FIRST EDITION, Pharsalia: Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars, Robert Graves

Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1957. VG/G. First Edition. First thus. First printing with "First published" stated, no additional printings indicated. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Pages lightly age toned. Fading to top stain. The dust jacket is unclipped ($4.00) with chipping to spine ends and 1½-inch closed tear to top front panel. Rear panel toned. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 239 pages. 5½ x 8¼" tall. Introduction by translator Robert Graves. Jacket art by Milton Glaser

"Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars" by Marcus Annaeus Lucanus is an epic poem that recounts the tumultuous events of the Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. Written in the 1st century AD, the poem is a vivid and dramatic portrayal of the conflict, its key figures, and the moral and political dilemmas faced by those involved.