MARIUS THE EPICUREAN: HIS SENSATIONS AND IDEAS, IN BEIGE & GREEN LINES AT TOP & BTM PRINTED DJ , ML#90, Builds about the Young Patrician Marius a many-sided Picture of Imperial Rome,

WALTER PATER, Former Owner's signature on front free Rockwell Kent endpaper with no other writing in text. INNER DJ FLAP PriceClipped 95 cents INTACT

Published by MODERN LIBRARY, 1930

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MARIUS THE EPICUREAN: HIS SENSATIONS AND IDEAS, IN BEIGE & GREEN LINES AT TOP & BTM PRINTED DJ , ML#90, Builds about the Young Patrician Marius a many-sided Picture of Imperial Rome,
• Publisher: MODERN LIBRARY
• Publication Date: 1930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good