Virgil translated mackail (8 risultati)

Decorative Hardcover Canvas. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Copyright 1934. 352 pp. A rare, hard-to-find, out-of-print, collectible gem! A wonderful copy! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page and inside of front cover board. Slightly bumped cover board corners. No dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Later printing. 16mo. Introduction by William McDermott. Blumenthal style 8 binding in green. Spine slightly cocked, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, very good in a very good dust jacket with short nicks on spine ends and corners, spine tanned. Modern Library of the World's Best Books, Volume 75.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Limited Edition. With a slightly darkened spine and a touch of foxing, but still a nice copy. From the collection of American books by Norman J. Sondheim, with his bookplate affixed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket (as issued). 1st Thus. Black cloth with lettered and decorated spine, pristine. Top edge gilt. Translator's list + illustrated t.p. + 120, faint tanning to recto front and verso rear end-papers, otherwise clean tight and unmarked. First issued in 1889 with two new impressions but this described as 'New Edition in Pocket Library'. Short note by translator says that in 'this re-issue' it has been modified, but unclear which 're-issue' this refers to. 11 cm x 16 cm. …

1/4 Leather. Condizione: G/No Dustjacket. Ltd Edition. Boston, MA: Riverside Press. G/No Dustjacket. (1905). Ltd Edition. 1/4 Leather. #177 of 330 copies . 8vo., 110 pp., leather soiled, corners bumped, untrimmed pag edges . Not Illustrated (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dustjacket as Issued. An attractive Period Rebound in 1/4 leather, with Raised Spine Bands, Gilt Spine title, and Marbled Boards. Scarce thus. Some light rubbing to marbling, with a small chip to leather of upper spine and some light fraying to upper corner tips. The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by J. W. Mackail, is a classic English prose version of Virgil's epic poem about the Trojan hero Aeneas, detailing his journey from Troy's fall to settling in Italy, focusing on themes of fate, duty, love, and Roman origins, known for its dignity and historical context. Mackail's translation, first published around 1920, captures the epic's grandeur, making it accessible while preserving its core narrative of Aeneas's struggles and divine destiny to found Rome. Translator: John William Mackail (1859-1925), a noted scholar and poet, was known for his literary translations. …

Quarter Vellum. Condizione: Good. Limited/Numbered. Quarter vellum over floral patterned boards, gilt spine title. Edges worn, corners frayed, spine ends bumped, worm holes in rear hinge both in and out, minor damage to the inner front hinge, too; 'Alice in Wonderland' themed bookplate of Edgar F. Leo inside front cover, along with a couple scraps from a removed plate. Pages show scattered foxing. Impeccable design & typography by Bruce Rogers, well-printed on thick textured presumably hand-formed paper, with elegant line drawings at the head of each chapter. Number 45 of 330, printed for Houghton Mifflin. Austere & lovely. Limited Edition. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No jacket, otherwise VG with moderate wear, rubbing to extremities, clean (yellowed) pages, firm binding.