Aeneid by Virgil, Signed (8 results)

Hardcover. 308pp., illus. Limited edition of 500 copies signed by both the translator and the illustrator. As new, clean, tight & bright condition in a special professionally made slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Petrina, Carlotta (illustrator). Translated by John Dryden with his Introduction. Illustrated and signed by Carlotta Petrina. 386 of 1100 copies, 397 pages. Very large, very heavy book, dark green leather spine, gilt lettering bright on spine, quilted needlepoint covers with tan background, gold and green pine needle bunches on front and back. Slight wear with micronicks at spine top edge, tiny nicks on spine right edge, brown stain at top front left and bottom front right. Good. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Carlotta Petrina (illustrator). Tall quarto (8" x 12") bound in green morocco-backed brocade cloth-covered boards. Translation and introduction by John Dryden. Illustrated by Carlotta Petrina. Copy #323 of 1100 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. One of the smaller limitations of the press. Foxing to first and last few pages, heaviest to pastedowns and then very light; touch of rubbing to the spine with mild wear to the tips. Very Good, lacking the clamshell box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Guy Davenport; (illustrator). First Thus. First edition this translation 1971, first printing, matching dates on title and copyright pages. Signed by Translator Allen Mandelbaum on ffep, inscribed, dated Jan.24 1971. Hardcover with DJ. Condition very good, square and tight book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no names, few pages with underlinings and sidenotes, no highlights, few notes at rear endpapers, not a reminder. DJ very good, one corner chipped, slight wear at the head of the spine, price not clipped. 8vo, XIII + 401 pages, illustrated by Guy Davenport. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. Barry Moser (illustrator). Hbk, narrow 4to, 413pp, INSCRIBED on title page by Moser who has provided 13 ink-and-wash drawings for this edition, dj very faintly rubbed at the head of the spine, otherwise fine, unclipped and now in pritective sleeve, internally appears unread and an excellent clean tight and unmarked text, as new. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. folio. pp. lxviii, 397, [1 leaf]colophon. 12 full-page illus. original quarter sheepskin over decorative needlepoint cloth sides (some wear to spine, otherwise a nice copy). without the slipcase. Limited to 1100 numbered copies signed by the Illustrator Petrina. Designed by Robert L.Dothard, printed on Worthy special paper by E.L.Hildreth & Company in Brattleboro, Vermont, the illustrations printed by the Photogravure & Color Co., New York, set in linotype Original Old Style, bound by Russell-Rutter Company, NY. LEC Quarto-Millenary 163. Signed by Author(s).

Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Francis Cleyn; Wenceslaus Hollar (illustrator). A fine copy of the Folio Society edition of Virgil's Aeneid, inscribed and doodled in by Peter Levi, who wrote the introduction. The first thus edition of the Folio Society edition of this work, in a quarter morocco binding with pictorial cloth boards and a cardboard slipcase. Top edge of the textblock stained green. Ink inscription to the title page: 'for David Gould, Peter Levi'. Doodle in pencil to the front blank, with the inscription: 'David, love from Peter, 9th Sept. 93'. Peter Levi (1931-2000), who wrote the introduction to this edition of Virgil's Aeneid, was a poet, writer, and critic, as well as an archaeologist and academic. A lovely copy of John Dryden's English translation of Virgil's Aeneid, adorned throughout with illustrations by Francis Cleyn, engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar. Dryden's translation, which uses rhyming couplets, is considered one of the most important translations of this famous Latin epic poem. In a quarter morocco binding with pictorial cloth boards and a cardboard slipcase. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Slipcase is very smart with light fading. Fine. signed by author. book.

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the translator on the title page, "with affectionate ricordi, to Bob Giroux, Robert Fitzgerald". The prestigious editor Robert Giroux (1914-2008) was godfather to Fitzgerald's third child, Maria, together with their mutual friend Flannery O'Connor. As O'Connor's literary executor, Fitzgerald and Giroux collaborated on posthumous publications of her work. Robert Fitzgerald (1910-1985) was a masterful translator of classical epic and drama; his skill as a poet produced beautifully rendered versions of the Greek and Latin verse. His Odyssey (1961), the work of a decade during which he lived in Italy, won the first Bollinger Award for translated poetry. This copy, from Giroux's estate, includes loosely inserted ephemera from the Fitzgerald family: a copy of the order of service for Robert's funeral, two seasonal greetings cards from Robert's third wife, Penny, addressed to Giroux and "Charlie" (presumably his partner Charles Reilly), and a holiday card from Maria. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, blind stamp of Virgil to front board, red endpapers, fore and bottom edges uncut. Text printed in red and black. A few short closed tears and creases to jacket edges, unclipped: a fine copy in very good jacket.