About this title: Pater's novel was painstakingly composed over the course of six years in the 1880s to stand as both the most complete exposition of his philosophy and as a concrete example of his aesthetic ideals. The narrative follows the fictional character, Marius, from boyhood through to his education and young manhood as he searches for the governing principles of a suitable life philosophy in the turbulent political and social landscape of Aurelian Rome (2nd century A.D.). Under this general framework, Pater is able to display his own particular version of the religious and philosophical issues of the ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
ISBN-13:9780460009034ISBN:0460009036
Description: Good. 0460009036 some cover wear otherwise very good condition, dust jacket has moderate wear to edges and marks from stickers-Published by Dutton 1963 ** INTL BUYER-additional postage may be required. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Modern Library
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps(lower board tips), some scattered underlining and marginalia, edgewear to the spine extremities and board tips, and other light shopwear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dent; Dutton
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No dust jacket. 267p., 19 cm. This ed. first published 1934. age appropriate wear to covers, owner's name and shelf ref on inside fc, front hinge cracked, text tight and clean, few annotations read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Modern Library, New York
Description: Good in Poor jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. $2.00 on ffep. No other marks or writing. Jacket ragged with large chips, tears and taped at spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780460009034ISBN:0460009036
Description: Very Good. DJ crisp and complete! NOT EX-LIB! Hardback, with bumps and rubs to cover. Foxing to closed edges and end papers of book. Previous owner bookplate. All text bright and tight! I have a stellar reputation as a bookseller. Please email with any questions. Thank you for looking! "Find it! Buy it! Read it! " Arkansas Bookseller. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E.P. Dutton, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Everymans Library No. 903, Blue Colored DJ with Black and White Lettering on the Covers, Blue Colored Binding, Introduction by Osbert Burdett, 267 Pages, Few Nicks and Rubbings to the DJ. read more
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Fiction. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Shaken. Clean. Unmarked text. Light rubbing to extremities. Bright pages. Rear hingepaper is split along fold in three places. Hinge itself is intact and holding strong. Mesh binding is visible. DJ is age-toned and shows significant edgewear. Now in a protective mylar cover. No publication date found. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philip Lee Warner, London
Date Published: 1913
Description: Very good, one corner bumped, very good DJ. 8vo Volume 1 only of a 2 volume set published by the Medici Society. Number 404of an edition of 1000 copies printed on handmade Riccardi paper, bound in gray boards with tan cloth spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Date Published: 1897
Description: Good. This h ardcover book is in good shape. owner's information just inside front cover, a very few small notes to margins, else, no marks. read more
Description: VERY GOOD in POOR jacket. Huge chip to rear panel. Pages clean. Binding sound. 1951. Red Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Dust jacket now protected in clear plastic BRODART cover. Decorative endpapers. 267pp. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dent; Dutton
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Gilt lettering still intact on spine. Pages are clean and tight in block. Dust along top edge of pages. 267p., 19 cm. This ed. first published 1934. Everyman's Library #903 read more
Description: No dust jacket. Several pages roughly opened. Back cover spotted. A bit cocked. 243 pp. Macmillan & Co., Inc. 1914 (1885). Hardcoverc-cloth. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dent; Dutton
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped, edgewear & staining on dj, cover edges slightly frayed, foxing & penmark on pg edges. 267p., 19 cm. This ed. first published 1934. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: MacMillan Company
Date Published: 1905
Description: Good + 5 x 7 Maroon covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Covers have some light wear and scuffing from age and shelf wear. Page edges are a little worn. They appear a bit ragged looking but this is due to the way the paper for this book was cut and bound and is normal. Pages are bright and clean with no markings. Overall a very solid copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas B Mosher, Portland, ME
Date Published: 1900
Description: 8vo, 207 pages Volume II only of a 2 volume set, One of an edition of 450 copies printed on Van Gelder paper, bound in blue boards with white spine and paper spine label, unopened, top 1 inch of rear joint cracked and bottom 1/2 inch of both joints torn, otherwise very good. The only Mosher edition. -Bishop: Thomas Bird Mosher? a Comprehensive Bibliography, #232 read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Date Published: 1968
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ to Near Fine jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Corner tips slightly rubbed. D/j has 1" square scrape in covering where sticker was probably removed. Introduction by Osbert Burdett. Red cloth with gold lettering on spine. Everyman's Library 903. 267 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. M. Dent and Company, London
Description: VG/VG. Pages clean. Binding sound. Jacket bright. Front endflap clipped. 1968. Red Cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Blue endpapers. Dust jacket now protected in clear plastic BRODART cover. 267pp. read more
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