ODYSSEY by [Lawrence, T. E., translator] Homer - 1932

London: Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers, 1932. First Edition, One of 530 copies only specially printed and bound. This copy with the Original Prospectus including the Announcement For the Book and an Example of a Page of the printing, and with a Copy of the Prospectus for the trade edition published by Oxford University Press in 1935, the first unlimited issuance of the book. Illustrated with 26 decorations of Homeric figures in black on roundels of gold, printed in Rogers' beautiful Centaur type. 4to, publisher's original black morocco, titled in gilt on the spine panel between raised bands. A lovely copy of an extraordinary work. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, WITH A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PROSPECTUS AND ANNOUNCEMENT, AN EXAMPLE OF A PAGE TO BE PRINTED, AND A PROSPECTUS FOR THE TRADE EDITION PUBLISHED BY OXFORD.
The edition was 530 copies and sold at publication price for $60.00. The cordial relations between Bruce Rogers and T. E. Lawrence were documented in LETTERS FROM T. E. SHAW TO BRUCE ROGERS and its companion, MORE LETTERS.... Rogers was responsible for suggesting the translation to Lawrence, as well as for the design of the book, so one of the copies given by him to Rogers is a remarkably pertinent association. It was said of the book, that it was a work of genius, that in its design, Rogers had created a masterpiece and that the book ranks "among the most beautiful ever produced.