Marius Epicurean by Walter Pater, First Edition (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. First Edition. States first, navy blue cloth, bright gilt decoration and lettering, navy topstain, b&w portrait frontispiece of author,back end paper map, portrait of the mind of an imaginary character at the time of the Roman, Marcus Aurelius, slight rubbing to tips, smal lprevious owner signature on front pastedown, 318 pp.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. First Edition. Garden City, 1934; blue cloth covered boards; corner and spine edge wear; dust jacket missing; 12mo - over 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on front paste-down; Interior is clean and unmarked; 318 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. First Thus. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Chips to jacket edges. Much underlining and marginal notes. This is a vintage Modern Library edition of Pater's classic biography. Uncommon in jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. No Jacket. First Thus. Very good first printing in Cape's highly collectable Traveller's Library series. A clean, bright copy with minimal wear evident. Ownership signature to front paste down. Foxing to page edges and two pages have brown spillage stains. The corners of four or five pages have been turned. As an enthusiastic collector myself I make every effort to provide a high level of service. Enquiries welcomed. Paypal accepted.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Pocket Edition. Brown cloth boards faded. Gilt titling to spine. No ffep. Creasing to a few pages. 361 pages clean and tight. Size: 12mo.

Leatherette Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In brown leatherette binding. Brodzky end papers. BL on front cover. Previous owner name and date of 1923. Light rubbing.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; vol. II (only): 223 pages. Subject; Marius, Caius. 1 Kg.

Condition: Fair. 1934. First Edition Thus. 267 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Noticeable cracking to gutters. Binding is weakened. Pen and pencil inscription to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Small splits to joints. Book has a slight forward lean.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; vol. II (only): 223 pages. Subject; Marius, Caius. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Pocket Edition hardback containing Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1924, with no jacket. In overall good condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - maroon cloth boards tanned to spine with slight rubbing to edges and corners. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean with no annotation or inscriptions. Slight toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. 351pp. 7.1 inches. No dw. Maroon cloth, gilt titles. Small faint mark and very faint age-spotting on front. Internally about as new, no owner's marks. A philosophical and historical novel of the Rome of the Antonines, cast as the intellectual development of a Roman boy in a time of change and uncertainty. Mirroring Pater's own thinking, and written between 1881 and 1884. 270g. (Literature, Classics, Rome, Ancient, Roman, History, Philosophy) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Private label to front pastedown. Tanning to page edges. OX3457.

Tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bueno. Sin Sobrecubierta. Primera edición. 255 pp.Portada de color rojo con esquinas y lomo color blanco. Suave desgaste natural de portada con leves marcas de foxing en borde. Interior impecable. Sello en 1era pag en blanco.

Fourth edition reprinted. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 volumes ; 21 cm. Notes; "First edition . 1885". Subjects; Christianity and other religions Roman Fiction. Historical fiction. Philosophical literature. Rome Fiction 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Two volumes. Binding is blue cloth covered boards with gilt titling to spine. Previous owner's name on front free end papers. Some offsetting to end papers. A little wear to top and tail of spines. This is a heavy set and we will request extra postage if ordered from outside the UK. 325383.

Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good in boards. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition of Walter Pater's influential philosophical novel. Vol. 2 only. Bound in contemporary half green leather with marbled paper over boards, gilt spine with two lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, and top edge gilt. Octavo; [6], 246 pages (first blank leaf and last leaf with printer's statement wanting); 8.25 x 5.5 inches. Laid in is a personal letter from a former owner. Binding considerably worn with cracked joints and rear board nearly detached, some interior pencil markings, and foxing of the rear endpapers. Good only. Walter Pater was associated with the Aesthetic Movement and influenced writers like Oscar Wilde.

Fourth edition reprinted. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 2 volumes ; 21 cm. Notes; "First edition . 1885". Subjects; Christianity and other religions Roman Fiction. Historical fiction. Philosophical literature. Rome Fiction 1 Kg.

Hardcover. First Edition; Third Printing. Very Good in boards. Front hinge cracked. Panel edges and spine lightly sunned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1ST Edition, EARLY Printing, 1930, VG+/GOOD+ , 175 TITLES ON BACK OF DUSTJACKET WITH Pre Zip Code Coupon UNDATED but indicating a 1930 printing & 95 CENTS. , Here is an attractive VERY early copy of a highly collectible title. Bound in GREEN flexible cloth with gold Gilt Streamer Man on front (spine #5) the book is in VG+ condition with minor wear to spine extremities. Solid binding, very bright gilt, attractive, matching topstain FADE. Contents are clean with SLIGHT yellowing to pages. DUSTJACKET is GOOD+ with chipping at spine extremities and corners & edges. A few small chips at top edge. Partial split to the rear endflap has been internally repaired with acid-free archival tape. Small 4 1/4 X 6 1/2 in. SPINE CVR SHOWS GOLD GILT TITLE At Top & Grape Vine Plant at Btm, 384 PGS ,Historical and philosophical novel by Walter Pater (his only completed full-length fiction), set in 161-177 AD, in the Rome of the Antonines. Explores the intellectual development of its protagonist, a young Roman of integrity, in his pursuit of a congenial religion or philosophy at a time of change and uncertainty that Pater likened to his own era , The narration is third-person, slanted from Marius's point of view, added to which are various interpolated discourses, ranging from adaptations of classical and early Christian writings to Marius's diary and authorial comment.

Quarter-Bound. Condition: Very Good (Plus). No Jacket. Later Printing. Walter Pater (1839-1894), literary and art critic, fisrt published this "philosophical" and historical novel in 1885; he revised it in 1892 for the third printing. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing, from the year of his death. Marbled paper-covered boards with green leather tips. The spine is brown leather, with five raised and ruled bands, gilt titling and decorations. Clean text; viii, 351 pages, top-edge gilt. Contemporary (1896) gift inscription on the second free endpaper. Rubbed around the margins, and with a chip to the foot of the spine; nonetheless, an attractive volume that presents very well. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

First edition thus. Two volumes. Cloth-backed boards. Robert Gathorne-Hardy's copy, with his bookplate and ownership inscription, dated 'July 1921', in both volumes; subsequently Barry Humphries's copy, with his bookplate to the first volumes. Bindings slightly soiled, corners bruised, free endpapers slightly browned, else a good set. Gathorne-Hardy turned nineteen on the last day of the month of his inscription. The previous year, with his fellow Christ Church Oxford undergraduates, Anthony Eden and David Cecil, he had founded the Uffizi Society, 'to discuss painters and Painting, past and present.' John Rothenstein later recalled it as a club 'so exclusive that it withered away because eventually nobody was considered worthy of election'. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Thomas Mackenzie (illustrator). First Edition. Vellum spines with decorative cloth boards. Gilt titles on spine. Light shelwear with bumped corners. Binding very good with bright and clean pages. Printed in an limited edition of 325 copies, on English hand made paper. With Plates in Drypoint By Thomas Mackenzie and an Introductory Essay By J.C.Squire In Two Volumes. The first plate sign by Thomas MacKenzie. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Illustrator(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited edition of 300 copies for sale in vellum and decorative papers with teg.Handmade paper.With plates in dry-point by Thomas Mackenzie and an introductory essay by J C Squire. The first plate in vol 1 is signed by the illustrator. The vellum spine have some spotting but are not cracked and are good, the boards have wear on the corners and edges and some discoloration but contents are very good with very light foxing. A very good pair of volumes. They will require extra postage due to weight. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. First Edition. Limited, 2 volumes, 1/35 numbered copies (# 31) printed on Japan Vellum and SIGNED by Mosher in Volume I on the limitation page. A fine set with original paper dust jackets which are badly worn. Scarce, especially in this condition.

2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with framed title, free endpapers mildly browned; original dove-grey boards lettered in gilt, oatmeal cloth backs lettered in gilt, gilt tops, green silk markers, uncut, covers mildly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 196). A PRESENTATION COPY FROM ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD, WITH THE COLLEGE'S RED LEATHER BOOKPLATE BLOCKED IN GILT ON FRONT PASTE-DOWNS AND LATIN INSCRIPTION IN MS ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER OF FIRST VOLUME. The recipient was Miralai Jose Campbell Penney, who served subsequently with the Sudan Defence Force, and was awarded the OBE in December 1941. The bookplates are offset to front free endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete in In 10 Volumes. Hardbound no dust jackets. Blue cloth bindings. The Renaissance Miscellaneous Studies Essays From Le Guardian. 1st Edition. Offsetting to end pages from previous owner's bookplates, age toning to pages, & wear to boards, otherwise very good. [ Heavy - please contact for overseas shipping quote ].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), complete in two volumes. 8vo. 260pp and 246pp. In a handsome Harrison & Sons binding of half suede with cloth covered sides, with five raised bands and black stamped lettering, borders and decoration to the backstrips. With marbled endpapers and gilt top edges. Tiny dealer plate to the base of both front pastedowns. A sliver of offset browning to the free endpaper margins and just a little spotting to three or four preliminary leaves. Boards a little rubbed and chafed in places. A very good copy of the author's only completed full-length work of fiction, written between 1881-84 and set in 161-177 AD in the Rome of the Antonines.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Walter Pater's captivating historical novel set in Rome during 161-177 AD, complete in two volumes. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.'Marius the Epicurean' is a novel written by Walter Pater, set in 161-177 AD in the Rome during the Nerva-Antoine dynasty. The novel follows a young Roman protagonist, during his pursuit of religion and philosophy at a time of change. It is a philosophical novel, and was praised by the novelist Mary Ward as being the greatest philosophical novel.Walter Pater was an essayist and writer, who published many controversial works during his career, including 'Conclusion', which states that our physical lives are made up of scientific processes, and 'The Renaissance', which seemed to endorse amorality. He is partly responsible for what is known as the Aesthetic Movement, influencing authors like Oscar Wilde.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally, generally smart. Minor rubbing to the joints, with a crack to the head of the front joint of Volume I. Light bumping to the extremities. Minor marks to the boards. Front hinge of Volume I is strained but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.

hardcover. Condition: fine. First. 2 volumes. 8vo, rebound in 1/2 brown crushed morocco over marbled boards; marbled end-papers; bookplate. London: Macmillan, 1885. Fine. "One of the most remarkable fictional experiments of the late 19th century.".