New York: Pantheon, 1945. 493pp. Quarter orange/three-quarter black cloth boards. Titles in gold on spine. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Pages clean and unmarked internally. Small coffee spot on lower page ends but no evidence of stain inside book. Previous owner's name stamped and written in blue on FFEP. Dust jacket missing pieces at head and foot of spine. Wear to corners, missing chip along front gutter. Stain to back panel. Jacket remains intact, not price clipped. Jacket in new mylar cover for protection and display. Broch's novel reimagines the final hours of Virgil's life in the city of Brindisi, where he and the emperor Augustus had traveled together. Virgil wants to burn the Aeneid and declares his Georgics similarly useless, though the emperor overrules these wishes. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good-. 8vo.

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Bookseller: The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 032313
Title: The Death of Virgil
Author: Broch, Hermann
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: good-
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Pantheon
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1945
Keywords: Virgil, Roman History, First Edition, 20th Century fiction, Historical Fiction, Augustus, Roman Poetry

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The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.

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