"Alcibiades Forsaken By Gods And Men" 1936 BRUN, Vincenz
$750
BRUN, Vincenz
[70] pp.
Putnam & Company Ltd
1936
8 3/4" x 6"
VG/ VG
'We have before us no longer a mere spoilt, irresponsible darling of the Athenian people, but instead we follow the brilliant soldier, demagogue and philanderer of history through his amazing career of exile and intrigue and flaming victories.'
Vincenz Brun's account of the latter years of the Athenian general and statesman Alcibiades, with a dust jacket by Rex Whistler. The tale takes in Alcibiades' movements through Sparta, Sicily, Syracuse, and Persia until his eventual death. The book is a sequel to Alcibiades. Beloved by Gods and Men (1935). With a matching dust jacket and frontispiece by Whistler.
DESCRIPTION
Vincenz Brun. Jacket design by Rex Whistler. Putnam. London. 1936. First edition. Hardback, octavo; blue cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. x, 373 pages. Frontispiece by Rex Whistler. English. 220 x 150mm. 0.7kg. [Whistler, Laurence & Ronald Fuller, 'The Work of Rex Whistler', 1960, no. 483]
Very good, in very good dust jacket; slight shelf wear to jacket with a couple of small nicks, toning to top edge and spine, price sticker to front flap; dustiness to top edge, some spotting to edges and prelims; a well-preserved copy.