Description:
London: Arcturus, 2019. New. In shrinkwrap. Deluxe slipcase edition. Collector's Edition. First published in 1898. Arcturus First Edition/First Printing with number line ending in 1. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean, unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white illustrations. Prose translation by classical scholar and novelist Samuel Butler. The slipcase is Fine. 384 pages. 7 3/4" X 9 1/2" tall. Images from an opened book in the photo display.A cornerstone of Western literature, Homer's Iliad is the epic tale of the siege of Troy.
After nine years, the Greeks are still fighting to reclaim the beautiful Helen and it is hardly the time for their supreme warrior, Achilles, to drop out of the war. But he does, in revenge against overload Agamemnon for seizing the concubine, Briseis.
Only the death of his best friend, Patroclus, persuades Achilles to return to… Read More
