Odyssey by Homer, Signed (25 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. The famous and timeless Greek classic. The wanderings of Odysseus after the Trojan War, his adventures and heroic struggle against monsters, beasts, and the Gods themselves. Companion to Homer's "The Iliad". Translation by E.V. Rieu. Softcover, 365pp. A very nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Former Owner Stamp & Signature. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. A scarce abridgement which takes passages from the original and puts them together in a compact telling of the epic. In wraps, 12mo, 81pp. Signed by MacBean on the blank preliminary page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed By Editior. Book.

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Barbara G. Mertz Rev Trust custom bookplate on front inside cover. This book formed part of Barbara G. Mertz's personal library at her home in Frederick, Maryland. Barbara G. Mertz's copy with her signature on page i. Reading copy only. Spine split. Slightly dampstained. (Ancient literature, Greek literature, Greek mythology, epic poems, epic poetry, classics, classical literature).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited edition. SIGNED by the other. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and bumping. Binding is sound. Endpages have light smudging and age-toning. Page edges have moderate age-toning with foxing. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 3.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Later Printing. Signed to the title page. Unread fine copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. INCREDIBLY SCARCE SIGNED! FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full number line present. Book is brand new and unread. Opened only for Mr. Mendelsohn to sign. Personally hand signed, dated and located by Mr. Mendelsohn at first appearance for this new book at Harvard University. NOT inscribed to anyone. NOT a tip in. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet." Edith Hall, The Telegraph A magnificent feat of translation, hailed by classicists and poets alike as a momentous achievement : thrilling, rich and rhythmical, superb, mesmerizing, searingly faithful yet absolutely original. With this edition of Homer s Odyssey, the celebrated author, critic, and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn brings the great epic to vividly poetic new life. Widely known for his essays on classical literature and culture in The New Yorker and many other publications, Mendelsohn gives us a line-for-line rendering of The Odyssey that is both engrossing as poetry and true to its source. Rejecting the streamlining and modernizing approach of many recent translations, he artfully reproduces the epic s formal qualities meter, enjambment, alliteration, assonance and in so doing restores to Homer s masterwork its archaic grandeur. Mendelsohn s expansive six-beat line, far closer to the original than that of other recent translations, allows him to capture each of Homer s dense verses without sacrificing the amplitude and shadings of the original. The result is the richest, most ample, most precise, and most musical Odyssey in English, conveying the beauty of its poetry, the excitement of its hero s adventures, and the profundity of its insights. Supported by an extensive introduction and the fullest notes and commentary currently available, Daniel Mendelsohn s Odyssey is poised to become the authoritative version of this magnificent and enduringly influential masterpiece. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Signed Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Support Small Business by buying this book! SIGNED 'Robert Fagles' on first title page, with inscription on following page: 'La Verne and Tom - Homeric good friends, always, Bob.' Hardback first edition first printing (full number line, 1996 Viking) of the Fagles Odyssey, signed. From a family-run bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio. Dust Jacket Good: creasing along top edge due to pulling book off shelf by top of spine. White cloth cover shows hints of foxing at top, with metallic orange lettering on spine and dolphins embossed on the cover. Beautiful pastedowns with an ancient Greek theme. Acid-free pages unmarked and bright. Lovely edition of this timeless classic touched by the hands of the translator, who was a kind teacher, brilliant at Greek, a lover of life, and the finest reader I have ever met. Signed copies are scarce, as Fagles was generally shy and did few book events. Jacket now protected in archival mylar. Signed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine first edition hardback set, later printings (light wear) - in fine unclipped dustjackets, fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - BOTH COPIES SIGNED, DATED & LOCATED BY EMILY WILSON - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1/2000. Quarto (7¼" x 11¼"), xxi [3], 300, [1]pp. Bound in full tan cloth with red spine title. Housed in the publisher's matching tan slipcase with red spine title. Tiny bit of shelf wear to slipcase, (tight and intact seams). The Odyssey of Homer, published by the Limited Editions Club , presents one of the most enduring works of classical literature in a refined and carefully curated edition. This epic poem recounts the journey of Odysseus as he endeavors to return home after the Trojan War, navigating trials, adventures, and encounters with gods, monsters, and mortals. This edition, illustrated and crafted with attention to detail, offers readers a timeless exploration of themes such as heroism, loyalty, and the complexities of human experience. Copy number 20/2000. Signed by Barry Moser and the author of the Preface, Jeremy M. Wilson. The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club is laid in. As new, in publisher's shipping box.

cloth, top edge gilt, slipcase. Limited Editions Club (illustrator). 4to. cloth, top edge gilt, slipcase. xvi, 548, (6) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies and signed by the designer, Jan Van Krimpen, and printed by John. Enschede en Zonen (LEC 15). Spine faded, boards soiled. Binding is tight. With an Introduction by Carl van Doren. A massive production.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint of the Modern Library edition. Translated by Ennis Rees. About fine in very good or better dust jacket with rubbing and small nicks and tears. Inscribed by the translator to author Mary McCarthy: "For Mary McCarthy with appreciation and every good wish, Ennis Rees.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 25 Wood engravings by Berry Moser (illustrator). Limted Edition of 2000. New York, Limited Editions Club, 1981. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by T.E. Shaw. Wood engravings by Berry Moser. Homer: New York, Limited editions Club, 1981. XXI, 300 pp. 28 x 18 cm. Orig. cloth binding. Includes Newsletter. Hardcover, no 1007 of 2000 numbered copies published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1981 300 pp. 28 x 18 cm. Translated by T E Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia) Illustrated with 25 wood Engravings by Barry Moser Preface by Jeremy M Wilson Signed by Barry Moser and Jeremy M Wilson 4to, tan cloth stamped in red, matching cloth slipcase. Spine cloth a bit faded, title very clear in red. Slip case partially faded. Small 1/2 inch trace on inner front title, very faint spotting on paper edges, pages very clean (see photos) Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Barry Moser (illustrator). Limited and Numbered. This is the 521st book issued by the Limited Editions Club (Established in 1929) and is one of a limited edition of 2,000 signed by the illustrator Moser. This is copy # 1533 of 2000 signed by Barry Moser who planned the typographic format and executed the wood engravings and Jeremy Wilson who wrote the preface. Book is in the original matching cloth covered slipcase. Accompanying the book is also the original LEC Newsletter introducing this book. 300 pp. Book is FINE and Slipcase almost Fine. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. In slipcase. No. 1411 of a limited edition of 2,000 copies printed. Signed by the artist and preface writer. Spine has very mild sunning. Binding is tight. Covers and inside are clean and bright.

Condition: Fine in slipcase. No. 932 of 2000 copies signed by Barry Moser and Jeremy Wilson. Quarto. xxi (iii), 300p. Translated by T. E. Shaw, Lawrence of Arabia. Preface by Jeremy M. Wilson. Illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Bound in full tan cloth with red spine title. No. 932 of 2000 copies signed by Barry Moser and Jeremy Wilson.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. Octavo. [2], x, 541, [2] pp., maps. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Fagles on the title page. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A very fresh copy in similarly sharp dust jacket; price intact on the front flap. Uncommon to find Fagles's signature one of the most important modern translations of Homer.

Hardcover. Translation by Alexander Pope. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase with paper spine label. xiv, 548pp. Top edge gilt. Very good/very good. Spine age toned, else tight and internally fine, with lightly age toned endpapers; slipcase rubbed and edgeworn but archivally strengthened, thus tight. Nice, tight third title in the LEC's second series -- the famed early 18th century Pope translation of the ancient Greek epic, with colophon at rear noting limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #1252) signed by noted Haarlem designer Jan van Krimpen at the Holland firm of Joh. Enschede en Zonen. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to blank leaf facing the title page is a unique frontispiece -- a Typed Note Signed from introducer Van Doren, 1p, 6" X 7", New York, NY, 13 September 1939. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). On his personal imprinted letterhead, Van Doren thanks Gates for 54th birthday wishes, commenting, "It was nice to be remembered." Responding to some comment from his correspondent, the Illinois-born Van Doren adds: "I have naturally written, at one time or another, a good deal about Middle Western writers, but never any general treatment of the subject." Bold full signature. Van Doren (1885-1950), older brother of noted critic Mark Van Doren, was a versatile writer and won a Pulitzer prize in 1938 for his biography "Benjamin Franklin.".

, Miniature editions, large paper copies. Volume 1: 351 pages, illustration on credits page. Volume 2: 272 pages. Both volumes have an illustrated title page and decorative page breaks, and are signed by J. Fremlyn Streatfield on the front pastedown. In Greek throughout First Editions thus , head and tails of spines bumped, corners of boards bumped, both volumes have a dampstain over the spine extending onto both covers -cloth cockled on the front cover of Volume 1 - there is also a dampstain to bottom of both covers, top edges of book blocks have darkened and there are some dark marks on the fore edges, light foxing to prelim pages - otherwise generally clean inside, both volumes are in good condition. , bound in red cloth with paper title label to spine , 11.5 x 7.5 cm Hardback ISBN:

A charming privately-printed edition, ILLUSTRATED WITH 32 ORIGINAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS BY PAUL-EMILE COLIN, including five hors texte. Edition limited to 186 copies of which this is ONE OF ONLY 40 PRINTED ON FINE ARCHES WOVE PAPER, WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS on WOVE, A SUITE OF THE FIVE HORS-TEXTE PLATES ON THIN JAPANESE PAPER, AND AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING BY COLIN. 8vo. Loose as issued in wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, LIKE NEW. In the original decorated board chemise and slipcase (worn and repaired).

Hardcover. Tall quarto (8" x 12") bound in full blue linen and full red linen, gold-stamped. The translation of Alexander Pope with an introduction by Carl Van Doren. Printed by Joh. Enschede in Holland with type hand-set in Romanee, its first use, and designed by Jan van Krimpen. Each is #1002 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page. These titles were not illustrated due to George Macy's opinion that these works were "beyond the power of any modern illustrator, and that this work most definitely demands the simple dignity of a non-illustrated edition." Touch of sunning to the spines. About Fine in Near Fine slipcases with light soiling to the backstrips. Difficult to find in this condition, especially with both volumes with the same number.

(West Hatfield, Mass. 1960). Illus by Barry Moser, 11x7", cloth, 300pp. Preface by Jeremy M. Wilson and an introduction by T.E. Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia). SIGNED BY MOSER AND WILSON.

Limited, numbered, and signed edition. This is an exceptional copy of the handsome Limited Editions Club publication of the celebrated translation of Homer's Odyssey by T. E. Lawrence "of Arabia". This edition is illustrated with wood engravings by Barry Moser, with a Preface by Lawrence's official biographer, Jeremy M. Wilson, and signed by both. The edition was produced in a numbered edition of 2,000 copies. This copy hand numbered "457" is a time capsule. It is not only still housed in the original glassine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase, but also still protected within the original Limited Editions Club shipping box, accompanied by the publisher's original promotional circular from July 1981.Condition is exceptionally fine, as would be expected. The volume would be flawless if not for the minor defect of light spotting, confined to the page edges a consequence of nearly half a century spent in the original shipping box. The binding and slipcase are pristine. The fragile glassine dust jacket is inevitably toned and a little brittle, but complete, with only a tiny closed tear at the spine head.In 1932, T. E. Lawrence published a translation of Homer's Odyssey. Lawrence's Odyssey (Illustrated by celebrated American typographer and type designer, Bruce Rogers) was considered a masterpiece, a strikingly beautiful book and a highly regarded translation. In 2014, Lawrence's official biographer, Jeremy Wilson, wrote "Lawrence's translation has been continuously in print for more than 80 years. By that yardstick it is second only to Seven Pillars of Wisdom among his literary achievements."The two works Lawrence's translation of Homer and the tale of his own personal First World War odyssey, Seven Pillars of Wisdom - can be considered closely linked by more than longstanding regard. "Although Lawrence translated the Odyssey long after he completed Seven Pillars, Homer's vision plays a major role in the character of Lawrence as we see him in his book, and influences the view that Lawrence as author takes of his characters. Homer was a lifelong study with Lawrence and he emerges as one of his finest translators." (Tabachnick, T. E. Lawrence, p.52) That Lawrence's Arabs are so acutely Homeric in their characteristics, codes, conduct, and fates - as was Lawrence himself during his sojourn in Arabia has been widely observed and defies coincidence.Of Lawrence's translation, it has been observed that ".when we set his translation against others, two qualities. give it a special distinction. The first is that he enjoys the story for its own sake and spares nothing to keep it clear and lively, to make the details illuminate and strengthen the whole effect. The second is that he sees the whole Homeric world with a clear vision as Homer himself saw it." (Introduction by Sir Maurice Bowra to the 1955 edition of Lawrence's Odyssey).

First Edition; trade issue. Illustrated by Wyeth. A little worn at the top of the spine; very good. Presentation copy; inscribed on the title page by Wyeth in 1930. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

[In the English verse translation by Alexander Pope]. Two volumes, parallel Greek & English text. Pp. [ii]+928(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank)+[ii]+760(last blank)+[2](colophon), titles and headings printed in red, each volume with a title page decoration designed by Berthold Wolpe and numerous pictorial headpieces designed and engraved by Rudolf Koch; roy. 8vo; full tan niger morocco, spines lettered in gilt between raised bands, boards with double gilt rule borders, boards of both volumes damp stained and slightly scuffed; t.e.g., others uncut and partly unopened; marbled endpapers; tiny hole in bottom margin pages 83/4 and a couple of small pencilled annotations to margins in The Iliad, small and faint damp stains to bottom fore-corner of a few leaves same volume, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; The Nonesuch Press, London, 1931. Editions limited to 1,450 and 1,300 numbered copies respectively. McKitterick 72 (Iliad) & 78 (Odyssey). *Lacking the slipcases. With the book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper free endpaper versos. Originally from the library of British politician and diplomat Duff Cooper, whose bookplate, designed by Rex Whistler, is on the upper pastedowns (slightly damp stained in The Odyssey). Presented after his death by his widow, Lady Diana Cooper, to her close friend, the writer Patrick Leigh Fermor, inscribed 'Paddy from Duff's library with love from Diana - 1956' in The Iliad, with a similar inscription in The Odyssey. In each volume Patrick Leigh Fermor has pasted a manuscript note, dated 1999, below the gift inscription: 'To be gratefully handed on, and back to John Julius in the fullness of time with love from Paddy and Joan'. Paper-clipped to the upper free endpaper of each volume is Patrick Leigh Fermor's card, annotated by hand: 'Left to be collected by the Viscount Norwich.' The card in The Odyssey is further annotated 'I'm not yet as feeble as this inscription looks!'. John Julius Norwich was the son of Lady Diana Manners and Duff Cooper [later Viscount Norwich]. Loosely inserted in The Iliad is the publisher's printed slip of February 1931, explaining the best way to open the books and cut the pages. The Greek text is in the standard Oxford Classical Texts versions by David B. Munro (Iliad, in 1902) and Thomas W. Allen (Odyssey, in 1908). Pope's celebrated English translation of Homer first appeared in 1715.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed first edition of this translation, "ordinary" issue with price on spine label. Complete in two volumes. LeMire A-40.01. vii, [1], 230, [2, ads]; vii, [1], [231]-450 pp. Original paper-covered boards with spine labels printed in black. Very Good with thorough darkening to both volumes' spines, some light scratching and rubbing there as well; light stain to front board of Vol. II; corners a little bumped; contents bright and free of marks. Presentation copy signed by William Morris on the edge of the half-title, inscribed "to Eirkr Magnusson, with William Morris' best wishes." Magnusson was an Icelandic scholar and University of Cambridge librarian, who also had been Morris' teacher, and would be his friend and co-translator of a number of Scandanavian epics from 1869 to the close of the 19th century. A very nice association between the dynamo of the British Arts and Crafts movement and his mentor/muse in the art of translation.