Author: HOMER Title: The Iliad of Homer: Done Into English Prose (First Modern Library Edition, ML #166. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library, 1929. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library Edition, 1929. The epic poem of ancient Greece, rendered into English prose by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers, with a prefatory note and a closing poem attributed to 'W.L.' (most likely Walter Leaf). --- In Toledano spine #5 / full blue balloon cloth-covered limp boards / gilt titling and grapevine decorations on spine / gilt-stamped torchbearer device to front cover / faded dark topstain / blue Kent endpapers. Volume lacks the dust jacket. ML #166.1. --- A Fair-only copy, with dulling to spine titling, sunned spine, tape-repaired split at front of book, prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and missing half title page, else intact and fully readable.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; [4], 465 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Modern Library Editions >>Poetry >>Philosophy/Psychology/Thought
Price: US$ 14.00 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 88685