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The Iliad of Homer [with] The Odyssey of Homer [eight volumes, complete]

Name: The Iliad of Homer [with] The Odyssey of Homer [eight volumes, complete]
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Author: Homer; translated by William Cullen Bryant

by Homer; translated by William Cullen Bryant

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Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1905. Large paper sets of Homer's key works, in Bryant's well-regarded blank verse translations, with Flaxman's classic illustrations, both sets numbered 451 of 600, a pleasing example of the quality trade publishers were capable of when they cared to be. Cullen began his translating late in life, in 1865, in part as a diversion, finishing the Iliad by 1870 and the Odyssey in 1871, when they were first published by Fields, Osgood & Co.; in his preface, he notes his desire to keep Homer's simplicity of style, without adding anything, though he notes the omission of some repetative character descriptors. Flaxman's bas-relief-like illustrations were first published in 1793 for a British edition. Here both are combined in a deluxe though austere large format hardcover set, bound in full brown buckram with paper spine labels, as pictured. Booksshow some rubbing & light scuffing/scratching; spine labels tanned with minor spotting, smudge; page edges untrimed with some tanning & light chipping, faint creasing; some pages unopened; that is, the top edge has not been trimmed, leaving the original folds of the gatherings of some sections intact; some sporadic foxing at the gutters; a few corners bumped; minor spot to one plate, tissue guard of another creased. Text clean; xviii, [4], 209; vi, [4], 189; vi, [4], 229; vi, [4], 197; xii, [4], 161; vi, [4], 163; vi, [4], 161; vi, [4], 150 pages; 39, 33 plates, as called for. A large surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this heavy set will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. . Later Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Flaxman. Quarto.

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Bookseller: Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: w0596
Title: The Iliad of Homer [with] The Odyssey of Homer [eight volumes, complete]
Author: Homer; translated by William Cullen Bryant
Illustrator: John Flaxman
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Later Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Company
Place of Publication: Boston / New York
Date Published: 1905
Size: Quarto
Keywords: Classics, Epic Poetry, Homeric Verse, Trojan War, Illustrarted Books

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Gatherings: A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Buckram: A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...