Search Results: the odyssey by homer trans alexander

Oxford University Press, 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1925. Reprinted. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Tears to pages 363-364, text remains readable. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Oxford University Press, 1911. Hardcover. Good. 1911. Reprinted. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

London: Routledge, Warne, & Rout, 1864. Hardcover. Good. . Half-leather cover with gilt decoration on the spine, marbled boards, edges, and endpapers. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, edgewear. Name of former owner on the title page. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

New York: Heritage Press, 1942. Hardcover. Good. John Flaxman. Handsome Heritage edition of Pope's verse translation of the Odyssey. With Flaxman's great illustrations. Large 8vo. Blue cloth with blind stamped Greek key to cover and gilt decoration to spine. Small tear to bottom of spine. Toning to spine, mild toning to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good.

New York, NY: James Eastburn, 1822. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket (as issued). 24mo 5 - 5.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). James Eastburn, New York, NY 1822. I. Ashmead & Co. Printers. Frontispiece painted by R. Cook, engraved by F. Kearny 502 pages. Three quarter leather, leather spine and board tips. Boards covered with green, yellow and red marbled paper with strange 'botanical' motif. Moderate general wear. Preliminary and ending pages have glue 'age browning' at edges. Leather rub-worn at spine and board tips, cracked at spine/board borders, tenderly attached by original strings. Size: 24mo 5 - 5.75'' tall. Poetry::Before 1900 Classics/Collectors Series::Classics History::European 6406 6406

T. Longman et al 1796. THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, 336pp, VG- (heavy but age appropriate scuffing to spine & boards, heavy surface loss to spine, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to hinges & gutters)

T. Longman et al 1796. THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, 288pp + unpaginated index + 28pp- Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice , tatty (heavy but age appropriate scuffing to spine & boards, heavy surface loss to spine, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to hinges & gutters, boards moderately shaky)

Printed for the Proprietors, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. New Edition. 659 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Contains black and white frontispiece and 37 plates engraved by Fourdrinier. Plates say published by Alex Hogg. Both boards are detached but still present. Textblock remains intact. Leather to spine is almost entirely detached and missing. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Free endpaper removed. Thumb-marking present. Water staining to pages throughout, expecially to plates. Notable brown staining to pages throughout. Slight tearing to edge of front endpaper. Pencil marks to directions to the book-binder page. Light creasing to gutter. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Significant peeling leather to spine and boards. Noticeable marks and scratches to boards. Water staining to boards. Almost complete loss to spine. Dents to edges and rear board.

Easton Press, 1978-79 Easton Press Collector's Edition, Two Volume Set in gilt-stamped & decorated full red & navy leather with 3 raised spine hubs, moire fabric endsheets, satin ribbon marker bound-in, all page edges gilt, bookplate to Odyssey volume, bright tight as new set; 4to; (xxx) 478pp + (xvi) 357pp illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy set (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for shipment outside the United States). Full-Leather. As New.

T. Bensley. Very Good. 1802. 'A New Edition'. Hardback. Please note that this is a heavy item and will require additional postage for international shipping. ; Complete 5 volume set of Homer's 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad'; Boards half-bound in black leather and marbled paper, Odyssey vol.II marked on spine, some slight edge-wear; Pages age-toned, earthy-red sprinkled edge design, previous ownership stamp in prelims of Odyssey vol.II and Iliad vol.I, original eteched frontispiece in vol.I of each, minute spotting throughout text blocks; Binding tight. 20th century rebinding, including new endpapers. Translation by English 18th century poet and academic Alexander Pope. ; 6.75 x 9.5"; ~2605 pages .

Bernard Lintot, London, 1726. First Thus. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition. Size: 16mo <6 3/4". xxxii + 212 / 235 / 275 / 248 / 251 + 24pp. 5-volume set (complete). Bindings generally firm. A couple of cracked hinges. Spines worn with title-pieces absent from vols 2 & 4. Vol 1 title-piece largely absent. Vol 5 title-piece with slight loss. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Covers worn. Corners bumped. This set is published over the period 1725-6. Volume 5 bound with Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice. Illustrated. One plate in vol 3 is loose. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Poetry; Greece; Ancient (BC); Myths, Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49108. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

London: Bernard Lintot, 1720. Hardcover, complete 5-volume set of a first edition published serially from 1720-1726. Contemporary Leather binding with gilt borders, five raised bands and gilt printing to spines. V.1 (1720) - 212pp, and roughly 40 pages of preface at start. This volume only presented in clear acetate jacket as front board is present but has come away from binding; mark to front board and watermark to rear board, plus watermark affecting initial 40 pages and page edges. V.2 (1725) - 235pp, V.3 (1725) 275pp, V.4 - (1726) 251pp, plus index and 24pp of Frogs and Mice at rear of book, V.5 - (1726) 249pp. All 5 volumes have 4 pages of publisher's content lists at end; there is wear to all board edges and spine ends, small bookplate sticker to REP, some glue residue from removed bookplate to front pastedown, the number 2/38 annotated to FEP and hinge breaks at endpapers. It is a lovely set of originals, slightly delicate but clean and well cared for and in very good condition for age.… Read More

London: Nonesuch Press, 1931. First edition thus. Extremely sparse spot-staining to Iliad, still near fine, Odyssey spine darkened a shade with a couple tiny chips to fore edge, still fine. Both volumes in custom mylar covers.. Full tan and brick red morocco, five raised bands to spine, gilt title panel, double gold filleting to front and rear boards. Fore- and lower edges untrimmed, top edge trimmed and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Lacking slipcases. Limited to 1450 copies (Iliad) and 1300 copies (Odyssey) of which these are stated "out of series" and 1019, respectively. Translation by Alexander Pope. Original publisher's insert with opening instructions included. Many pages left unopened. Greek and English translation, facing pages.