Author: PETRONIUS (PETRONIUS ARBITER)
Title: The Satyricon (Modern Library Spine 5, ML #156. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library, [c.1929-1930]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition of the ribald novel attributed to Petronius, a member of the court of Roman Emperor Nero. In the translation of William Burnaby, with an introduction by C. K. Scott Moncrieff. --- In Toledano spine #5 / full blue balloon cloth-covered limp boards / gilt titling and grapevine decorations on spine / gilt-stamped torchbearer logo to front cover / faded blue topstain / blue Kent endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1929-1930 (no publication date appears in book). ML #156.1. --- With severe sunning to spine, neatly-printed prior owners' names to half title, and a couple of minor dents to cover fore-edge, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); (xxii), 238 pages. Good with no dust jacket .

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