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Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarter brown leather over cloth, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Spine evenly darkened to a darker brown, gilt lettering completely sharp and original. Boards flexible, no signs of splitting, no bumps. Contents completely fine, free of all markings, signatures, bookplates or foxing. In the original slipcase, which is more like a shipping carton -- plain cardboard, quite worn but intact without splits. A very nice, uncomplicated copy of this classic. Large squarish quarto, set in 14-point Caslon, with the Greek wrapped around the translation, and integrated illustrations by Robert Gibbings throughout. Printed on Barcham Green - Hammer & Anvil watermarked -- handmade paper. The integration of text and illustration here is as good as anything ever achieved by the press, a delightful book.
Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
. TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN.|THE. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1927.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. quarter leather, cloth, top edge gilt. (iv), 43, (2) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. (Chanticleer 53). Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. The smallest touch of fading to the leather spine, else a beautiful copy. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. In his True History, which begins by warning the reader that its events are completely untrue and impossible, Lucian describes a voyage that starts on the sea, continues in the skies, and includes visits to the belly of a whale and to the Elysian fields. The tale is a satirical parody of ancient traveler's tales that strain human credulity. This edition includes a translation from Greek into English by Francis Hickes. Printed together with the Greek and decorated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. The text of the Greek, set with the assistance of the Oxford University Press, is that of the Jacobitz edition (1852). The English is taken from the first edition (1634) in the British Museum. One of the finest of Robert Gibbings works with 55 wood engravings, some viewed at the time as extremely erotic. David Jones designed the decorated cock. With an introduction by J.S. Phillimore. quarter leather, cloth, top edge gilt
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$1924.14 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The True Historie of Lucian the Samosatenian. Translated from the Greek into English by Francis Hickes with an Introduction by J.S. Phillimore M.A. LL.D. together with the Greeke and decorated with Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings. This is the Limited Edition of 275 Copies ( very small edition, very rare thus) issued by The Golden Cockerel Press. Decorative and interesting volume bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Excellent copy with only very minor edgewear and the slightest fading to spine, otherwise, faultless. ( Can easily be rated fine but due to the slightest wear to the head/foot of spine stated as nr fine ). Photos can be sent via email. . Thank you, we look forward to hearing from you.
Seller: Garland Books, Dundee, UK, United Kingdom