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London: Reeves and Turner, 1887. First Edition. hardcover. Poor. 9 1/8" × 7 3/8" (23.2 × 18.7 cm) . First Printing. Tall 8vos. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white vellum spine and paper title label. Printed on fine, hand-made, watermarked SPALDING paper. Uncut, deckled edges. 230 pp. Publisher's advertisement at end. Cover water-stained and warn. Small 1/4" and 1/8" patches of paper on boards missing. Spine darkened and worn. Corners bumped. Label chipped and much worn. Hinges only marginally intact but holding. Offsetting to title page, otherwise internally clean and bright throughout. Condition overall: Poor.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1904. Hardcover. An ex-library copy. Library stamps and markings. Splits to cloth at top of joints. Adhesive tape on spine. Paper spine label rubbed and worn. Internally good.; ix, [1], 450 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Black cloth boards with paper spine label. Page dimensions: 197 x 143mm. The complete 24 books of Homer's Odyssey. Translated into English verse by William Morris. Rhyming hexameter. .

London: Reeves & Turner, 1887. First Edition. Very Good. Signed first edition of this translation, "ordinary" issue with price on spine label. Complete in two volumes. LeMire A-40.01. vii, [1], 230, [2, ads]; vii, [1], [231]-450 pp. Original paper-covered boards with spine labels printed in black. Very Good with thorough darkening to both volumes' spines, some light scratching and rubbing there as well; light stain to front board of Vol. II; corners a little bumped; contents bright and free of marks. Presentation copy signed by William Morris on the edge of the half-title, inscribed "to Eirkr Magnusson, with William Morris' best wishes." Magnusson was an Icelandic scholar and University of Cambridge librarian, who also had been Morris' teacher, and would be his friend and co-translator of a number of Scandanavian epics from 1869 to the close of the 19th century. A very nice association between the dynamo of the British Arts and Crafts movement and his mentor/muse in the art of translation.