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The Illustrated Odyssey
by HOMER (Translated By E.V.Rieu)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0894790765
- ISBN 13
- 9780894790768
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: A & W PUBLISHERS, 1981. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Tim Mercer. Type: Hard Back First US Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Designed and produced by The Rainbow Publishing Group Ltd, London, England, for A & W Publishers. Translated from Homer by E. V. Rieu. Original photographs by Tim Mercer-16 full colour plates and b/w illustrations. Introduction by Jacquetta Hawkes, the distinguished archaeologist and author, puts Odysseus' journey into its historical and geographical persepctive. Binding of clean black full cloth w/ sharp and bright gilt titles on spine.The spine head is slightly sunned. Sewn binding is tight and solid. Internals pristine--clean, unmarked, double columned text, bright photographs and illustrations. Jacket is bright and clean, not prce-clipped, upper corner chipped, spine head scuffed and chipped. Homer, the greatest poet of ancient Greece, recounts the adventures of Odyssey during his ten year voyage home after the fall of Troy. E. V. Rieu's translation is accompanied by more than 100 illustrations, many of which are the landscapes and seascapes that Odysseus and hos companions would have seen during their travels. 255 pages 10 x 7.5 inches. A & W Publishers, New York, 1981.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020864
- Title
- The Illustrated Odyssey
- Author
- HOMER (Translated By E.V.Rieu)
- Illustrator
- Tim Mercer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0894790765
- ISBN 13
- 9780894790768
- Publisher
- A & W PUBLISHERS
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 4to - over 9?" - 12" t
- Keywords
- GREEK LITERATURE; ANCIENT LEGENDS; CLASSIC
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Classics;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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