Description
The book is in Very Good condition with clean, lightly foxed boards, strong title gilt on a square spine, foxed top page block, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly , heavy bottom edge wear, and two bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
No dust jacket as issued
Lysistrata in the play by Aristophanes persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace – a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes.presents a collector’s edition in a new version by Gilbert Seldes with illustrations by Pablo Picasso. Introduction by Gilbert Seldes.
