Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Boar's Head Books
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A classic sensual romance story by the 3rd century AD Greek writer, Longus. Blue boards, 177 pp., b/w drawings by R. Cullin. Light shelf wear, unmarked clean text, tight binding. Jacket is edge worn with moisture stains on flaps, rear panel and inside the panels. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Limited Editions Club, New York
Date Published: 1934
Description: Limited Edition Club edition, number 963 of 1500. Very good plus with a minor stain in the front endpapers, some rubbing to the leather on the head, tail, and corners in very good slipcase with some soiling and rubbing to it's fore-edge. Signed by the illustrator Ruth Reeves. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Limited Editions Club, 1934
Description: Limited/Numbered. Signed by Illustrator. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 130pp. Number 493 of 1500 copies. Done into Engllish, with an introduction, by George Moore. Leather has wear to top and bottom of s pine and along edges. Slipcase is in good condition with two light bumps to spine. read more
Binding: leather
Publisher: Limited Editions Club, New York
Date Published: 1934
Description: Touch of rubbing to spine tips. Fine in lightly soiled slipcase. Quarto (8" x 11-1/4") bound in full natural lambskin, goldstamped with a gold embossed medallion on the front cover. Translated and introduced by George Moore. Designed and printed on a hand-press by Porter Garnett in Pittsburgh. Copy #743 of 1500 illustrated with etchings by Ruth Reeves and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. A rather fragile binding that usually does not survive well but here is quite lovely. read more
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Boar's Head
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good in Chipped jacket. Illustrated. Classic story of two waifs who grew up in the same village and were attracted to each other without understanding the nature of the attraction. Daphnis the boy, has to be taught how to make love to a girl and luckily finds a worthy instructress in a charming middle aged woman. Chloe, equally ignorant, learns the facts of life from a sturdy, middle aged man. 177 pages. Hardbound with dust jacket. Internally clean. Solid binding. Page edging has very ... read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Folio Society
Date Published: 1954
Description: Very Good. Spine boards and pages intact with no edgewear or bumping noted, pages clean and crisp with no markings noted, etchings by Marcel Vertes. Pages slightly yellowed at edges and tightly bound. Gilt lettering on spine. Owner's name and address on inside front board. Wrapped in mylar We ship promptly. Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. Satisfaction guaranteed. Your purchase benefits the students and libraries at Brandeis University. Thank you. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
Date Published: 1934
Description: Ruth Reeves. Very Good. Done into English by George Moore. 131 pp. with etchings throughout. #1479/1500 with illustrator's signature on the colophon page. Binding is tanned calf with gilt circular design on cover and gilt lettering on spine. No slipcover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Date Published: 1934
Description: Ruth Reeves. Good. 8" x 11" No. 721 of 1500. Translated from German with an introduction by George Moore. Illustrated with etchings by Ruth Reeves. Signed by Ruth Reeves. Designed and printed by Porter Garnett, Pittsburgh. Full natural lambskin, stamped, with gold embossed medallion on front. Backstrip exhibits red rot-is flaked off to where most of the gilt title is missing. 130pp. Slip case bears stains. (loc 186/1) read more
Description: Longus. THE PASTORAL LOVES OF DAPHNIS AND CHLOE. Translated by George Moore. London, William Heinemann, 1924. One of 1, 280 numbered copies, signed by Moore. Bound in full leather, stamped in gilt, t.e.g. Near fine condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Limited Editions Club, New York
Description: 1934. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. xxv, 130pp. Limited and signed edition of 1500 copies of which this is number 759. Octavo. Illustrated with drawings (including frontispiece) from Ruth Reeves. Original full tan letter with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine in slip case. Top edge gilt. Front fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Slight wear to top end of spine and corners. Slip case slightly rubbed with small tear to bottom edge of spine. Introduction by ... read more
Binding: Full Sheep Leather
Publisher: Limited Editions Club, New York
Date Published: 1934
Description: Reeves, Ruth. Fine. Hardcover. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Signed by Illustrator #1263 of 1500 printed. Each black & white illustration engraved in wood and stamped on each page. gilt medallion on the front cover with greek letters that spell the names "Daphnis" and "Chloe" on the cover. Gilt letters on the spine. Bound in full natural lambskin. Slipcase is tan and lightly soiled and faded. Book is signed by the illustrator on the last printed page. Each limited editions club book is hand-crafted. ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HEINEMANN
Date Published: 1936
Description: Published by Heinemann in 1936. Hardback without Dust jacket. Number of pages: 144. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
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