THE GOLDEN ASS OF LUCIUS APULEIUS In the Translation by William Adlington.
by Apuleius; William Adlington & F. J. Harvey Darton & Ill. by Philip Hagreen
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Limited. Good+. N.D.. Hardcover. Pages browned. Smartly rebound in 1/2 leather spine with marbled boards and endpapers. With raised bands to spine and gilt lettering and tooling. A few stains to spine (water-staining? ). Gift plate to R. E. Fantham (née Crosthwaite) on ffep for the T. H. Green Prize 1952. Some leather flecking off joints of spine but still very presentable. Else VG. ; No date (perhaps 1920s - 1940s? ). ; 359 pages .
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- Ancient World Books
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- Title
- THE GOLDEN ASS OF LUCIUS APULEIUS In the Translation by William Adlington.
- Author
- Apuleius; William Adlington & F. J. Harvey Darton & Ill. by Philip Hagreen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Privately Printed for the Navarre Society Limited
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Apuleius, Latin Literature
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Good+
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- FFEP
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- Rebound
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- Raised Band(s)
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- VG
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