The Complete Works of Homer:The Iliad and The Odyssey ( 1950) hardcover book

Introduction by Gilbert Highet - The Complete Works of Homer: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume
Translated by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers - The Iliad
Translated by S. H. Butcher and Andrew Lang - The Odyssey

New York: The Modern Library(Random House), 1950. Modern Library Giant 50. Hardcover. 8vo. Gray boards with green banding at the spine and gold lettering. 383pp. Previous bookstore pricing annotation (in pencil) to the upper edge of the front endpaper. Some foxing to the front/rear pastedowns. Fair condition. Minor separation of the text-block from the spine. The spine is very slightly rolled. Creasing, toning, scratching, smudging, and discoloration to the outer/inner boards, endpapers, pages of the text, and the text-block edge. The dust jacket is not priced (though the previous bookstore wrote $2.95 in pencil onto the upper edge of the front inner dust jacket flap) and is in fair condition. Significant sun-fading to the spine. Edge-wear to the perimeter of the dust jacket. Creasing, toning, scratching, smudging, and discoloration to all faces of the dust jacket. Some chipping to the upper/lower dust jacket spine. Some wear and chipping to corners and hinges.


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