Search Results: the golden ass by apuleius lucius

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Northwestern University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Collier-Macmillan Ltd., 1967. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Group, January 1950. Trade Paperback . Good. Light edge and cover wear. Unmarked pages. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Penguin Books, 1969. Paperback. Acceptable. 1969. Reprint. 298 pages. Paperback book. Moderate brown staining to pages. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Mild wear and tear to spine, cover edges and corners. Minor scuffs, soiling and creasing to covers and spine.

Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Reprinted. 298 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Great Britian, England, UK.: Penguin Classics Book., 1951. Book. Illus. by PHOTO Cover. Good / Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint Edition.. 298 pages. >> Purple border to cover edges; >> Small paper tear to cover edges; stamp to front cover; pen to front end page.; minor pen to spine.; cover creasing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Penguin, 1969. Paperback. Good. 1969. 298 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Reprinted. 298 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Reprinted. 298 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Group, 1950. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. No edition remarks. 298 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

used, like new
Book was never read , looks like new, just sticker scar at the spine

NY: Heritage Press, nd (1951). Gilt decorated reddish brown cloth. A few bumps on covers, else nice clean tight bright copy: VG+ to Near Fine/no dj or slipcase. 8vo. illustrated in color by Edmund Dulac. from Apuleius' Golden Ass

Northwestern University Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Great Britain: The Abbey Library, 1932. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. de Bosschere, Jean. No publisher date. No jacket. Pages toned. xxxv, 282 pp. Translated out of Latin by William Adlington. Introduction by E.B. Osborn. Color and black-and-white illustrations by Jean De Bosschere. The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is Lucius. At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself. The plot revolves around the protagonist's curiosity (curiositas) and insatiable desire to see and practice magic. While trying to perform a spell to transform into a bird, he is accidentally transformed into an ass. This leads to a long journey, literal and metaphorical, filled with inset tales. He finally finds salvation through the intervention of the goddess Isis, whose cult he joins.

NY: Hogarth Press. Near VG. ND. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Undated but circa 1924 Hogath Press edition bound in green cloth with gold spine lettering. Illustrated by Phillip Hagreen, edited and Intro by F.J. Harvey Darton. Tall 8vo size, 359 pages. About VG copy. Cloth covers have been near moisture and show some molting to the cloth at the bottom corners and along the spine. Inside is clean, tight and unm arked with some pages still unopened. In a Good dj that has a 3cm chip to the top edge of the front panel, two tiny chips to the head of the spine and some dust staining on the rear panel. .

David R. Godine, 2011. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Fine in NF dust jacket. Hardcover with very minor shelf wear, otherwise clean, tight, unmarked and clean pages. Dust jacket with very little wear, clean, not price clipped. No remainder mark. Young adult.

Harvard University Press / William Heinemann LTD, 1965. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Ex-Libris with usual library matter and stamps to upper, lower and outer edges of text. Slight wear on upper edge of text. Cover dented in upper front corner. Else good