Lawrence norfolk editor (6 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Impressive quarter leather Folio Society edition of selected pieces and extracts that describes the mythological history of Rome plus elements of her early history that contributed to the city's legend. Included is verse by Horace, extracts from Virgil's Aeneid, writings by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch and the senator Macrobius plus others; all introduced by Norfolk. With striking colour illustrations by Grahame Baker. Complete with slipcase. Quarter leather with pictorial cloth, raised in gilt. 8vo. Some light shelf-wear and marking to slipcase. Small sticker residue mark to ffep, else crisp and clean. Near fine. Grahame Baker (ilustrador).…

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. This book is in great condition, one corner slightly bumped. Pages are bright, clean and unmarked, solid binding. In the mail within 24 hours.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 2008 Folio Society edition with slipcase. The book and slipcase are in very good condition with only very minor reading/handling wear and no noted writing or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No jacket. The Folio Society, 2008. Hardback, slip-case, 8vo, xviii,301pp, illust. Quarter leather, gilt, slip-case slightly shelfmarked and cut. A good copy. /1.1uk. Baker, Grahame (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Myths and Legends of Ancient Rome. Edited and introduced by Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrated by Grahame Baker. London: The Folio Society, 2008. 301 p, slip-case measures 10.25 x 7.25", large 8vo. In very good condition. Slip-case normally scuffed at edges and worn at corners. Pictorial binding clean and attractive; gilt lettering bright and clean. Top edge stained black. Text-block clean. Binding tight and intact. Please see photos. Includes all the most iconic stories, drawing on Plutarch, Virgil, Livy and Ovid amongst others, but also lesser-known traditions, including some of the more bizarre Roman superstitions, such as the Lupercalia in which youths dressed in animal skins and smeared with dog blood would whip female onlookers with strips of goatskin to promote fertility. RAREC2008QRHV - 09/25 - HK2681.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1957) to check availability etc. We have many thousands more books in our shop than appear on line. Leather spine with gilt title, pictorial covers, 301 pages, beautiful colour illustrations. In good slip-case.