William Translator Petronius (22 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.…

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 ]. …

Flexible Boards. Condition: Good. Flexible cloth hardcover light green, the spine is faded. Inside there is a previous owner's bookplate, but otherwise very good. We ship fast.

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

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

HARDCOVER. no jacket. xxii. + 238pp. + catalogue. Undated Modern Library Reprint. Full red-violet cloth covers. VG/no jacket. (light cover soil, paper aged. previous owner's signature on endpaper else a clean/unmarked/tight copy).

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (slipcase). Book has only the very very lightest wear. Slipcase has only very light wear. Very nice clean square copy.

Flex Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Modern Library Edition. Blown cloth covered flex cover with gold colored print on spine and gold colored Modern Library logo on front cover. Foreedge of cover and pages through 67 have water staining. Full foredge at front decreasing to edge spot on higher pages. . Some rub wear at tips and spine ends. Bottom edge of spine is slightly frayed. Brown head edge tint. Pages are unmarked. 238 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

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: Near Fine. 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. CLERICI, Fabrizio (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear. Pages tanning somewhat. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping at spine ends and edges. DJ price clipped. ; Toledano binding style '8', Kent Endpapers, DJ 'h5' listing 329 titles. ; Modern Library; Vol. 156.1; 8.0 X 5.5 X 1.0 inches. …

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

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Heritage edition 1964. Published by Heritage Press. Hardcover in full red cloth without DJ as issued with slipcase. Condition new , square tight and crisp book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. Slipcase as new, no edgewear, sharp corners. 4to, XV + 246 pages, illustrated throughout with numerous color plates and smaller illustrations by Antonio Sotomayor. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. ASIN B0024AECA8. Antonio Sotomayor (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fine (+). Dust Jacket Condition: VG (+). 246 numbered pp; HB w/ slipcase. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red topstain, the Heritage Club "Sandglass" laid in; no defects. Cover: red, reverse artwork to black blocks front/back, gilt titles to black spineblock; no shelfwear. Slipcase: black; minimal rubbing, lt soil. Giftable. Antonio Sotomayor (illustrator). …

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.…

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as issued. LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. Limited signed edition, 1 of 1,500 copies. SIGNED by Antonio Sotomayor on the limitation page at the rear of the book. Gilt lettering to spine. Gilt decorations to boards. Top edge painted. Slight wear to corners of boards. Noticeable bumping and creasing to corners of slipcase, with slight starting extending from open end. Moderate scuffing and rubbing to slipcase. VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LIMITED EDITION. (1964). 4to. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION one of 1500 copies SIGNED by Sotomayor. Toning and creasing to glassine dust jacket. Bumping and wear to corners and edges of rubbed and marked slipcase. VG/VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator.

Hardcover. Limited Edition #828/1500. Large Octavo,xxiii, 246 pages. In Very Good condition and housed in publisher's moderately worn red paper slip case. Bound in quarter vellum and red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Mild shelf wear. Top edge of textblock dyed red. Signed by Sotomayor and enumerated on colophon. Shelved in LECs. 1416919. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Signed.…