Osborn E B Introduction (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated Edition. The Abbey Library / Murrays Book Sales (Kings Cross) Ltd. , London, England, U.K. , circa 1955. Near Fine+ in a Very Good- Dust Jacket. Possibly Unread. The Text Block is clean, pages somewhat tanned but thick and firm, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. The Binding is full yellow cloth, color uniform throughout, with gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked, illustrated endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, intact after repair, with a 3" tear to the front panel discreetly closed from behind and a 1" tear to the rear panel also closed from behind, and wear at the edges and folds. The original price (25s.) is intact on the front flap. See photos. 282 pages plus 16 unnumbered pages of the artist's plates. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4'. Written in the 2nd Century, C.E., it is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. It was originally entitled Metamorphoses, referring both to the initial transformation of Lucius into an ass by means of a potion and later the entry of Lucius, again in human form, into the Mysteries of Isis, but the name The Golden Ass came from St. Augustine's reference to the work, in his treatise The City of God, as asinus aureus. In form it is an episodic picaresque novel. This edition was translated by William Adlington, and contains an Introduction by E. B. Osborn, and sixteen (16) full page erotic illustrations by Jean de Bosschere, along with many other partial page drawings. Jean de Bosschere (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition, number 2843/3000. Tight binding, solid illustrated front board and spine strip, bright gilt lettering to spine strip, top edge gilt, bumped lower corners, 16 tissue protected plates-8 in color, 8 in black and white-clean, unmarked pages throughout. Jean De Bosschere (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Limited edition, 845/3000. Octavo, xlv, 231 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is red with faded gold print. Boards in red cloth, gilt illustration on front panel; fraying to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Text block has tanning and foxing to endpapers, intermittent spine breaks, slight amount penciled marginal notation. Illustrated: color frontispiece, b&w and color plates with tissue guards. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1407486. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Limited Edition of 3000 numbered copies, this No. 2,165, gilt-stamped and decorated red cloth with blind ruling to front panel, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, all plates present and tissue guards intact, slight rubbing to boards and rounding to corners, small closed tear to cloth at spine top, offsetting to endpapers, neat name and date (Jan 1925) to front pastedown, else clean tight copy; lg thick 8vo; (xlvi) 231pp illus.…