The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel may in fact be the author himself. His first name is revealed to be Lucius at the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself.
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius (trans by Jack Lindsay)
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- 1962
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Indiana University Press, 1962. Good softcover . Soft Cover. Good. Item Price
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Golden Ass
by Apuleius
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- 1967
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Collier Macmillan Ltd, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. Third Printing. 286 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Visible wear marks to spine and covers. Item Price
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
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- 1962
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Indiana University Press, 1962. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius (FSG Classics)
by Apuleius ; Translated by Robert Graves
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- Pictorial soft covers
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- 10th Edition
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- 2009
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USA: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 10th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In all literature, there are few books with the vitality of ' The Golden Ass' Boccacio borrowed freely from it, and later it served to amuse and to instruct Cervantes, Fielding and Smollet. Robert Graves became entranced by it -… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Golden Ass [Metamorphoses]
by Apuleius
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- 1904
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New York: Chiswick Press, Privately Printed for the Scott-Thaw Company, 1904. 1/200. 226pp. Quarto [35 cm] 1/2 tan cloth over brown boards with paper labels on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Gentle age toning to boards. This edition was printed in an edition of 200 numbered copies, this is number 53. Translated by William Adlington. Nicely produced… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Golden Ass (Penguin Classics)
by Apuleius
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by Apuleius
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
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Golden Ass: v. 1
by Apuleius
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Hardback. New. The Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) of Apuleius (born c. 125 CE) is a romance combining realism and magic. Lucius wants the sensations of a bird, but by pharmaceutical accident becomes an ass. The bulk of the novel recounts his adventures as an animal, but Lucius also recounts many stories he overhears, including that of Cupid and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Golden Ass
by APULEIUS
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- 1962
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New York, New York: Collier Books, 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Nearly fine, in wrappers, with light wear along the bottom edge. Item Price
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
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- 1999
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New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Paperback. 8vo. Blinstamp to title page; very good+. Item Price
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Golden Ass: v. 2
by Apuleius
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- Hardback
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Hardback. New. The "Metamorphoses" ("The Golden Ass") of Apuleius (born c. 125 CE) is a romance combining realism and magic. Lucius wants the sensations of a bird, but by pharmaceutical accident becomes an ass. The bulk of the novel recounts his adventures as an animal, but Lucius also recounts many stories he overhears, including that of Cupid and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
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- Limited Edition
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Limited edition. SIGNED by the illustrator. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Copy 429 of 1500. Slipcase not included. Illustrator's signature on… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Golden Ass
by APULEIUS
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- 1977
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- Softcover
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Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Ninth printing. Very good in wrappers with a wrinkle to the cover and pages at the bottom front corner. Translated by Jack Lindsay. Item Price
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The Golden Ass (Penguin Classics)
by Apuleius
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius; translated by Jack Lindsay
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17th printing. Indiana University Press, 1988. PAPERBACK. Cover is a little edge worn. Spine is sunned but has no tears. Page ends are lightly foxed. Text is unmarked. Item Price
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
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- 1960
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Bestseller Library, 1960. Paperback. Acceptable. 1960. First Edition. 254 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Heavy tanning to pages with foxing to inside of the covers and slight dog-eared pages throughout. Distinctive tanning to text block edges and rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Covers have visible rubbing, creasing and edge wear. Moderate corner bending and major creasing to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Golden Ass : Or, a Book of Changes
by Apuleius
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- 2007
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- 9780872208872
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2007. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
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UsedAcceptable. The item is very worn but continues to work perfectly. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Golden Ass
by Apuleius
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- 1927
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Boni & Liveright, 1927. Hardcover. Good. 1927. 271 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinges and guttering are cracked. Binding is loose. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped.… Read more about this item Item Price
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