Penguin (1960)
First edition/First printing
No 1429. Top rh corner of half title-page cut. Otherwise a very good copy indeed of this first edition in Penguin - tight, clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by the author. This satire has as its model the classical story of the rape of Lucretia, and is a tale of bigamy, seduction and deception in ancient Rome.
Penguin (1960)
First edition/First printing
No 1429. Top rh corner of half title-page cut. Otherwise a very good copy indeed of this first edition in Penguin - tight, clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by the author. This satire has as its model the classical story of the rape of Lucretia, and is a tale of bigamy, seduction and deception in ancient Rome.
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Penguin (1960)
First edition/First printing
No 1429. Top rh corner of half title-page cut. Otherwise a very good copy indeed of this first edition in Penguin - tight, clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by the author. This satire has as its model the classical story of the rape of Lucretia, and is a tale of bigamy, seduction and deception in ancient Rome.
