Author: PATER, WALTER
Title: Marius the Epicurean (Everyman's Library #903)
Description: London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1951. Hardcover. A 1951 reprint of the 1934 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting Walter Pater's novel of ancient Rome, first published in 1885. With an introduction by Osbert Burdett. Everyman's Library #903, an entry in EL's Fiction series. --- In EL binding style 3 with full red cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover, and brown topstain. Volume wrapped in red dust jacket with Ravilious 'knot' to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with slight foxing to textblock fore-edge. Somewhat brittle jacket with darkened spine & small tear to tail of spine, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xviii, 267 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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