Lysistrata [SIGNED]
by Aristophanes; Jack Brussel (English version by); Aubrey Beardsley & Ancient Athenian Artists (Illustrated by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- g to vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Land's End Press, 1968. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to vg. 1/1500. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 1/2"). 90, [2]pp. Original gilt-stamped decorative cloth, with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Aristophanes. Title page in orange, purple and black lettering. Limitation page numbered and signed by Jack Brussel. Book housed in its original black slipcase, with illustrated title to front panel.
"Lysistrata" is a bawdy anti-war comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, first staged in 411 BCE. It is the comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War, as Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace. Some consider it his greatest work, and it is probably the most anthologized.
This limited edition is lavishly illustrated throughout with erotic illustrations by Audrey Beardsley and ancient Athenian artists.
One of 1500 signed copies, of which this is No.340.
Slipcase partly rubbed along edges. Binding slightly soiled along joints and spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Slipcase in overall good to good+, binding in good+, interior in very good condition.
"Lysistrata" is a bawdy anti-war comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, first staged in 411 BCE. It is the comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War, as Lysistrata convinces the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace. Some consider it his greatest work, and it is probably the most anthologized.
This limited edition is lavishly illustrated throughout with erotic illustrations by Audrey Beardsley and ancient Athenian artists.
One of 1500 signed copies, of which this is No.340.
Slipcase partly rubbed along edges. Binding slightly soiled along joints and spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Slipcase in overall good to good+, binding in good+, interior in very good condition.
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- Seller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 42784
- Title
- Lysistrata [SIGNED]
- Author
- Aristophanes; Jack Brussel (English version by); Aubrey Beardsley & Ancient Athenian Artists (Illustrated by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Land's End Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Classic literature, Erotica
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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