Description
For sale: a rare and exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes. First American Edition stated, 1997 Farrar Straus and Giroux . First Printing with no subsequent printing.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, light foxing on the text blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and bumped corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or any other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear, the price intact on the front flap and a small crease on the rear flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
The Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II renders twenty-four stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which follows the transformations suffered by the figures of classical mythology, into clear, emphatic English verse, accompanied by a brief introduction.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
