The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
by APULEIUS, Lucius; PATER, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+. [c1950s]. Hardcover. An attractive Heritage Press reprint edition in slipcase presenting a story from Lucius Apuleius's "The Golden Ass," as retold by Walter Pater. With several color illustrations by Edmund Dulac. Sandglass leaflet is not present. --- In terra cotta cloth-covered boards with decorations and titling to cover & spine in gilt all textblock edges stained dark red. Volume bears 1951 date but could have been published later in the 1950s. Volume housed in gold paper-covered slipcase. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, unmarked and tightly-bound, but with somewhat age-toned leaves. Slipcase with quite a few fingerprints and mild scuffing to edges, else structurally sound.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 64 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85790
- Title
- The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
- Author
- APULEIUS, Lucius; PATER, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c1950s]
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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- Good+
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- Leaves
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- Quarto
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- Edges
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- 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....
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.