THE METAMORPHOSIS, OR GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS
by [West, Nathanael (his copy)]: Taylor, Thomas [trans]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Sold by Robert Triphook ... and Thomas Dodd, 1822" [i.e. Birmingham: W. J. Cosby, Universal Press, September 1893].. xix,[1],213,[1],[2 blanks],[4]pp. Octavo. Three quarter morocco and cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed. Extremities quite worn, but sound, some tanning to text block, a good copy. Copy #4 of one hundred numbered copies printed on Dutch handmade paper, in addition to 500 ordinary copies on Antique paper. Formerly novelist Nathanael West's copy with his pictorial bookplate. The bookplate was designed for West by his long-time friend and future brother-in-law, satirist S.J. Perelman, while they were students. It features an image of a bearded man weeping and clutching the head of a donkey. Above the image appears West's birth name: "Nath. v. Wallenstein Weinstein," and below it the legend: "Lieb' ich wass andere lieben?," which is customarily translated "Do I love what others love?" Some pencil doodles have been erased from the recto of the first blank, and there are other pencil underscores of an inconsequential sort on the title-page.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT85079
- Title
- THE METAMORPHOSIS, OR GOLDEN ASS OF APULEIUS
- Author
- [West, Nathanael (his copy)]: Taylor, Thomas [trans]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sold by Robert Triphook ... and Thomas Dodd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822" [i.e. Birmingham: W. J. Co
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...