THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER
by Wilde, Oscar (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Private Printing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; 236 pages; Minor spotting and edgewear to the black covers. Some edgewear and chipping to the price clipped dust jacket. .
Synopsis
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, as translated by Oscar Wilde `The language is refined, the smile not grave, My honest tongue recounts how men behave. ' The Satyricon is one of the most celebrated works of fiction from the ancient world, and it recounts the sleazy progress of a couple of literature scholars as they wander through the cities of the southern Mediterranean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Circle City Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13765
- Title
- THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Private Printing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Literary
Terms of Sale
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...