's slipcase. Bound in full leather with gilt embossed decoration and lettering. 4to. pp. xxiii, [2], 130, [1]. 13 etched plates (incl. frontis.), title vignette & many head & tailpieces. A perfect companion to the LEC Picasso Lysistrata. Deckled sheet edges a bit toned, in a soiled and stained slipcase. Limited to 1,500 copies, signed by the artist. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fprw).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. In goede staat. Hardcover met stofomslag. Groot en zwaar boek. Rijkelijk geà llustreerd. Shelfwear.