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Homer; translated by William Cullen Bryant. The Iliad of Homer [with] The Odyssey of Homer [eight volumes, complete]. Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston / New York, 1905.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Large paper sets of Homer's key works, in Bryant's well-regarded blank verse translations, with Flaxman's classic illustrations, both sets numbered 451 of 600, a pleasing example of the quality trade publishers were capable of when they cared to be. Cullen began his translating late in life, in 1865, in part as a diversion, finishing the Iliad by 1870 and the Odyssey in 1871, when they were first published by Fields, Osgood & Co.; in his preface, he notes his desire to keep Homer's simplicity of style, without adding anything, though he notes the omission of some repetative character descriptors. Flaxman's bas-relief-like illustrations were first published in 1793 for a British edition. Here both are combined in a deluxe though austere large format hardcover set, bound in full brown buckram with paper spine labels, as pictured. Booksshow some rubbing & light scuffing/scratching; spine labels tanned with minor spotting, smudge; page edges untrimed with some tanning & light chipping, faint creasing; some pages unopened; that is, the top edge has not been trimmed, leaving the original folds of the gatherings of some sections intact; some sporadic foxing at the gutters; a few corners bumped; minor spot to one plate, tissue guard of another creased. Text clean; xviii, [4], 209; vi, [4], 189; vi, [4], 229; vi, [4], 197; xii, [4], 161; vi, [4], 163; vi, [4], 161; vi, [4], 150 pages; 39, 33 plates, as called for. A large surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this heavy set will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. Size: Quarto

Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.

Bryant, William Cullen (translates). Illiad of Homer / Odyssey of Homer. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1905.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Description: Quarto: Eight volumes. Iliad: 824 pp / No. 553 of 600 copies / Odyssey: 635 pp / No. 553 of 600 copies / Illustrations by John Flaxman / Hardcover bindings, printed labels spines, very good condition / (96810). William Cullen Bryant's translations of the Iliad and Odyssey into blank verse.

Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

BRYANT, William Cullen, translated by. The Iliad of Homer (Four volume set) [and] The Odyssey of Homer (Four volume set) with Flaxman's Illustrations. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1905.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Large paper edition limited to 600 copies (numbered in ink "459"). A total of eight volumes. Quartos. Each volume has two frontispiece plates: (in two states, the first of which is hand-colored); and additional illustrated plates throughout the text designed by John Flaxman. All eight volumes are uniformly bound in three-quarter crushed morocco and lightly marbled paper over boards, with the same lightly marbled endpapers; gilt spines with raised bands; topedges gilt. Most of the spines and edges are toned to a warm brown, near fine. William Cullen Bryant's classic translations of the *Iliad* and *Odyssey* into blank verse, in two handsomely bound sets with many finely accomplished plates.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

BRYANT, William Cullen, trans. Iliad of Homer. Translated into Blank Verse. , 1905.

Price: US$2200.00 + shipping

Description: BRYANT, William Cullen, trans. The Iliad of Homer. Translated into Blank Verse by William Cullen Bryant with Flaxman's Illustrations. Original 3/4 gilt-ruled crushed brown morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, compartments elaborate gilt, marbled endpapers, green silk book ribbon, T.e.g. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. [with] The Odyssey of Homer. . Translated into Blank Verse by William Cullen Bryant with Flaxman's Illustrations. Original 3/ gilt-ruled crushed brown morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, compartments elaborate gilt, marbled endpapers, green silk book ribbon, T.e.g. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. 8 Vols. uniformly bound. One of 600 numbered copies in the large paper edition, printed at the Riverside Press. Bound into Vol. One of The Iliad is a page of Bryant's corrected manuscript from Book V, appearing in this edition on pp. 146-147. Each volume has frontispieces in two states: handcolored and uncolored. The plates reproduce illustrations by the sculptor, designer, and illustrator John Flaxman (1755-1826) in 1793, which are among his most enduring masterpieces. A bit of light rubbing to foredges of boards, else a very good set.

Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.

(William Cullen Bryant) HOMER.. The Iliad of Homer (four volumes).. Houghton, Mifflin and Company,, Boston and New York:, 1905.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Complete in four volumes. Translated from the Greek into blank verse by William Cullen Bryant. Illustrated by John Flaxman. Limited large paper edition: this set is number 438 of 600. Quartos, fully bound in black morocco leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spines, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmarks. Light aging, previous owner's book-plate on front paste-downs, else all volumes are very good or better.

Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.

HOMER (William Cullen Bryant). The Iliad - and - The Odyssey of Homer.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1905., 1905.

Price: US$5900.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: LARGE PAPER EDITION. 8 vols., large octavo, 10-11/16" x 7-3/4", translated by William Cullen Bryant, title-pages printed in red and black, frontis in each volume in 2 states colored and un-colored, with Flaxman's illustrations, limited to 600 numbered copies this being #33, bound in full blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt, others uncut, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings or bookplate, hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION A HANDSOME SET.

Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.

HOMER. The Iliad. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1905.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Translated into blank verse by William Cullen Bryant. Illustrations by Flaxman. 4 volumes. 4to, magnificently rebound by the Riverside Press in full green crushed morocco with ornate gilt-stamped covers & spines; inner dentelles, green leather doublures and silk moire flyleaves, top edges gilt. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905. Limited edition. A fine set. Large paper edition. Number 4 of 600 copies.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.