Privately Published for Subscribers, Copyrighted 1930 Art Studio Books, Inc. 1930. Only edition thus, limited to 200 copies of this is 1381; 302 pp. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent condition, beautifully printed on Strathmore Meldon deckle edge laid paper. A beautiful book. A comp[letely unexpurgated and newly translated edition by Charles D. Young together with the Elegie translated by Christopher Marlowe. Original black cloth with yellow, orange and black decorative paper panel on front and back covers. Endpapers have the same yellow, orange and black decoration. Gold gilt printing on the spine is bright. .

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Bookseller: Damariscotta Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: Alibris.0000136
Title: The Love Books of Ovid
Author: Ovid
Illustrator: Alexander King: 18 tissue-protected color plates
Format/Binding: Hard cover
Book Condition: Used - Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Excellent condition, beautifully printed on Strathmore Meldon deckle edge laid paper
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Only edition thus, limited to 200 copies of this is 1381; 302 pp
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Privately Published for Subscribers, Copyrighted 1930 Art Studio Books, Inc
Date Published: 1930
Keywords: Ovid, Love

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Deckle edge: Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...