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The Odyssey of Homer
by Palmer, George Herbert (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. G.H. Palmer (1842-1933) was Alford Professor of Philosophy at Harvard, and his Homeric translation was quite popular. It has been reprinted several times; the illustrated edition from 1929 featured illustrations by Wyeth. Now it is uncommon (LoC holds it electronically). This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the twelfth impression of the First Edition. Maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 387 pages, with a fold-out map. Lightly bumped and light soiling. A nice, solid copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002439
- Title
- The Odyssey of Homer
- Author
- Palmer, George Herbert (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing.
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 1900
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical History and Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
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