Dear Wayne: To acquire a copy of Golding's Ovid you should try two on-line out of print book services; 1) Advanced Book Exchange www.abebooks.com or 2) Bibliofind www.bibliofind.com. I am a used book dealer in Washington DC and I have handled perhaps 15 copies in the last ten years.---Carlo Parcelli, Alphaville Bookshop P.S. The translation is quite worthy of Pound's lavish assessment. Wayne Pounds wrote: > > Could some one please tell me where I might purchase a copy of what ep > called "possibly the most beautiful book in our language"? I mean > Golding's translation of Ovid. I have tried various net sites > (Amazon.com, abebooks.com, plus a rare book dealer) to no avail. > > For your information, the original title of the book is P. OVIDIUS NASO: > THE XV BOOKES ENTYTULED METAMORPHSIS. It was most recently published in > 1965 by > Macmillan, ed. John Frederick Nims, and by the Univ. of Souther Illinois > in a volume called SHAKESPEARE'S OVID. > > Thank you. -- ÐÏࡱá