Author: HOMER
Title: The Odyssey of Homer
Description: New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Translation by Alexander Pope. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase with paper spine label. xiv, 548pp. Top edge gilt. Very good/very good. Spine age toned, else tight and internally fine, with lightly age toned endpapers; slipcase rubbed and edgeworn but archivally strengthened, thus tight. Nice, tight third title in the LEC's second series -- the famed early 18th century Pope translation of the ancient Greek epic, with colophon at rear noting limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #1252) signed by noted Haarlem designer Jan van Krimpen at the Holland firm of Joh. Enschede en Zonen. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to blank leaf facing the title page is a unique frontispiece -- a Typed Note Signed from introducer Van Doren, 1p, 6" X 7", New York, NY, 13 September 1939. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). On his personal imprinted letterhead, Van Doren thanks Gates for 54th birthday wishes, commenting, "It was nice to be remembered." Responding to some comment from his correspondent, the Illinois-born Van Doren adds: "I have naturally written, at one time or another, a good deal about Middle Western writers, but never any general treatment of the subject." Bold full signature. Van Doren (1885-1950), older brother of noted critic Mark Van Doren, was a versatile writer and won a Pulitzer prize in 1938 for his biography "Benjamin Franklin. .

Keywords: World Literature Ancient World


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