HARDY, W. G. Turn Back the River. Toronto: MacMillan Co., 1938.

First Canadian Edition. Rome set historical novel, "The story of a passionate, intelligent,patrician woman set in the brilliant decadent Rome of the last days of the free Republic. The woman is Clodia, the lustrous-eyed 'Lesbia' for whom the romantic Catullus burns so fiercely and who inspired him to write some of the most intense love lyrics of all time." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips.

Price: $75.00