Petronius William Arrowsmith Translator (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A Mentor Classic / The New American Library, New York. c1959. Softcover / Mass Market Paperback. A Mentor Classic, MT716, 75¢. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; scant edgewear; small crease at spine from pressure of adjacent book. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 192 pp 12mo. This book is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier. This book recaptures all the ribald humor of Petronius' picaresque satire. The hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking, fortune-hunting adventure of an educated rogue turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter. A clean very presentable copy.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Later Printing. Age discoloration and soiling to wraps. Size: Mass Market Paperback. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xxii, 218 pp. Introduction by Arrowsmith. Jacket frayed at extremities of spine, short tear mended.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Mentor Classic, Third Printing, 1964. Paperback in Good Condition. The wanton world of Nero's Rome caught by the satiric genius of its most cultured cynic, newly translated with an introduction by the brilliant classical scholar William Arrowsmith. A classic of comedy. a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius. 192 pp, 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall, 1964, Mentor Classic/The New American Library Publisher, NY.

Leather Bound. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Published exclusively for subscribers to The Franklin Library collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Light shelf wear to dark blue leather binding with small bumps, a tiny chip to rear panel edge. Faint scratches to gilt edges, some patches of flaking to top edge. Text and images unmarked. 235pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Near Fine. CLERICI, Fabrizio (illustrator). Limited Edition. Octavo; hardcover; 235 pp. Bound in full navy blue leather, with gilt tooling to front and spine, and raised spine bands; aeg; navy blue ribbon marker and silk moiré endleaves; tight binding; interior clean throughout; Near Fine. Includes "Notes from the Editors" staple-bound booklet. . From the limited edition collection, The 100 Greatest Books of All Time, by the Franklin Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Clean, solid copy with DJ in VG condition. BP/Ancient Roman History.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. New American Library/Mentor 1959/60 First edition paperback 192 pages, light creases to spine Otherwise inside in VERY GOOD CLEAN TIGHT READING ORDER. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.