Search Results: the golden asse of apuleius by adlington william translator

Rarity Press (Privately Printed), 1931-01-01. Paperback. Good. Hardcover. Original purple cloth. Cover shows mild shelf wear. Some discoloration along spine. Text and images are clean throughout. Binding is secure.

London: Abbey Library Book. Illus. by de Bosschère, Jean. Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo. London: Abbey Library, no publication date. 8vo. Yellow cloth binding, 282 pp. Illustrated in black and white by de Bosschère. Decorated endpapers. Reprinted from 1639 edition. Boards soiled, pages tanned. Good..

London: Nonesuch Press, 1923. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good indeed in good slipcase. Spine lightly faded. Slipcase toned & split at joints.. 8vo. 5.125 x 8.625 in. Unpaginated. Reproduced from the 1639 reprint of the 1566 First Edition. Printed with red borders designed by Geofroy Tory c. 1524. Decorative paper, titled in gilt on spine; presented in publisher's matching slipcase. Limited edition, numbered 518 of 625 copies. A nice production.

New York: Privately Printed, 1931. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. octavo, red cloth boards, no DJ but DJ flaps are inlaid, wonderfully illustrated, book is in very good condition with wear and soiling to boards, 282pp.

Simpkin Marshall, Ltd. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. Martin Travers. Undated hardback edition, c. 1930s (?), in the Abbey Classics series (no.VI) with no jacket. In overall good to very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - blue cloth boards tanned to spine and slightly rubbed to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; light toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

London: John Westhouse, 1947 Book. Illus. by Brian Robb. Very Good. Pale Green Cloth Boards. First Thus. 7.5" Tall x 6" Wide. Tale written in the 2nd century AD about an ass with human intelligence, translated from the original Latin by William Adlington, with an introduction by Denis Saurat. 220pp, illustrated with black and white drawings to the text. Gilt drawing to top board and gilt title on black label to spine. Boards slightly bowed, minor marking to edges and remains of owner's inscription to pastedown, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good.

Grant Richards, London, 1913.. 1913. Hardcover. hardback, large 8vo, xlviii,279pp, edges browned and slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, brown quarter cloth, gilt decorated spine, Very Good / no dustwrapper. .

London: Bodley Head, 1923. Book. Illus. by Jean De Bosschere. Very Good-. Salmon Blindstamped Cloth. Limited and Numbered Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 282 pages, No. 2852 of 3000, a few stains and previous owner's signature on front free end page..

RICHARD LESLEY AND CO LTD, 1946. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. WEBSTER MURRAY. First thus - " This illustrated edition first published 1946" Boards rubbed and lightly marked, spine sunned, pencil inscription on front free endpaper. Clean throughout. Good.

From a numbered edition. This is a "complimentary" copy. In very good condition, clean and unmarked, cloth boards with wear at spine ends particularly at head.

John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. #580 of 3000 Copies.Good. Scarce black DJ in Poor & fragile Condition, covers and flaps all separated and tucked in rear. Hardcover. Lacking Color Plates, Light to moderate shelf wear to boards/DJ. May require additional postage for priority or international shipping.Minor underlining/highlighting, otherwise clean text.

London: The Bodley Head, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 10" by 6.5". Jean de Bosshere. An extremely bright, first edition copy of Jean de Bosschere's illustrated edition of the classic Roman novel 'The Golden Asse'. An uncommon work, especially in such a wonderful condition.'The Golden Ass(e)' is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. Collated, complete with a frontispiece and fifteen plates. Jean de Bosschere was renowned for his lavish and erotic colour plates, with their stunning use of saturated colour. Such plates are included in this work, and other erotic classics produced by him such as Aristophanes, Ovid, and Strato. A limited edition, numbered 1963 of 3000 copies. This text was translated by William Adlington one among the host of translators that made the Elizabethan era the "golden age of translations". His translation of this work in 1566 was the text's first appearance in English and has been steadily reprinted into the twentieth… Read More