Joannes Wright Secundus (10 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1930; blue cloth covered boards with gold titles; wear and discoloration around edges; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior is clean and unmarked; 253 pages.

Hard Cover -. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First thus Edition / 1st Printing. First thus edition / First printing. 14.5 x 22cm. Hard Cover. Good, no dust jacket, Slight fraying at top of spine, endpapers darkened. 253pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

hardcover. First Printing. blue cloth w/ black lettering on front & spine; 253 pgs w/ 31-pg intro & 14-pg bibliography by Wright; gold dust jacket, printed black, unpriced. translated from the Latin by F.A.Wright. very good(+) copy in near fine(-) dust jacket; minor bump to bottom corners w/ slight rubbing to top & bottom edges and spine ends; dj has only minimal chafing to spine ends & minor nicks to rear bottom edge and front upper corner; an attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 253 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First printing. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light soiling on edges of text block. Text is unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, small scratches & small moisture marks on front panel in a mylar cover.

Hardcover; First Printing. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ dust. First Edition. Old price in ballpoint ink on front endpaper. Jacket has edgewear. ; "A revised Latin text and an English verse translation, together with an introductory essay on the Latin poetry of the Renaissance. " Has the poems in Latin facing their English translation. ; 8vo; 253 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart cover. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Full brown cloth. Top edge purple. 253 pp. A few small damp stains to cloth, else fine. Bookseller ticket of Wendell Holmes Ltd. Books & Stationery, London & St. Thomas to foot of front pastedown. Dust jacket lightly bumped and creased to extremities, a few small chips and short tears, offset panel to front cover. This edition of the Love Poems of Joannes Secundus in Latin and English (facing translation), the first that has appeared in England for more than a century, is meant for both the scholar and the general reader, for the lover of fine literature and the lover of love. It contains the complete series of nineteen "Kisses" and "The Bridal Night," together with a seelection from the "Loves" and "Occasional Poems," most of which have never before been translated into English. A long introductory essay deals not only with Joannes' life and position in literature, but also with the whole subject of Renaissane Latin verse; and a full bibliography gives details of texts, translations, and imitations in English, French, Italian and German.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A revised Latin text and an English translation with an introductory essay on the Latin poetry of the Renaissance by the translator. Original quarter black cloth over blue gilt cloth with gilt title on front. A fine copy, clean and unmarked.