Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. *** HARDCOVER EDITION.*** Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Pages are unmarked. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Metamorphoses --the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's style, and its modern idiom offers a fresh understanding...