About this title: PROMETHEANS ANCIENT AND MODERN BY BURTON RASCOE f sowrs-ioaa NEW YORK AND LONDON To 1S T Y 1VT o x TO THE READER THE identity of the genius who conceived the myth of Prometheus is lost in the mystery of remote an tiquity but let us honor his memory and salute his shade with all the deference due him for having put into an allegory one of the sublimest testimonies to the struggles of the human spirit. It was Prometheus, you will recall, who defied the fearful gods and brought to mankind the gift of fire. For having dared to do this Prometheus was punished by a wrathful Zeus who caused him to ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Date Published: 05/2005
ISBN-13:9781417998302ISBN:141799830X
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 296 p. read more
Edition: First Edition, Second Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1933
Description: Very Good + No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; A study of great thinkers such as: Apuleis, Lucian, St. Mark, Petronius, Nietzsche, D.H. Lawrence, Dreiser, etc. Spine is slightly worn on top and bottom. Text is clean. Pages are slightly dimmed with age. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published: 1933-01-01
Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Hardcover. Yellowing and shelf wear on covers. Large spot on back cover. Bug hole in cloth on spine. Edge wear. Browning pages from age. Text is clear. Binding is tight. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam, NY
Date Published: 1933
Description: Good with no dust jacket. Spine darkened with one quarter inch square piece of cloth gone from top of spine, small portrait of author glued to front pastedown endpaper, owner's name. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam, New York
Date Published: 1933
Description: Burton traces the life and work of some men who have given, alternately, fire and warmth to the lives of men such as Apuleius to Nietzsche, Dreiser and Cabell. Near Fine in red cloth w/some spine/edge darkening.296pp. 2nd imp. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY
Date Published: 1933
Description: VG+ No Dust Jacket 296pgs(Index) Page ends dull, slight foxing on Frontispiece & Title Page, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates etc. Text. In Fine condition. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Putnam, NY
Date Published: 1933
Description: Near Fine/G+ 296pp. Prev owner's name on last page of index. 3/4" x 1/2" chip bottom spine, some chipping top spine and along edges of DJ. read more
Description: VG Very good condition, 296pp, hardcover. Pub: 1933, first edition, G P Putnam's sons, NY & London. Index. Illustrated frontispiece. Looks at the challenges that faced Saint Mark, Petronius, Lucian, Apuleius, aretino, Friedrich Nietzsche, d H Lawrence, Theodore Dreiser, James Branch Cabell. Book cover is faded, binding is tight, no marks in the book. read more
Description: Signed by Author First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Small "Tulsa County Historical Society" stamp on endpapers and top edge of pages. The jacket has numerous small chips and tears at the edges, and a label pull near the bottom of the spine which removed most of the publisher's name. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (296 pages) lang=english (Paperback) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: G P Putnam, New York and London
Date Published: 1933
Description: Very Good in Fair jacket. Signed by Author First edition. Hardcover. Extensive author's inscription worthy of insight into author's purpose and opinion: SIGNED by author and dated Oct. 28, 1937 on ffep. Very good in fair jacket. Small bit of rubbing to spine foot and corners, small rubber-stamped name on ffep and rear paste-down. Jacket has approx. 1" square loss at bottom front near spine, 1/4" chip along spine foot, long closed tear on spine, worn at edges, price is present on flap, now in ... read more
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