The Aeneid
by Virgil
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394528271
- ISBN 13
- 9780394528274
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback. 403 pages. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. First edition thus, first printing employing Random House practice of number line beginning with "2" but words "first edition" printed directly below [the words first edition were omitted for second and subsequent printings.] No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A lightly read copy, clean, tight and unmarked. Very good+. .
Synopsis
Robert Fagles's translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and become the standard translations of our era. Now, his stunning modern verse translation of Virgil's Aeneid is poised to do the same. This beautifully produced edition of the Aeneid will be eagerly sought by readers desiring to complete their Fagles collection—and the attention it receives will stimulate even greater interest in his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019834
- Title
- The Aeneid
- Author
- Virgil
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394528271
- ISBN 13
- 9780394528274
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- Ancient Roman Poetry, Epic Poem on the Founding of Rome
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...