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Prospectus | Shakespeare Head Press] THE WHOLE WORKS OF HOMER, PRINCE OF POETS in his Iliads, and Odysses by Homer | illustrations by John Farleigh; translated by George Chapman - 1930

by Homer | illustrations by John Farleigh; translated by George Chapman

Prospectus | Shakespeare Head Press] THE WHOLE WORKS OF HOMER, PRINCE OF POETS in his Iliads, and Odysses by Homer | illustrations by John Farleigh; translated by George Chapman - 1930

Prospectus | Shakespeare Head Press] THE WHOLE WORKS OF HOMER, PRINCE OF POETS in his Iliads, and Odysses

by Homer | illustrations by John Farleigh; translated by George Chapman

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Oxford: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1930. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Single bifolium (4 pp.). Prospectus for the 5-volume set issued by the Shakespeare Head Press in an edition of 500 copies on Batchelor's Shakespeare Head handmade paper printed with Bruce Rogers's Centaur type. This bifolium printed on the same paper as the full edition, with a title page, two specimen pages including a full page illustration by Farleigh, and the announcement on the verso of the last leaf. A clean, bright copy of this prospectus with a gentle crease where it was folded in half and some light fold marks along the bottom where is was very faintly crumpled.
  • Bookseller Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA US (US)
  • Format/Binding Original Wrappers
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good binding
  • Publisher Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell
  • Place of Publication Oxford
  • Date Published 1930
  • Keywords Special Press & Fine Bindings|Ephemera|Literature and Fiction
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[Shakespeare Head Press] THE WHOLE WORKS OF HOMER, PRINCE OF POETS in his Iliads, and Odysses (5 Volumes, Complete)

by Homer | illustrations by John Farleigh; translated by George Chapman

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Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Oxford: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1931. Half Leather. Good binding. Quarto. Volume I:xxxix, [1], 262, [1]; II: [6], 289; III: xvi, 325; IV: [6], 303, [4]; V: xvi, 199, [1] pp. Limited edition, number 379 of 500 copies. As issued, backed in red leather with corners and cream buckram over boards; largely unopened. Spines are sunned and discolored; closed tear to the leather at the head of Volume IV; there is some red-rot to the leather as it leaves a light residue when handled; boards are generally grubby; while the exterior has much to be desired, the interiors are quite clean but for a previous owner name on the front free endpaper of Volume I. Beautifully printed on Batchelor's Shakespeare Head handmade paper using Bruce Rogers's Centaur type. 50 full-page wood engravings by Farleigh are scattered throughout all the volumes. Though the condition of the bindings leave something to be desired, this remains an exceptional example of Shakespeare Head Press printing… Read More
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