Petronius Arbiter C K Scott Moncrieff (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Martin Travers (illustrator). Blue cloth Hardcover, gold lettering and logo on spine. Not ex. library. 243 pages, biblio. Toning on endpapers. Light wear on corners and spine ends. Endpaper toning. Contents clean, binding tight. The Abbey Classics. Undated circa 1920's. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Abbey Classics Chapman and Dodd small hardback no jacket no date circa 1950's Blue cloth with gilt lettering xvi 226 pp, minor rubbing to boards and name to fep otherwise in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. An excellent, second-hand copy with some mild edge-wear. Professionally applield adhesive plastic protective covering to boards. Owner's name on ffep. Text clean and bright. Binding tight. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. An excellent, second-hand copy with some mild edge-wear. Professionally applield adhesive plastic protective covering to boards. Owner's name on ffep. Text clean and bright. Binding tight. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 12mo. Book.

Blue Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Ornamented by Martin Travers (illustrator). no place; no date xvi, [227]pp Reprint of 1694 Edition [light chipping to paper spine label] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No Edition, Printing Or Date Present. Probably Published In The 1940'S. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth With Gilt Lettering Within Black Fields On The Front And Spine. Hinges Sound And No Ownership Information Present. The Book Is Worn At The Edges And The Top Page Edges Are Dust Soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth. pp 227. Illustrations by Martin Travers. Loosely inserted is a limited edition 8pp supplement restoring original obscenities. This gives the real text of Petronius - eg 'for shameless rascal' read 'another bugger boy' for 'she drew.entry' read 'she tried to masterbate (sic) me then.' The supplement is one of 250 numbered copies and appears rather rare. Slight edgewear and slight chipping to pamphlet, d/w stained, book slight stained overall vg/ vg-. No date, c.1926. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOOK: Covered in Maroon balloon cloth; Spine 5; fading on spine; brownish topstain; large gold torchbearer on front; pinkish Kent EP; 159 titles listed at back. Per Scot Kamins, Dostoyevsky's Brother K is listed; Chaucer is not listed. STORY: Satirizes and parodies the human absurdities and spectacular failures of contemporary Roman society. Petronius' depictions of his protagonists and their equally disreputable acquaintances are icily drawn; the outrageous, the obscene, and even the monstrous appear as commonplace.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. BOOK: Book has Raspberry Red Balloon Cloth, pink Kent Endpapers, cover has gold gilt torchbearer on front center; grapevine on side bottom and author/title on top of spine. Previous owner's name discretely written in ink on ffep with a date of 12/7/29. DJ unclipped (95 cents); 159 books listed on inside; covered in mylar; chips on corners and top spine edge; two short closed tears on back top. STORY: Petronius [died 66 A.D.] who, at the court of Nero, acted as arbiter of elegance and dictator of fashion. The flashing wit, the masterly touches which bring out the characters with all the detail of a fine old copper etching; the marvelous use of realism by this, its first prophet; the sure knowledge of the perspective and background best adapted to each episode; the racy style, so smooth, so elegant, so simple, beguile the reader and blind [us], at first, to the many discrepancies and incoherences with which the text, as we have it [in fragmentary form], is marred.