Augustus
by Williams, John
John Williams (1922-1994) was born and raised in northeast Texas. He published two volumes of poetry and two other novels, Butcher's Crossing and Stoner. In the past year, Stoner has become an international best seller. Both novels are available from NYRB Classics. Daniel Mendelsohn is a translator, critic, memoirist, and classicist. He is the author of the international best seller, The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, and his essay collection Waiting for the Barbarians (NYRB) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN Art of the Essay Award. He teaches at Bard College.
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Augustus
by Williams, John
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- Used - Poor
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- Good
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- First US Edition/First Printing
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670141128
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Albany, California, USA
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New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Poor/Good. By the author of Stoner and Butcher's Crossing. In magenta boards and green spine cloth with gilt. An ex-library copy with tape to top and bottom of frnt board and across rear board. Rubbing through paper of board ends at top corners and bottoms edges. Stamps… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus (New York Review Books Classics)
by John Williams
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- August 2014
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NYRB Classics, August 2014. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This is a nice book with no writing or highlighting. We are real people in a real bookstore, contact us with any questions (preferrably about books). Item Price
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by Williams, John
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- 1972
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. An advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Original green cloth backstrip with gilt spine lettering, maroon paper covered boards. Near Fine with a light lean to the binding, light fading to covers to a thin strip along top and bottom edge,… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Williams, John
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NYRB Classics. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. paperback Item Price
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Augustus
by Williams, John
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- 1972
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Williams, inscribed by him to a previous owner. Very Good, with light shelf lean, light fading to covers at edges. Pages show several small, sporadic stains, light check marks to margins toward front of text with several instances of underlining.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus
by Williams, John
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- As New
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- 1st German
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- 2016
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- Hardcover with DJ
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- 9783423280891
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Thessaloniki, GRC
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As new hardcover with as new DJ.
Nachwort von Daniel Mendelsohn
Macht, Verrat, Intrigen Octavius, Großneffe und Adoptivsohn von Julius Caesar, später Kaiser Augustus: Williams schildert das Wirken und Leben dieses außergewöhnlichen Mannes so plastisch, so mitreißend, als würden sich die Geschehnisse in unseren Tagen ereignen. Fiktive Briefe und Notizen, Erinnerungen und Senatsprotokolle lassen die Person eines Herrschers lebendig werden, dem das… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus (New York Review Books Classics)
by WILLIAMS, John
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- First This Edition
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- 2014
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9781590178218
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Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, CAN
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New York: NYRB Classics, 2014. First This Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx, 305 pp. [16]
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Augustus
by Williams, John
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- Used - Very faint crimping spine ends, fine in lightly edgeworn and rubbed near fine dust jacket with several closed tears top edge and
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- First English Edition, first printing
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- 1973
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Denver, Colorado, USA
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$750.00
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Allen Lane, 1973. First English Edition, first printing. Very faint crimping spine ends, fine in lightly edgeworn and rubbed near fine dust jacket with several closed tears top edge and shallow chip top front fold, with publisher's corrected jacket price label lower frint flap, in mylar cover.. Signed and inscribed by Williams on the front fly leaf to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus
by Williams, John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition/First Printing
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670141128
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dallas, Texas, USA
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$300.00
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking, 1972. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sadly this copy has sustained rather badly bumped bottom tips. Otherwise a superior copy, looks great on the shelf. National Book Award Winner. Author of Stoner.
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Augustus
by WILLIAMS, John
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- Used - Very good
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- 1982 Penguin Edition
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- 1982
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- Paperback
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- 9780140051278
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Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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$450.00
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New York: Penguin, 1982. 1982 Penguin Edition. Paperback. Very good. Small octavo. 5 x 7.75 in. 305 pp. Very good pictorial wrappers with sunning to spine and a previous bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise this is a tight clean copy. Warmly inscribed on title page by Williams to Jim Sunwall, a professor of writing and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus
by Williams, John
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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NYRB Classics. Used - Like New. May have light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages. Item Price
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Augustus
by John Williams
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- Used - Good (ex-library)
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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Traralgon, Victoria, AUS
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Viking, USA, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good (ex-library)/Good. Hardcover. 305 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking, USA, 1972. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus
by Williams, John
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- Used
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- Original Hardcover
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- 9789127159068
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Umea, SWE
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Original Hardcover. Publisher: Natur & Kultur Allmänlitteratur | Utg. 2018 | Original Hardcover | 389 p. | This book is brand new. | Translator: Nilsson, Ola | Language: Svenska --- Information regarding the book: Augustus skildrar den romerske kejsaren Augustus liv genom dagboksanteckningar och brev skrivna av människor i hans omgivning. Romerska senatorer, poeter, familjemedlemmar och fiender fördjupar… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus
by WILLIAMS, John
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1972
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- Softcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$500.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1972. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. 327pp. Perfectbound in yellow wrappers with the publisher's information in ink at the bottom of the front wrap, stating Galley No. "40," along with the publication date and price. Near fine with the spine lightly sunned, tiny spot on the rear wrap and one corner lightly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus
by WILLIAMS, JOHN
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DUNEDIN, NZL
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$89.85
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Allen Lane 1973. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 305pp, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & fading to spine & edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, sm chip to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Augustus (New York Review Books Classics)
by John Williams
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- New
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- August 2014
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- Paper Back
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- 9781590178218
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Wichita, Kansas, USA
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$18.95
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NYRB Classics, August 2014. Paper Back. New. Item Price
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Augustus (New York Review Books Classics)
by Williams, John
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- 2014-08-19
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- Paperback
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- 9781590178218
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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$6.09
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NYRB Classics, 2014-08-19. Paperback. Good. 0.9000 in x 7.9000 in x 5.2000 in. Dog-eared pages. Contains some, or all, of the following: highlights, notes, and underlining. Item Price
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AUGUSTUS
by John Williams
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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Pomona, New York, USA
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$424.95
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New York: Viking. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Faint foxing on side text block edge. Front flap lightly creased. . Item Price
$424.95
Augustus.
by Williams, John
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- 2016 9783423280891
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- 9783423280891
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Berne, CHE
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2016 9783423280891. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 2016. 8°. 473 S., Pappband (gut erhalten) Item Price
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Augustus.
by WILLIAMS, John.
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- Uncorrected proof.
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Berkeley, California, USA
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$500.00
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NY: Viking, (1972).. Uncorrected proof.. 327 pp. Near fine in illustrated yellow wrappers with sunning and light wear to the unprinted spine. Galley No. 51, with the numeral inked in by the publisher, along with the date of publication and retail price. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award. Item Price
$500.00