Book Details
Title: The Lesbian Pastorals of Daphnis & Chloe
Author: Translated and with a Critical Essay by Jack Lindsay
Illustrator: Fourteen Woodcuts by Lionel Ellis
Publisher: Daimon Press
Year: 1948
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 114
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Overall acceptable condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact but there are clear defects, with tears and parts completely missing as pictured. A couple of tears have been repaired on the rear side using archival tape to prevent further damage. There is wear to extremities (corners and edges), through rubbing. There is discolouration present.
The hardcover boards are intact. There is fading to edges/margins and the spine. There is wear through rubbing/shelf wear to ends of spine and corners. Some fraying of the cloth to the spine ends and corners. Crushing/bumping to edges/corners. Embossing on spine remains intact and legible.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean but discoloured (tanning).
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact. There are a couple of spots where pages/sections show separation and revealing the netting, but they are not loose from the binding itself.
Inside the front and back covers relatively clean. There is an ink inscription on the front end page as pictured, and there is discolouration inside both the front and back covers.
The pages are clean and intact with occasional discolouration.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Jack Lindsay, the popular and versatile novelist, came into prominence in the latter part of the 'Twenties as a translator of the Greek and Latin classics such as "Theorcritos", "Catullus", and "Petronius". However, many of these translations were issued in limited fine editions and all have long been out of print: with the exception of his considerable contributions to the companion volume to the "Oxford Book of Greek Verse".
Here is the first publication of a new translation of "Longus' Daphnis and Chloe", in which Mr. Lindsay has excitingly revealed the naive simplicity and pastoral freshness of this great tale. The volume contains a long and scholarly essay in which the story is related to the life and times of its author, and Mr. Lindsay throws new and fascinating light on its significance within its cultural framework.
The text is decorated with fourteen reproductions of exceptionally fine woodcuts and the essay is illustrated with contemporary material.
It is the aim of the publishers to give the public books which combine great literary or historical interest with first class production at a modern price: we believe that this, our first volume, will not only make an ideal gift book for the discerning reader and be of special interest to scholars, but is also a collector's piece at a popular price."
Book Details
Title: The Lesbian Pastorals of Daphnis & Chloe
Author: Translated and with a Critical Essay by Jack Lindsay
Illustrator: Fourteen Woodcuts by Lionel Ellis
Publisher: Daimon Press
Year: 1948
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 114
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Overall acceptable condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket is intact but there are clear defects, with tears and parts completely missing as pictured. A couple of tears have been repaired on the rear side using archival tape to prevent further damage. There is wear to extremities (corners and edges), through rubbing. There is discolouration present.
The hardcover boards are intact. There is fading to edges/margins and the spine. There is wear through rubbing/shelf wear to ends of spine and corners. Some fraying of the cloth to the spine ends and corners. Crushing/bumping to edges/corners. Embossing on spine remains intact and legible.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean but discoloured (tanning).
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact. There are a couple of spots where pages/sections show separation and revealing the netting, but they are not loose from the binding itself.
Inside the front and back covers relatively clean. There is an ink inscription on the front end page as pictured, and there is discolouration inside both the front and back covers.
The pages are clean and intact with occasional discolouration.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Jack Lindsay, the popular and versatile novelist, came into prominence in the latter part of the 'Twenties as a translator of the Greek and Latin classics such as "Theorcritos", "Catullus", and "Petronius". However, many of these translations were issued in limited fine editions and all have long been out of print: with the exception of his considerable contributions to the companion volume to the "Oxford Book of Greek Verse".
Here is the first publication of a new translation of "Longus' Daphnis and Chloe", in which Mr. Lindsay has excitingly revealed the naive simplicity and pastoral freshness of this great tale. The volume contains a long and scholarly essay in which the story is related to the life and times of its author, and Mr. Lindsay throws new and fascinating light on its significance within its cultural framework.
The text is decorated with fourteen reproductions of exceptionally fine woodcuts and the essay is illustrated with contemporary material.
It is the aim of the publishers to give the public books which combine great literary or historical interest with first class production at a modern price: we believe that this, our first volume, will not only make an ideal gift book for the discerning reader and be of special interest to scholars, but is also a collector's piece at a popular price."
