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C Bathurst &c. Full leather binding with dec'd spine. In overall fair condition. with considerable wear. esp. to spine and with outer hinges starting.closed tear to pp 107-110 incl.No markings. Guaranteed condition . Fair. Hardcover. 1771.

Sibley and Ducker, 1896. Hardcover. Good+. Faded and worn at top and bottom of spine. Clean with solid binding

Frederick Warne and Co, S.a. . Hardcover. Acceptable. On spine in gilt lettering: "Chandos Classics."452 p., plus "A Selected List of New and Recent Publications from Messrs. Frederick Warne & Col.s Catalogue;" clean and unmarked--some pages unopened. Former owner's signature on half t.p. is dated 1902 and signature of same person is on front end page is dated 1951 or 1901--difficult to be sure. Sewn signatures are secure but there is some cracking of paper at gutter between half t.p. and frontis. showing engraving of bust of Homer. Many maps and ill. by John Flaxman. Occasional neat underlining and marginalia in pencil. Blue boards have light bumping at corners and some rubbing at crown of spine panel, but gilt lettering on unsunned spine is still bright despite absence of d.j. The mark of a tea cup mars the front board.Paper fine, only mildly age-toned and unfoxed.

Boston & Chicago: Price, Sibley & Ducker, 1896. Hardcover, green cloth. Very Good. Pope's translation of Homer, spanning the years 1715-1720, is still considered a monumental and definitive English translation. Edited by Warwick James. The Students' Series of English Classics, Handy Edition. 173 pages, endnotes, dictionary of proper names. Light wear and soil to cover, text unmarked.

Paperback. New. Book Condition: New Paperback Original Edition. Will be dispatched fast. Please send me an email if you have any questions. 100% Satisfaction.

New York: W. Borradaile, 1825. Published 1825. Volume II only. Full calf leather, frontis engraving, 273 pages. Covers worn and rubbed with front joint split and spine chipped, good hinges, sound text block, pages age-toned but clean and free from names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Edinburgh. Printed for A. Kincaid and W. Creech, and J. Balfour. 1773. 14.5cm, 223p., in full contemporary calf, triple crushed morocco spine labels, ink inscription on the rear endpaper, a very good to fine copy. (Lt).

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London: Milner and Sowerby, 1865. Edition Not Stated . Hardcover. Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Wear, discolortion, first 3 pages. Text very good.

Used book.

London: Frederick Warne, 1111. The Albion Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. John Flaxman. pp LII, 850 + advertisements. Published circa 1900. Prior owner details to HTP. Internally fine.

Frederick Warne & Co., 1890's-1900's. Hardcover. Good/No Dj cover as issued. GC plus.Warne.Un-known date but probably 1890's-1900's. Chandos Classics.Small format red hardback(gilt illustration and lettering to the spine,small nicks,dents,ink mark and creases on the cover and spine) in GC plus, no Dj cover as issued.Illustrated with b/w plates.Nice and clean pages with a small black marker mark and ink marks on the outer edges,small creases,nicks and small foxing marks on the edges of the pages.The book is in GC for its age with light shelf wear. 473pp including List of illustrations.

London: J. Walker, 1807. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair-Good. 24mo. [6], 559, [1]pp. Original gilt-stamped red morocco, with gold lettering and tooling on spine. Raised bands. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and title page. A scarce, early edition of Pope's translation of Homer. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in "The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations," after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope had been fascinated by Homer since childhood. In 1713, he announced his plans to publish a translation of the Iliad. The work would be available by subscription, with one volume appearing every year over the course of six years. Pope secured a revolutionary deal with the publisher Bernard Lintot, which brought him two hundred guineas (£210) a volume, equivalent to about £27,300 ($44,315) in 2014, a vast sum at… Leer más

Between the Temple-Gates, London: Printed for J. Belttenham for Bernard Lintot. Second Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Three odd volumes from the stated Second Edition of six volumes, published in London in the 1720s. Short tomes measuring 6" tall x 4 1/2" wide, handsomely rebound in a polished red Morocco leather, black-stamped ruling to front and rear covers, five raised bands to spines, gilt lettering and fleurs-de-lis there. Protected now in stiff plastic jackets. Volume II (printed in 1720 by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot), [5], 6-242, and with fine black-and-white steel engravings at heads, folding map of Homer's Battels, and an essay on same by James Stanhope, quite engaging, and who dedicates the books to King George. This volume comprises Books V-VIII. Volume V (printed in 1720 by W. Hunter for Bernard Lintot) comprises the XVII Book of Homer's Iliad through the XXI and then concludes with a list of Bernard Lintot's catalogue, [6],… Leer más

HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19TH CENTURY HALF LEATHER BINDING, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED TITLE PAGE. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 5 x 3.5 INCHES. MINOR WEAR AT TOP OF SPINE WITH SOME PEELING TO LEATHER CORNERS, CORNERS BUMPED, SMALL LABEL WITH INSCRIPTION FROM 1877 TO INNER FRONT BOARD & ANOTHER SMALL INSCRIPTION TO FRONT ENDPAPER FROM 1944, SEVERAL MARKS TO ILLUSTRATED TITLE PAGE, NAME & DATE OF 1858 TO TOP OF PREFACE PAGE. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH BOARDS FIRM & MAJORTIY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.

EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, London, UK. 1913. Xliv, 459 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in full decorated prize binding leather with the coat of arms for Christ College Grammar School present to the front board with gilt titles and raised bands present to the spine. Leather lightly worn along the extremities. Previous owner prize bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Previous owner's name present to the reverse of the FFEP. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Iliad is the first and the greatest literary achievement of Greek civilization—the cornerstone of Western culture and an epic poem without rival in world literature. The story centers on the critical events in the last year of the Trojan War, which lead to Achilleus’s killing of Hektor and the fall of Troy. But Homer's theme is not simply war or heroism. With compassion and humanity, he presents a universal and tragic… Leer más

Leather bound hardback, book plate pasted on second page, like new

4 Grenville Street London England : W.Wilson . Good. 1820. First Thus1820. Cloth & Boards. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Hardback Hardcover very rare The Iliad of Homer Translated By Alexander Pope Esq in Two Volumes Volumes 1and 2 brown cloth with brown boards two volumes printed in 1820 by J Bumpus no 6 holborn march 1820 browning and foxing to endpapers re spined at some time prev owners name in volume 1 dated 1853 hand cut pages some wear but very good for age all intact (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) .

London, J. Whiston e.a., 1771. Ganzleder, gebunden; goldgeprägte Einbände, je 1 grünes und rotes Rückenschild, Farbschnitt / 9 Bände / Anz. Seiten: je ca. 300 / 11 x 18 cm / mit 4 Kupfertafeln, davon 2 Portraits (Homer, Pope) und 1 gefalteten Karte (Phrygia cum Oris Maritimis) in Band 1, 1 gefalteten Karte (Troja cum Locis pertingentibus) in Band 2 sowie 1 gefalteten Tafel in Band 4 (The Shield of Achilles) / Zustand: gut, leichte Alters-/ Gebrauchsspuren; Buchblöcke fest, Einbände leicht fleckig, erste und letzte Blätter leimschattig und stockfleckig, handbeschriftete Etiketten an Innendeckeln, Bibliotheksstempel auf Titelseiten