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Paris: Charles Carrington. G. 1902. Limited Edition. Sewn Plain Wrappers. 1902 ediiton limited to 515 copies. This copy is bound in plain brown wrappers that form a jacket around the book's wrappers. Underneath the jacket are plain white wrappers. The title page, table of contents pa ges and headings are in red type. The text is in black type. The brown outer wrappers are edge worn and soiled. The brown wrapper is glued t o the page block around the spine and has creasing along with tiny chi ps. The outer edges of the page blocks have moderate soiling. For the most part, the interior is clean and unmarked. There are small splits starting to the edge of the plain white rear wrapper. The sewing is st ill firmly attached. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", 521 pages + colophon at the rear . Note: Carrington claimed that the translation of this edition was do ne directly from the original Latin by "Sebastian Melmoth" (Oscar Wild e). The consensus today is that this is not true. An unusual and quite scarce edition of this work. .
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- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13167
- Title
- The Satyricon of Petronius
- Author
- Petronius
- Format/Binding
- Sewn Plain Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - G
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Carrington
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1902
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, PLAYS ANTONIO SOTOMAYOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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