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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Edition: Modern Readers Service
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, London: New York
Date Published: 1926
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Has some writing on fep and inside back cover. The hardcover shows some wear. viii, 348 p. read more
Edition: [est. c. 1930]
Publisher: Modern Library, New York, NY
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Binding and pages tight and clean; prev. owner's bookplate inside ft board; fep has small chip; bep has reader's notes and one note in margin. Soft cover, stitched binding. 384 p. 17 cm. Audience: General/trade. 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, ... read more
Description: HB, The Book League of America, New York, 1929. Blue cloth on boards is showing bumped corners shelf wear, owner's name on fep, light pencil margin marks, slightly weak hinges, contents are bright, clean and tight. Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith
Date Published: 1929
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout, binding is good. Cover has moderate wear. 384 p. "The Travellers' Library" read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Date Published: 1905
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Cover shows some wear, bleaching along spine; "Library of" sticker inside front cover; dated name and entry/bookstore stamp on fly leaf; very light pencil notes and underllining throughout, light tanning. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library, New York
Description: Book: Good. 12mo. 384 pp. 4 7/8 x 7 1/4. Gray cloth covered boards, stamped in black and gold on front and spine. Ownership markings on front pastedown endpaper and rfep. Corners slightly bumped. No dj. read more
Description: Very Good+ No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Pink looking stain (paint) on lower edge of front cover from corner over about 2" and about 1/4" or less wide and rear cover has about 1/4" of faint white discoloration along lower edge. Light gray cloth with black background to gold lettering on spine and front cover. 384 pages. read more
Edition: NO PRINTING NOTED
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A.L. BURT
Description: Good. No Jacket. BIOGRAPHY. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. MAROON CLOTH BOARDS. A.L. BURT CO. HIS SENSATIONS AND IDEAS. N.D. 429 PPS. PLUS ADS. T.E.G. NEARLY VG. BOOK IS CLEAN, BRIGHT AND SECURE. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. L. Burt Company, New York
Description: Good + No DJ. Tight spine, clean copy. The Home Library edition, no date, c. 1930. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, corners and spine slightly bumped, gilt top edge. 429 Pgs. read more
Binding: Hardcover-NO DUST JACKET
Publisher: Modern Library
Description: GOOD. Some reader and shelf wear, including original owner's name on front facing endpaper and half title page. No publication date; estimating 1930s. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan and Co;
Date Published: 1895
Description: Maroon cloth covers with gold spine titles. Good condition, with some fades and rubs on the covers and on the spine. Owner name and date of 1895 on endpage. 351 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan and Company, London and New York
Description: Fair. Burgundy cloth covered boards; no dust jacket; spine faded with frayed ends; covers rubbed and soiled with corner wear; Ex library with typical stamps and markings; Interior clean and unmarked with toning; interior front hinge split, first section of pages, half title through contents pages loose; 6 3/4"-7 3/4" Tall; 351 pgs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Boni and Liveright Publishers.
Date Published: 0000
Description: Good. Good/no dj; leatherette binding, Modern Library ed.; some signs of wear to spine edge, spine end; binding is firm, Horace Brodzky pictorial eps. Clean text block. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boni & Liveright, New York
Description: Very Good + No DJ. 16mo = 6-7" 384pp. Brown leatherette covers w/gilt lettering on front and spine. Bookplate on front endpaper. Some wear to edges and top/bottom of spine. The Modern Library of the World's Best Books. read more
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