Prometheus Bound by Lowell Robert (37 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Red boards with silver and black lettering on the spine. 67 historical and informative pages! "Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound is probably the most lyrical of the Greek classical tragedies. It is also the most un-dramatic - one man, a sort of demi-god at that, chained to a rock, orated to, and orating at, a sequence of embodied apparitions. In translation, the poetry seems lofty and dead, and the characters statues. Something living somehow burns through even the worst translation. I took one of the dullest I could find.".…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Previous owner's name written on front endpaper. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show very minor shelving wear. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A clean unmarked copy with dust jacket in excellent condition. First printing. 67 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0571092748.…

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0571092748.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. Jacket is marked, tanned and edge-worn. Rear upper edge of jacket is nicked. Light edge-wear on hardcover. Page block is lightly marked. Minor pen marks on one or two pages. Abrasion on page 23. Text remains clear throughout. HCW. Used.…

Clothound Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine, Almost as New. Very Good +. First Printing. v + 67 pages. First Printng in near fine condition. Photos available upon request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Review slip laid-in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, first printing . In very good condition with a solid binding and clean, unmarked pages. Light dust soiling to the top edge of the text block. Dust jacket is unclipped in very good condition, showing light handling wear. 12mo. vi, 67pp.…

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, red cloth in a dust wrapper. There is some minor foxing & soiling to the dust jacket and its spine & extremities are slightly darkened. vi, [ii] & 67 pages. Fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition.Lowell's adaptation of Aeschylus' "Promethus Bound" was first presented by the Yale School of Drama in 1967.…

Hardcover. 8vo. Pp 67. In publisher's brown boards with gilt to spine. Very good, slightly cocked with a dusty top edge in a very good minus jacket with tanning to rear and spine and some spots.

Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition in a Very Good condition dustjacket with spine fade, minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight sound unmarked copy. $5.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First simultaneous paperback edition. vi, 67pp. Pictorial wrappers. Pages and spine lightly age-toned, near fine. Noonday N363.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in wrappers with 4 short tears to foredge of first page (Does not affect drawing) and mild wear to upper corner of first few pages. Also in this issue is "Recent Stories of Edgar Allan Poe" (a review) by Richard Wilbur with famous Levine caricature of Poe as well as "On Being Busted at 50" by Leslie Fieldler. Additional caricature by Levine of Charles DeGaulle. Levine, David (cover cartoon of Lowell+ 3 more cartoons) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Stated First Printing. The book is tight with solid hinges and good tips. Sunning to spine and back board (see photos). The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($32.00) with faint shelf wear. Dust jacket protected in a Mylar cover. 67 pages. 5¾ x 8½ ". Robert Lowell's adaptation of "Prometheus Bound" (derived from Aeschylus) was first published in "The New York Review of Books" on July 13, 1967, before being published in book form by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1969. Lowell used an existing literal translation rather than translating from the ancient Greek, keeping the core plot and structure of Aeschylus intact while writing in prose instead of verse. By shifting to prose, Lowell toned down traditional poetic grandiloquence to make the speeches feel more direct, austere, and psychologically raw. He avoided modern-day gimmicks—there are no political caricatures, no contemporary military gear, and no anachronistic slang. Lowell noted that his own anxieties and the political tensions of his era naturally "seep in" through the tone and idiom of the dialogue. …

F/NF. LOWELL'S ADAPTATION OF THE "PROMETHEUS BOUND" OF AESCHYLUS D.J. HAS A TINY BIT OF RUB AT A FEW OF THE CORNERS WITH A TINY TEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FRONT PANEL, A TINY SPOT ON THE REAR PANEL, AND UNIFORM LIGHT TANNING OF THE WHITE PANELS OF THE DUST JACKET. AN EXCELLENT COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Fine first edition hardcover, red boards, silver and black lettering. Jacket almost fine, small tear top back edge near spine, not price-clipped. Presented at the Yale School of Drama in 1967. 67 pages. M05716.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Cloth. First Edition. Fine in a near fine dj. (Dj. would be fine, but for a pair of horizontal purple lines, the result of defective old style protective wrappers, at top & bottom edges of dj.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Derived from Aeschylus. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, front board showing just the slightest sign of bowing, however this barely perceptible, in a lovely bright & lightly shelf-worn dustwrapper. vi, 67pp.

First printing. 8vo, pp. 67. A nice copy in dj.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Theater program. Slim octavo. 15pp. Stapled self-wrappers lightly tanned at the edges, near fine. The play was directed by Jonathan Miller with sets and costumes by Michael Annals, and starred Kenneth Haigh and Irene Worth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Impression of Lowell's "free, rather politicized translation of Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound." (Literary Encyclopedia) Slim crown 8vo (200 x 117mm): vi,[2],67,[1]pp. Publisher's rose cloth, spine lettered in gilt; white typographic dust jacket printed in French blue. A splendid example, virtually pristine (apparently unread), very tightly bound and clean and bright throughout. Not in Mazzaro. "In 1965 Lowell protested the Vietnam War by publicly refusing President Johnson's invitation to a White House Festival of the Arts, just as he had declined the draft twenty-two years before. [Lowell served five months in West Street jail, in New York, and federal prison at Danbury, Connecticut, after refusing to serve in the army when he was inducted in 1943.] Again there was a brouhaha, and again Lowell briefly became a public figure, admired by war protesters and reviled by war supporters. He spent the next years actively involved in anti-war protests, such as the 1967 March on the Pentagon, and in aiding Senator Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential candidacy. Lowell also published a series of anti-war works," including this translation. (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).…

viii, 67 pp. 12mo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A fine fresh copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1970 Faber Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Near fine clean tight binding in near fine unclipped dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 67pp. VG/VG. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Touch of shelf wear to tail of spine. Binding blemish to paper on inside front cover. No inscriptions. Not Ex-library copy. Unclipped dust jacket with two small splash marks to front. Tiny vertical tear to top edge. white lettering on dark green b/g with green lettering on white b/g to spine. Protected in archival wraps.…

Unbound. Condition: Fine. Theatre Handbill. Measuring 5" x 8", printed recto only on thin paper. Fine. Kenneth Haigh starred in Robert Lowell's adaptation of Aeschylus' *Prometheus Bound*. The play was directed by Jonathan Miller, designed by Bernard Culshaw, and featured Angela Thorne.