Verlag: J.M. Dent, 1898
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1898. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. A few pages are uncut, thus unread. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.
Verlag: London: Russell Smith, 1888
Anbieter: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Series: Library of Old Authors 302p bookblock detached from binding, binding broken in one place, library markings, text is clean, a poor copy awaiting bookbinder intervention Language: English.
Verlag: London: Russell Smith, 1888
Anbieter: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: GIAQ
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Series: Library of Old Authors 302p this copy rebound in strong library half calf aged but solid, text clean, binding tight, library markings, corners of boards worn, another instance of volume 2 ONLY, where are all the first volumes gone? Language: English.
Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 20 O, 2016
ISBN 10: 1539624048 ISBN 13: 9781539624042
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Odyssey This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Verlag: Wordsworth Classics, Ware, Hertfordshire, 2002
Anbieter: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Kanada
Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. XXIII, 488 pp., very minor rubbing to spine with chip at bottom , else fine.
Verlag: John Russell Smith, 1898
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Poor. Volumes 1, 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth, blind stamped on both covers. Gilt text on backstrip. First pages are detached. Binding is loose, pages are worn but text is clear.
Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60146320: 1898. In-16. Relié. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 318 pages. Signet conservé. 2ème plat désolidarisé. Texte en anglais. Frontispice en noir et blanc, sous serpente. Dos frotté, fané. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Verlag: PORTABLE POETRY, 2017
ISBN 10: 1787374629 ISBN 13: 9781787374621
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. KlappentextGeorge Chapman was born at Hitchin in Hertfordshire in about 1559. There is some evidence that Chapman attended Oxford University but did not obtain a degree, but the evidence is rather scant. During the first part of the earl.
Verlag: Nabu Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1145500145 ISBN 13: 9781145500143
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1357645279 ISBN 13: 9781357645274
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Verlag: ARKOSE PR, 2015
ISBN 10: 1345585764 ISBN 13: 9781345585766
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Gebunden. Zustand: New.
Verlag: John Russell Smith, London, 1898
Anbieter: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 12mo. Two volumes in custom maroon cloth-backed slip case. Reprint of third edition of 1888. Orig. burgundy cloth, gilt titles and triple fillet ruling to spine, blind device to front boards. Deckled edges. lix, 268 pp.; 302 pp. Engraved titles from earlier editions preceding title. Spines sunned and slightly tilted. Some small spots of damp staining to boards. Interiors toned and some foxing to endpapers commensurate with age. A near fine set in brand new slip case.
Verlag: At London: printed [by Richard Field and William Jaggard] for Nathaniell Butter. [1616?]. First collected edition, first issue., 1616
Anbieter: Dean Cooke Rare Books Ltd, Bristol, Vereinigtes Königreich
At London : printed [by Richard Field and William Jaggard] for Nathaniell Butter, [1616?]. FIRST EDITION. Pagination [28], 341, [9]; [10], 193, [3], 195-349, 352-376, [4] p. [STC, 13624; Pforzheimer 169; 170]. Fine red morocco bindings, gilt tooled spines in panels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt binder's stamp to front paste-down, "Bound y Ramage London". John Ramage was born in London in 1836. When he came out of his apprenticeship in 1856, he took the unusual step for an English binder of going to Paris and working under Lortic, one of the leading French binders of the day. In 1860 Ramage returned to Britain and purchased the Edinburgh business of Alexander Banks Jnr, stating in the 1861 census returns that he employed eight men, three boys, six women and one girl. Three years later he moved his business to London, where there was more work. He moved to larger premises in Warwick Lane in 1870, and from there he went to Warwick Square and in 1891 to Creed Lane. 1 The Whole Works of Homer comprises the first complete edition of the Iliads and the Odysses. For clarity, we include collations of the separate titles: The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. Neuer before in any languag truly traanslated. With a Com[m]ent uppon some of his chiefe places; Donne according to the Greeke By Geo: Chapman. At London: printed [by Richard Field and William Jaggard] for Nathaniell Butter. [c. 1611/2?]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Pagination [28], 341, [9], p. In this state, teco running titles of the Iliad have "HOMERS" (roman). Signatures: pi *6(-*1), A-2F6 2G8; (initial blank leaf present and genuine, lacks blank leaf 2G8). 190 leaves present. [STC, 13634; Pforzheimer 169]. Homer's Odysses Translated according to ye Greeke By Geo: Chapman. Imprinted at London by Rich: Field, [and William Jaggard] for Nathaniell Butter. [1614/5?]. FIRST EDITION. Pagination ; [10], 193, [3], 195-349, 352-376, [4], p. Signatures: A6, B-Q6 R8 S-2H6 2I8. Leaves A1, R8, blank, (lacking final blank 2I8). Leaf A6 bears errata. The engraved title has been slightly trimmed and mounted on the original initial blank (A1). [STC, 13637; Pforzheimer 170]. This copy of The Whole Works of Homer retains the original engraved titles to the Iliads and Odysses, and includes the memorial engraving to Prince Henry, and the portrait of Chapman which is only found in some copies. "It is a poet's echo of a poet - loud and bold", wrote one commentator of Chapman's Iliads: "an Elizabethan Englishman calling across the centuries to ancient Greece".2 This set continues these resonances, so that they reach from Homer's ancient original to this fêted Elizabethan translation of his works, to an 18th century Shakespeare scholar and his classicist contemporary, to Alexander Pope whose translation of Homer he edits. Chapman's Homer occupies a unique place in the history of English literature and of literary translation. In the words of the critic George Saintsbury, "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language." He was certainly "no straightforward translator"; Mark Thornton Burnett describes how "he personalized the epic, appropriating his source and making Homer a writer of the early modern moment".3 George Chapman (1559/60-1634) achieved some renown as a poet and playwright, becoming one of the main dramatists for the Admiral's Men, as well as for other companies including the Children of the Queen's Revels. His dramatic output included Sir Giles Goosecap, The Gentleman Usher, and Bussy D'Ambois, becoming more politically charged over time, and reaction to this, along with a perennial lack of funds, led Chapman to withdraw from London life around 1612. In 1598, Chapman published Seaven Bookes of the Jliades which contained the "first, the second, and the seventh to eleventh books inclusive".4 It was reprinted circa 1609 in Homer Prince of Poets. For the 1611/2 edition of the Iliads, Chapman made fresh translations of the first and second books and "the last twelve books appear for the first time".5 Around the year 1616 The Whole Works of Homer appeared. It comprised unsold copies of the Iliads [c. 1611/2] with the recently published Odysses [c. 1614/5], a general title page, an engraved memorial to Prince Henry, and in some copies, a portrait of Chapman. As noted above, this copy includes the Chapman portrait and retains the original engraved titles. This is a rare first collected edition Chapman's Homer, with several points of interest that make it still more compelling. Perhaps the most immediately obvious is the presence of the original title pages to the Iliads and Odysses, which are often cancelled in favour of the general title page for the whole set (pagination above reflects this arrangement and includes the preliminary blank to the "Odyssey"). Also gracing this copy is an inscription to the front endpaper: "The Gift of George Steevens Esq. to Gilbert Wakefield June 28th. 1794" (the hand is Wakefield's). Both Steevens and Wakefield were key, if controversial, cultural figures in the late 18th century. The scholar George Steevens (1736-1800) was the first of the "three great eighteenth-century editors of Shakespeare" (ODNB), preceding Edmond Malone and Isaac Reed, and was a friend and collaborator of Samuel Johnson. He contributed notes to some of Johnson's editions of the works of Shakespeare, and published his own edition (1766), but was inclined to antagonise his peers and, worse still, perpetrated a series of literary hoaxes that damaged his reputation. Gilbert Wakefield (1756-1801), although known chiefly as a biblical scholar (his translation of the New Testament (1792) went through several editions), was a prodigious if not rigorous writer and commentator on classical authors such as Horace, Virgil, the Greek tragedians, Lucretius, and Homer, the last of whom he treated in a 12-vol.