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J. Lewis May. The Love Books of Ovid. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1925.
Price: US$25.43 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1925. No Edition Remarks. 216 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Colour illustrated plates. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild fraying, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with minor splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$30.78 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is an edition of Ovid illustrated by Jean De Bosschere and there are full page plates in both black and white and colour throughout, usually of a somewhat riske nature and in Bosschereâs Beardsley inspired style. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration. A very attractive book. Very good. Size: Octavo . Illustrator: Jean De Bosschere . Category: Literature & Literary; For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good - tight condition light shelfwear Limited Edition No. 1697 of 3000 copies. BOOK PLATE ON FEP, GILT ON BLUE CLOTH ON BOARD
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$44.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Solid Book With An Inscription On The Half Title Page And A Stamped Name At The Top Of The Ffep. Rough Cut Pages. Illustration By Bosschere Throughout. Eps Slightly Shadowed Where A Jacket Had Once Been. Blue Had Cover Boards With Blind Stamped Border. Circular Gilt Illustration On Front Board, Very Bright. Gilt Illustration And Lettering On The Spine, Again Very Bright. Bumping To Head And Tail Of Spine Liquid Spill Marks On Front Board Which Has Slightly Dulled The Shine Otherwise In Very Good Condition For A Book Of This Age. Only 3000 Copies Printed , This One Number 2193. Heavy Book, May Require Extra Shipping.
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Ovid; Samuel Nisenson [Illustrator]. Love Books of Ovid. JOHN LANE BODLEY HEAD LTD, 1925.
Price: US$55.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good limited edition blue hardcover, no dj (if issued). No. 2237/3000. Cracked towards the rear hinge. Interior is nice. Some wear, bumping, and rubbing to boards. Still nice curb appeal. We use quality packaging materials.
Seller: Third Person Books, Elk Grove Village, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Translated out of the Latin by J.Lewis May, #639/3000, light edgewear to blue cloth covers, gilt titles and illustration, light foxing throughout, illustrated in colour and black and white, 216pp, G+/--.
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$88.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG W/SOME CHIPPING & BUMPING AT CORNERS & RUBBED TOP SPINE BOOK PLATE ON FEP, GILT ON BLUE CLOTH ON BOARD
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; G-; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear; Text block has light foxing to endpapers, intermittent spine breaks, clean text and illustrations; xxxiv, 216 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (color plates). 1350021. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
de Bosschere, Jean. The Love Books of Ovid. The Bodley Head, London, 1925.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #2190 of 3000 numbered copies. 8vo, full blue cloth with bright gilt titling.Translated by J. Lewis May and illustrasted with plates in shades of red and gray, yellows or crisp black and white by Jean de Bosschere. Bookplate to front pastedown, back panel of dj laid in.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Royal 8vo. [xxxiv], 216 pp. Illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. Gilt stamped pictorial cloth binding in scarce dustwrapper, very good copy. (89063). No. 63 of 3000 copies. Translated out of the Latin by J. Lewis May.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$385.72 + shipping
Description: London, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1925. Grand in-8 (165 X 250) percaline bleu roi, dos lisse et premier plat ornés de fers spéciaux d'après les illustrations de Jean de Bosschère, double encadrement de filet à froid sur le premier plat, titre doré (reliure de l'éditeur) ; (2), frontispice, XXXIV (dont faux-titre et titre en rouge et noir)- 1 feuillet non chiffré (list of plates), 216 pages, (1). JOLIE EDITION ILLUSTREE comportant 24 PLANCHES hors-texte dont 16 en couleurs (frontispice compris) et 8 en noir, ainsi que des dessins en noir dans le texte. Tirage limité à 3 000 EXEMPLAIRES imprimés sur beau papier vergé. BEL EXEMPLAIRE non rogné, dans son charmant et frais cartonnage décoré de l'éditeur. FINE COPY. PICTURES AND MORE DETAILS ON REQUEST.
Seller: LIBRAIRIE ÉRIC CASTÉRAN, TOULOUSE, MP, France