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[N. C. Wyeth, illustrator]. Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by George Herbert Palmer. Cambridge: Houghton Miffli...
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[N. C. Wyeth, illustrator]. Homer. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by George Herbert Palmer. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1929.4to. Illustrated with 16 tipped-in color illustrations, with captioned tissue guards. Original quarter pigskin and turquoise cloth, cover pictorial gilt cover stamp, gilt-lettered brown morocco lettering-piece on spine, edges uncut and many unopened; two-part box with cover label.
LIMITED EDITION, number 175 of 550 copies SIGNED BY WYETH and the translator, and accompanied by an extra full suite of the sixteen plates (lacking original envelope).
Condition: Tiny blemish (retouched?) to pigskin on spine; morocco lettering-piece slightly faded. Publisher's box restored preserving original paper covers on outside top and bottom.
References: Allen and Allen, p. 213; Dykes 253.
Provenance: The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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