The World of Odysseus
by Finley, M. I.; with a Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Stain and 15mm missing at head of dust-jacket spine. 30mm tears at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1956 revised edition (the first edition was published in 1954 in the USA). 192 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 218 x 138mm. Contents: Preface by the Author; Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra; Homer and the Greeks; Bards and Heroes; Wealth and Labour; Household, Kin, and Community; Morals and Values: Appendix: A Note on Homer and the Mycenaean Tablets; Bibliographical Essay; Source References and Indexes; Index of Passages Quoted; Map; General Index. "The thirty-odd revisions I have made for this edition are all minor ones, in no place involving more than a single sentence, and several new items have been added to the bibliographical essay." - from the author's Preface, page 7. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21324
- Title
- The World of Odysseus
- Author
- Finley, M. I.; with a Foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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