Baldwin, Barry — Suetonius

Amsterdam, Adolf M. Hakkert, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being only additional copies available on-line. This one is SIGNED and warmly inscribed to the influential Classicist himself, Peter Morris Green. Shiny black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Single ding to front panel fore-edge, very slight smudging to bottom fore-tips, else clearly unread, spine still crackles. 579 pp. and with all notes, index and bibliography. His Wikipedia page notes that "Barry Baldwin (born in England in 1937) is a classicist, journalist and author of mystery fiction. He gained a doctorate at the University of Nottingham and worked in Australia and Canada. For two years he contributed a regular column to the British Communist newspaper The Morning Star. He is now a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary. Barry Baldwin is best known in his academic field for his work on early Greek humorists and satirists, notably on the Philogelos, on Lucian, and on the Byzantine satire Timarion. He is a regular columnist for Fortean Times magazine."Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Near Fine