Aphrodite (Ancient Manners): Translated into English from the French of Pierre Louys.
N.p. Privately Printed, 1925. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. xiv, 252pp. Top edge gilt. Very good/good plus. Faintest of edgewear, with endpaper lightly age toned; jacket edgeworn, rather age toned and rubbed and with a few small edge chips. Item #39693
This cryptic edition limited to 1500 copies, this one -- as are most -- unnumbered. Louys died at age 54 on June 6, 1925, which perhaps occasioned this edition. First published in French in 1896 and a blockbuster in its day, the first novel by this French poet and writer (1870-1925) concerns court life in ancient Alexandria and bears the erotic lesbian overtones that colors much of Louys' work. Tight and nice -- internally near fine. Though jacket quite worn, it's complete and fairly attractive nonetheless.
Price: $35.00