The Odyssey - Homer - Poetry - Folio Society - 1974 1st ed. - Elisabeth Frink

The Odyssey - Homer - Poetry - Folio Society - 1974 1st ed. - Elisabeth Frink

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The Odyssey - Homer - Poetry - Folio Society - 1974 1st ed. - Elisabeth Frink
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

The Odyssey

Homer

£48.99
Edition year 1974
Printing year 1974
First edition Yes
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Elisabeth Frink
Translator E.V. Rieu
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 288
Dimensions 25.3 × 16 cm
Condition Good
Condition notes In good overall condition. Tears to the slipcase, light stains on case and page edges.

Edition details

The Odyssey, by Homer. New edition. Translated by E.V. Rieu. 12 leaves of three-colour lithographs by Elisabeth Frink. Bound in brown canvas with a design in black and gold by Sally Lou Smith. Pale brown endleaves. Mottled blue-green slipcase. 25.3x16cm. 288pp.

Note: Edition details are subject to the condition notes and photographs of this copy.

About the book

Homer's Odyssey follows the Greek hero Odysseus on his long journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. His travels bring encounters with the Cyclops, Circe, the Sirens and numerous supernatural dangers, while his wife Penelope resists unwanted suitors. The epic explores loyalty, intelligence, temptation, identity and the enduring longing for home.

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