Search Results: the iliad of homer by translated by alexander

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.

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.

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

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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… Read More

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],… Read More

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… Read More

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