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Flint, Russell (Illustrator); Butcher, S.H.; Lang, Andrew (Translators). The Odyssey of Homer. Medici Society, London, 1924.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Number 438 of a limited edition of 530 copies, of which 500 were offered for sale. Bound in original white cloth with beveled edges, with leather spine labels, top edge gilt, deckled edges. 11.25" x 9", pp xxviii, 315, with 20 tipped-in color collotype plates (after watercolors by Flint) with captioned tissued guards. Corners lightly bumped, some rubbing to lower spine lable, very mild dust soiling and rubbing to boards; internals fine. A sumptuous volume, praised in the Times Literary Supplement as "a delight to the eye." Oversized; additional shipping charges will apply for priority or international orders.

Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.

Homer's Odyssey (Limited Edition No.2). The Odyssey of Homer. First Limited Edition, illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint Done into English Prose by S.H. Butcher & Andrew Lang. Printed at Seven Grafton St. by The Medici Society Limited (Printed in England) MCMXXIV (1924), London & Boston, 1924.

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Description: A substantial, impressive volume, in bevelled linen boards measuring 11.5" x 9.5". With gilt moroccan labels on the spine. With some toning and light soiling to the linen and two small stains on the rear boards. Small abrasion at the bottom edge of the front boards. Top Edges Gilded. Text on handmade watermarked laid English paper with deckle edges. Sharp, crisp lithographs protected by captioned tissue guards. Text printed on creamy paper, clean and attractive. A volume rich in the patina of time, in very good condition with all 20 luminous color plates present; some pages still unopened. A collector’s copy—No. 2/500copies. Russell Flint was born in Edinburgh on 4 April 1880 and was educated at Daniel Stewart's College and then Edinburgh Institution.[2] From 1894 to 1900 Flint was apprenticed as a lithographic draughtsman while taking classes at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh.[3] From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a medical illustrator in London while studying part-time at the Heatherley School of Fine Art.[4] He furthered his art education by studying independently at the British Museum. He was an artist for The Illustrated London News from 1903 to 1907, and produced illustrations for editions of several books, including H Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines (1907 edition),[5] W. S. Gilbert's Savoy Operas (1909),[6] Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (1910–1911)[7] and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (1912).[3]Flint was one of the leading illustrators selected by Percy Bradshaw for inclusion in his The Art of the Illustrator (1917-1918) which presented a separate portfolio for each of twenty illustrators which was accompanied by a plate showing an illustration typical of Flint's work and five other plates showing the work at five earlier stages of its production.[8] Flint's coloured illustration shows one naked and one half naked young woman picking fruit on a sea shore.[9]Flint was elected president of Britain's Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (now the Royal Watercolour Society) in 1936 to 1956, and knighted in 1947.[2]During visits to Spain, Flint was impressed by Spanish dancers, and he depicted them frequently throughout his career.[4] He enjoyed considerable commercial success but little respect from art critics, who were disturbed by a perceived crassness in his eroticized treatment of the female figure,[4] clearly borrowing inspiration from similar works by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.[10]Flint was also a published author of short stories. In 1965, a collection of his short stories were published as a limited edition of 500 titled Shadows in Arcady; for which Flint designed the graphical layout and the illustrations.[citation needed] Previously, Flint's story "The Angelus" had been published in The Times newspaper.Flint was active as an artist and a writer until his death in London on 30 December 1969. (Wikipedia) Special limited edition, this being copy No. 2 of 530 copies printed, only 500 of which were for sale.

Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.

S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang. 1924 1st Edtn Ltd Edtn 221/500 THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER By S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang Illus. William Russell Flint Very Good History. The Medici Society, London, London, 1924.

Price: US$682.26 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - 20 colour tipped-in plates with captioned tissue guards, bound in the original white buckram with bevelled edges and leather labels to spine, t.e.g others uncut, ink owner's inscription to endpaper dated 1926. Covers and spine bumped, spine labels vased and with marginal tears, flyleaves tinted otherwise generally vg. Please see photos as part of condition report 1924 1st Edition , THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER Done into English Prose By S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang Andrew Lang FBA (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Illustrated By: William Russell Flint Sir William Russell Flint RA ROI (4 April 1880 – 30 December 1969) was a Scottish artist and illustrator who was known especially for his watercolours of women. He also worked in oils, tempera, and printmaking. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: The Medici Society, London, London quarto (4to 9+1?2 × 12 241 × 305),Pages 315 ISBN: SKU: BTETM0002320 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 60, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 4Kg

Seller: Books That Expand The Mind, Margate, KENT, United Kingdom

Flint illus. Homer.. The Odyssey of Homer.. The Medici Society limited,, 1924.

Price: US$973.59 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Done into English Prose by S.H. Butcher & Andrew Lang. Illustrated after Drawings by W. Russell Flint. R.A. 4to. xxviii, 315pp. 20 color plates tipped-in. Original cloth, slightly worn, gilt top. Ex-libris on front end-paper. Limited in 530 copies, this is no. 516. Dust jacket.

Seller: The Isseido Booksellers, ABAJ, ILAB, Tokyo, Japan

Flint, Sir William Russell; Homer. The Odyssey Of Homer.. The Medici Society, London, 1924.

Price: US$1234.57 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A stunning illustrated edition. Also Limited edition of only 530 copies, of which only 500 were for sale, and 30 for presentation by illustrator and publishers. Substantial, oversized, heavy hardcover quarto, TEG, deckled, textured cream linen boards with contrasting leather gilt spine labels. Text on handmade, watermarked paper, illustrated with 20 full colour chromolithographs, separately printed and tipped in onto cream-bordered mounts. From a private collection, in clean, carefully kept condition, slight fading and sunning to spine and labels, occasional slight spotting within, no bookplates or inscriptions, hand numbered on the limitation. A magnificent, must-have volume.

Seller: Garland Books, Dundee, UK, United Kingdom