The ILIAD
by HOMER - Robert Fitzgerald - LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION THUS
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Franklin/Oxford University Press, 1983 Mars, W T (illustrator). Printed and bound by the Franklin Library. In contemporary verse by Robert Fitzgerald. Quarter bound in black calf's leather with gilt lettering and decorations, four raised bands on spine, all edges and decorations in 22 karat gold. Rich marbled endpapers. Silver satin ribbon marker bound in. Smyth-sewn binding. Printed on acid-neutral archival paper (which means the pages will not brown with time). In fine condition throughout. The Franklin Library (a division of the Franklin Mint) was one of the leading producers of great books in fine bindings in the 20th century. Made between 1981 and 1985 the Oxford/Franklin volumes are stunning and outstanding for their production qualities. Oxford University Press specially chose the Franklin Library to design and produce its World's Great Books series because of its unsurpassed skill in achieving a premium-quality product: each of the Oxford books was to be a wonder, in the finest traditions of bookbinding. The World's Greatest Books series were produced as limited editions, but it's not known how many were included in each limited edition. An heirloom standard of book production, made to last for generations.. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- the booksniffer
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1634394062277
- Title
- The ILIAD
- Author
- HOMER - Robert Fitzgerald - LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION THUS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition.
- Publisher
- Franklin/Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1983
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
the booksniffer
Biblio member since 2005
Lewes, East Sussex
About the booksniffer
Modern First Editions, signed where possible, adult and young adult, illustrated books, Antiquarian. And, apart from the book selling, I am a writer and painter. Look at my stuff online at peterkettle.com and buy my prize winning novel, The Driftwood Giraffe on kindle.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Edges
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