Petronius author (21 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A Mentor Classic / The New American Library, New York. c1959. Softcover / Mass Market Paperback. A Mentor Classic, MT716, 75¢. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; scant edgewear; small crease at spine from pressure of adjacent book. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 192 pp 12mo. This book is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier. This book recaptures all the ribald humor of Petronius' picaresque satire. The hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking, fortune-hunting adventure of an educated rogue turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter. A clean very presentable copy.…

Etat : As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Etat : As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Etat : New. Brand New.

Etat : New. Brand New.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 70 pages. 5.50x0.17x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. revised edition. 240 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 184 pages. 5.50x0.46x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. reissue edition. 192 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. revised edition. 256 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. BERKELEY: University of California Press, 1996. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. A new translation by R.B. Branham and D. Kinney. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight clean copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 484 pp. Text in German. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Moderate foxing on page edges.

Oversized Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, as issued. LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. Limited signed edition, 1 of 1,500 copies. SIGNED by Antonio Sotomayor on the limitation page at the rear of the book. Gilt lettering to spine. Gilt decorations to boards. Top edge painted. Slight wear to corners of boards. Noticeable bumping and creasing to corners of slipcase, with slight starting extending from open end. Moderate scuffing and rubbing to slipcase. VG in VG slipcase. Illustrator. …

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 292 pages. German language. 6.14x0.61x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Copyright 1929. 228 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. No dj. Text in English and Latin. Damage to top edge of back cover board. Slightly bumped cover board corners. Light foxing on page edges.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Quarter-bound hardcover without dust jacket, in very good condition for its age. This edition limited to 1200 copies, of which this is out of sequence. Boards are scuffed, with some surface colour loss. Edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Slight lean to the spine. Page block face and foot are rough cut and tanned, with tanning to the pastedowns and endpapers. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOOK: Covered in Maroon balloon cloth; Spine 5; fading on spine; brownish topstain; large gold torchbearer on front; pinkish Kent EP; 159 titles listed at back. Per Scot Kamins, Dostoyevsky's Brother K is listed; Chaucer is not listed. STORY: Satirizes and parodies the human absurdities and spectacular failures of contemporary Roman society. Petronius' depictions of his protagonists and their equally disreputable acquaintances are icily drawn; the outrageous, the obscene, and even the monstrous appear as commonplace. …

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: Book has Raspberry Red Balloon Cloth, pink Kent Endpapers, cover has gold gilt torchbearer on front center; grapevine on side bottom and author/title on top of spine. Previous owner's name discretely written in ink on ffep with a date of 12/7/29. DJ unclipped (95 cents); 159 books listed on inside; covered in mylar; chips on corners and top spine edge; two short closed tears on back top. STORY: Petronius [died 66 A.D.] who, at the court of Nero, acted as arbiter of elegance and dictator of fashion. .…

Hardcover. Quarto, [38], 688, 368, [116] pages, plus an engraved title page. In Good minus condition. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt motifs to spine. Paneled spine has chipping, and cracking along the joint edges. Brown leather has been significantly peeled away, exposing the boards. Bumping to corners, leaving the boards visible, and significant wear to extremities. The front pastedown is partially detached, revealing the interior front board and ex libris bookplate of Penrhyn Chave. Pencil inscription from a previous owner on the front free end page, has light age toning and foxing. Text in Latin. STCN no: 237880172. 1396030. Special Collections - Downstairs.…

6. Paris, apud Claudium Audinet, 1677, in-12°, engraved title page ( frontispiece) + typgraphical title + (18) nn pp + (2)(bl.) + 417 pp + (1)(bl.). Complete. Bound in contemporary full leather, raised gilt spine, spinkled edges, no provenance indications. The frontispiece is engraved by C.Decker. Nice copy with only minimal traces of use. …

Hardcover. Etat : Brand New. 178 pages. German language. 6.14x0.44x9.21 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.