Caesar by Mccullough Colleen, Signed (5 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing. Signed and dated (1/21/96) by author on title page. Bumped on ends of spine, scatter of pinpoint black dots on top edge, darkened along top edge, page 423 to 428 dog-eared, else very good. Pages clean and binding firm. DJ lightly creased and chipped along top and bottom edge, lightly smudged, faint water stain on front top edge, else very good. Protected in mylar. Note: heavy book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Publisher: William Morrow and Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the Title Page. Inscription reads "For Bill". Hardcover is in near-fine condition (bumped on the bottom of the spine and on the bottom corner of the front cover, stained on the tops of the spine, front and back covers and smudge mark on the top of the text block). Dust jacket is in near-fine condition. Brodart protected. 696 pages with black and white illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Senator and debtor, general and seducer, orator and would-be world conqueror, Julius Caesar, as depicted in this fourth installment (after Fortune's Favorites) in McCullough's epic re-creation of ancient Rome, is both a force of nature and something of a momma's boy. He worships his sophisticated mother Aurelia, "a fount of experience and a mine of common sense," while dismissing as "not important" his "expensive, idle, and monumentally silly" second wife, Pompeia. Its title notwithstanding, this marvelously researched and detailed novel focuses on traditional male pursuits-political intrigue, war, conquest-in the corruption-riddled late Roman republic even as it elucidates the behind-the-scenes influence of women in a repressively patriarchal society. Caesar, though tenderly loving and protective toward his daughter, Julia, pledges her as a child to the adolescent Brutus, with whose mother-the cruel, scheming Servilia-the future dictator of Rome has a purely sexual affair. Years later, Caesar cancels the betrothal in order to use his blossoming daughter as bait to forge a political alliance with the commander of the Roman . Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover edition, as pictured. Autographed copy. In like new condition, except dust jacket has a slight crease near binding area. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by author with an "oops", First Edition, First Printing, not price clipped, not remainder, spine bumped, small bumps and light wear on board edges, dj has wear also on edges, scratch on back cover, covered in new mylar. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New in new dust jacket. Signed by author on inside title page. Signed by Author(s).