{
  "full": "\n**DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI. THE DEATH OF THE GODS. 1929–1940. (ML 153)**  \n\n#### 173. First printing (1929)  \n\n[within double rules] [line 1 within square brackets] JULIAN THE APOSTATE | THE DEATH OF | THE GODS | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE | ORIGINAL RUSSIAN OF | DMITIRI MEREJKOWSKI | [rule] | BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [i–vi] vii–x, [1–2] 3–473 [474–478]. [1–15]16 [16]4  \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv] *Copyright,* 1929, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1929; [v] translator’s dedication; [vi] blank, vii–x CRITICAL FOREWORD | By the Translator signed p. x: Bernard Guilbert Guerney. | The Blue Faun Bookshop, | 136 West 23rd St., | New York City.; [1] part title: PART FIRST; [2] blank; 3–470 text; 471–473 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [474] blank; [475–478] ML list. (*Spring 1929*)  \n\n> *Variant:* Pp. [i–vi] vii–x, [1–2] 3–473 [474–486]. [1–15]16 [16]8. Contents as 173 except: [iv] *First* statement omitted; [475–480] ML list; [481–486] blank. (*Fall 1933*)  \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Spring 1929*)  \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket E in grayish brown (62) and black on light yellow green paper with 3-line title and borders in grayish brown, other lettering in black. (*Fall 1931*)  \n\n> Front flap: 
 Merejkowski’s colossal trilogy, collectively entitled *Christ and Anti-Christ*, begins with the volume *The Death of the Gods*. It is a historical romance woven around Julian the Apostate, the first Roman emperor to be brought up in the Christian faith. The multi-colored background of the fourth century and the conflict for survival between paganism and Christianity provide Merejkowski with setting and theme for his most resplendent historical novel. (*Spring 1936*)  \n\nOriginal ML translation. Published March 1929. *WR* 27 April 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941.  \n\nAlso in the Modern Library  \nMerejkowski, *Romance of Leonardo da Vinci* (1928–1970) 154  \nMerejkowski, *Peter and Alexis* (1931–1940) 227  \n\n",
  "id": "173",
  "year": "1929",
  "label": "DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI. THE DEATH OF THE GODS. 1929–1940. (ML 153)",
  "author": "DMITRI MEREJKOWSKI",
  "title": "THE DEATH OF THE GODS.",
  "date": "1929–1940.",
  "something": "ML 153",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "id": "173",
      "title": "First printing (1929)  ",
      "full": "\n\n[within double rules] [line 1 within square brackets] JULIAN THE APOSTATE | THE DEATH OF | THE GODS | [rule] | TRANSLATED FROM THE | ORIGINAL RUSSIAN OF | DMITIRI MEREJKOWSKI | [rule] | BY | BERNARD GUILBERT GUERNEY | [rule] | [torchbearer B] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [i–vi] vii–x, [1–2] 3–473 [474–478]. [1–15]16 [16]4  \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv] *Copyright,* 1929, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1929; [v] translator’s dedication; [vi] blank, vii–x CRITICAL FOREWORD | By the Translator signed p. x: Bernard Guilbert Guerney. | The Blue Faun Bookshop, | 136 West 23rd St., | New York City.; [1] part title: PART FIRST; [2] blank; 3–470 text; 471–473 TRANSLATOR’S NOTES; [474] blank; [475–478] ML list. (*Spring 1929*)  \n\n> *Variant:* Pp. [i–vi] vii–x, [1–2] 3–473 [474–486]. [1–15]16 [16]8. Contents as 173 except: [iv] *First* statement omitted; [475–480] ML list; [481–486] blank. (*Fall 1933*)  \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Spring 1929*)  \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket E in grayish brown (62) and black on light yellow green paper with 3-line title and borders in grayish brown, other lettering in black. (*Fall 1931*)  \n\n> Front flap: 
 Merejkowski’s colossal trilogy, collectively entitled *Christ and Anti-Christ*, begins with the volume *The Death of the Gods*. It is a historical romance woven around Julian the Apostate, the first Roman emperor to be brought up in the Christian faith. The multi-colored background of the fourth century and the conflict for survival between paganism and Christianity provide Merejkowski with setting and theme for his most resplendent historical novel. (*Spring 1936*)  \n\nOriginal ML translation. Published March 1929. *WR* 27 April 1929. First printing: Not ascertained. Discontinued 1 January 1941.  \n\nAlso in the Modern Library  \nMerejkowski, *Romance of Leonardo da Vinci* (1928–1970) 154  \nMerejkowski, *Peter and Alexis* (1931–1940) 227  \n\n"
    }
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}