The Odyssey of Homer Rendered into English Prose
Illustrator(s):
Flint, Sir W Russell
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Fair |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | Mylar - Archival quality |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | The Medici Society |
| Publication Year: | 1949 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 031175 |
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| Categories: | History - Ancient , Myths, Legends, Folklore and Fairy Tales |
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Reprint. x, 332pp, with twenty colour plate illustrations by Sr W Russell Flint. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. Top edge sprayed blue. Title page printed in red and black. 8vo. Cloth is a little tired, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Gift inscription neatly inked on the front free endpaper. Some minor signs of handling internally. In its original price-clipped, worn and chapped dust wrapper, with minor loss around ends of a sunned spine, shelf worn. Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.
An elegantly produced, fine translation of Homer's Odyssey, made special by the stunning colour plate illustrations - now hard to find in this edition.
Keywords:
Myths
Legends
Oral History
Greek Myths
Ancient Greece
Ancient Civilisations
