Metamorphoses Ovid, Signed (13 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. INSCRIBED by author inside front cover. Slight fading along spine, clean copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Gift inscription from author to George and Philippa Goold On ffep. DJ a bit discolored/sunned in places. ; Synthesizing a wealth of detailed observations, Joseph Solodow studies the structure of Ovid's poem Metamorphoses, the role of the narrator, Ovid's treatment of myth, and the relationship between Ovid's and Virgil's presentations of Aeneas. He argues that for Ovid metamorphosis is an act of clarification, a form of artistic creation, and that the metamorphosed creatures in his poem are comparable to works of art. These figures ultimately aid us in perceiving and understanding the world. ; 288 pages; Signed by Author.

Reprint, stapled. Condition: Gut. pp. 125-149. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of the ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - With dedication by the author to W. Haase. - Author's name handwritten on cover, tear on p. 141/42, otherwise good and clean. - From the text: The fifth book, and with it the first third, of Ovids Metamorphoses ends with a friendly visit of the goddess Minerva to Mt. Helicon, in the course of which one of the Muses recounts the events of a poetic contest which had recently taken place between her learned sisters and a group of nine mortal challengers called the Emathides. The Muse narrator briefly summarizes the song of these women, an idiosyncratic and highly irreverent version of the revolt of the monster Typhoeus against the Olympians, then repeats verbatim the responding entry of Calliope (Meta. V 341-661), which documents the famous rape of Proserpina by Pluto and the wanderings of her mother Ceres in search of her. Most interpretations of this episode have quite understandably focused upon Calliopes song as art, asking what kind of poetry, or more particularly what genre of poetry, it might represent, and why. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 238 pages. In Very Good condition, with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Tan cloth boards with red lettering to spine. Mild shelf wear, including cocking to spine (boards somewhat shaken, slight shelf lean, binding sturdy); mild age-toning to text block; light foxing to rear endpapers. Dust jacket protected by a mylar covering; tan spine with red lettering. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket, including rubbing to covers and creasing to margins. Inscribed by Tissol to front free endpaper. Shelved in Greco-Roman Classics. 1396953. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, first printing . Inscribed and dated February 7, 1994 by Mandelbaum on the first flyleaf. Very good in publisher's quarter-bound black cloth with white paper sides, red lettering on the spine. In a very good dust jacket showing some light handling 4to. 559pp. Signed by Translator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Lvi, 520 Pp. Quarter Beige Cloth Lettered In Gilt On Green; Patterned Boards; Copy #1395 Of 1500 Copies Signed By The Artist And Printer On The Colophon Page. Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket And Near Fine Slipcase. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. One of 1,500 copies. Signed by printer and engraver. Introduction by Highet, preface by Garth. Bound in publisher's original quarter cream cloth with red and gilt spine label, illustrated boards. Comes in a brown textured cloth slipcase with spine stamped in black. Beautiful engravings by Erni. Printed by Giovanni Mardersteig. Text is "Garth Translation"; a collection of translations by Dryden, Pope, Congreve, Addison, Garth and others, collated and edited by Sir Samuel Garth in 1717. Book is fine except for one inch split to rear endpapers at hinge, not affecting functionality, and slight sunning to spine. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. 519 pages plus introduction and preface. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Number 1287 of 1500 copies. Signed by the engraver Hans Ermi and printer Giovanni Mardersteig on the Colophon. Bound in publisher's ivory buckram with green label on the spine and decorative paper sides. Near fine in a solid binding. Pale yellow topstain. Very good lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a taped repair and tanning and light soiling on the spine. Very good slipcase showing some light handling and soiling. Limited Editions Club letter laid in. 8vo. lvi, 519pp. Signed by Illustrator and Engraver.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, Number 220 of 300 copies signed by Hughes. Together with: FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Both copies octavo. Limited edition in original green paper boards with grey backstrip and orange title label lettered in black to spine. Matching orange endpapers. Slipcase. Trade edition with black paper boards lettered in red to spine. With dustjacket, just the faintest sunning to spine panel. Both very fine copies. Signed by Author(s).

The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sir Samuel Garth's translation of Ovidâs Metamorphoses, with engraved book pages. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with black and white engravings. Boldly signed by engraver Hans Erni and printer Giovanni Mardersteig of Verona at the Officina Bodoni on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 113. Translated into English verse under the direction of Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, William Congreve, and other eminent hands in 1717. In fine condition. Illustrated with engravings by Hans Erni. "In the Metamorphoses Ovid attempts no less a task than the linking together into one artistically harmonious whole all the stories of classical mythology. And this he does, until the whole range of wonders is passed in review, from the dawn of creation, when chaos was changed by divine fiat into the orderly universe, down to the age of the poet himselfâĤ Every important myth is at least touched uponâĤ The poem thus forms a manual of classical mythology, and is the most important source of mythical lore for all writers since Ovid's time" (Miller, Ovid III:xi-xii, Loeb Classical Library). "It is at once a comprehensive account of Latin mythology and a feat of fictional construction which taught innumerable later writers, among them Chaucer and Dante" (Clute & Grant, 739). Shakespeare, Marlowe, Drayton, Spenser, and Chapman were all deeply indebted to Ovid's "collection of legends of transformations" (Peck, 1151).

Shanty Bay Press (illustrator). small folio. full calfskin over boards, additional suite of prints loosely inserted into a folding cloth-covered boards chemise, housed in a cloth clamshell box with a leather cover illustration stamped in blind. 133, (2) pages. Illustrations by Walter Bachinski. Privately printed in an edition of 70 copies, of which this is one of 10 copies numbered in Roman Numerals I-X, signed by both artists and bound thus with an additional suite of illustrations. Prospectus loosely inserted. A fine copy in fine slipcase. This book is a selection of 15 stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, which have been chosen by the artists, Walter Bachinski and Janis Butler. From the colophon: "Ovid's Metamorphoses is the sixth publication of Shanty Bay Press & was completed in January 2013. There are 70 copies for sale in two states. The Regular Edition, numbered 1-60 is quarter bound in clafskin with Japanese Gampi paper over boards. The Deluxe Edition, numbered I-X is fully bound in calfskin with a portfolio containing 16 photogravures from the book. Both are slipcased. The type is 16 point Bembo & is printed on 200 gsm Arches Cover. The book was designed by Janis Butler and Walter Bachinski. Walter Bachinski's drawings were printed by Jon Goodman using the technique of photogravure. Both the printing of the text & the binding were done by Janis Butler. It was the encouragement and generosity of Eyal Reingold and Elizabeth Bosman that made using the photogravure process a real possibility." From the artists' website: "We have chosen familiar tales including the "Transformation of Daphne", the "Story of Phaeton", and the stories of Pygmalion and Polyphemus. These archetypal myths have influenced literature, music and the visual arts for many centuries. The translation is the one compiled by Sir Samuel Garth in 1715, in which he used leading poets of the era such as John Dryden and Joseph Addison. The book has been jointly conceived by Janis Butler and Walter Bachinski. The pochoir lettering and illustrations are by Walter Bachinski. Printing on a Vandercook Universal 1 and the binding were done by Janis Butler." full calfskin over boards, additional suite of prints loosely inserted into a folding cloth-covered boards chemise, housed in a cloth clamshell box with a leather cover illustration stamped in blind.

First UK edition, first printing of the LIMITED UK EDITION - 1998. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is bright and clean but slightly toned at the edges, where there are also slight crumpling marks. It has not been price clipped and shows the original £46.99 net price. The board are tight and free from chips and marks. The text blocks are bright and white and without foxing. This copy is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in very good condition. SIGNED on the half title page by: Fleur Adcock, Evan Boland, Vicki Feaver, Jamie McKendrick, Les Murray, Michael Longley, Ted Hughes, Michael Hofmann, James Lasdun, Jo Shapcott and Robin Robertson. A superb collection of signatures from poets of the 90s.

First edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 298. Versions and treatments of stories from Ovid by numerous British, Irish and American writers.Signed on the first blank by seventeen of the authors, these being the two editors, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Simon Armitage, Paul Muldoon, Les Murray, Michael Longley, Carol Ann Duffy, Tom Paulin, Christopher Reid, Eavan Boland, Robin Robertson, Fleur Adcock, Jamie McKendrick, Jo Shapcott and Vicki Feaver.Fine in fine dustwrapper. A stellar collection of signatures.