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The Iliad of Homer (Four volume set) [and] The Odyssey of Homer (Four volume set) with Flaxman's Illustrations
by BRYANT, William Cullen, translated by
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large paper edition limited to 600 copies (numbered in ink "459"). A total of eight volumes. Quartos. Each volume has two frontispiece plates: (in two states, the first of which is hand-colored); and additional illustrated plates throughout the text designed by John Flaxman. All eight volumes are uniformly bound in three-quarter crushed morocco and lightly marbled paper over boards, with the same lightly marbled endpapers; gilt spines with raised bands; topedges gilt. Most of the spines and edges are toned to a warm brown, near fine. William Cullen Bryant's classic translations of the *Iliad* and *Odyssey* into blank verse, in two handsomely bound sets with many finely accomplished plates.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 425694
- Title
- The Iliad of Homer (Four volume set) [and] The Odyssey of Homer (Four volume set) with Flaxman's Illustrations
- Author
- BRYANT, William Cullen, translated by
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- Art/Illustration, Poetry, EnglishLiterature, AmerLit19thCent
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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