The Humour of Homer and Other Essays

Butler, Samuel; R. A. Streatfeild (editor)

Published by A. C. Fifield [c1920], London, 1920

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Many leaves opened very roughly, with some large chips to blank outer margins. Some foxing. Creasing to front free endpaper. Fading and foxing to dust-jacket. 10mm loss at head and tial of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. Uncommon in dust-jacket.; Copyright date 1913. Advertisements on verso of half-title page have "Revised prices, 1st quarter, 1920). A single volume of the "Complete Works of Samuel Butler". 313, [1 (blank)] pages + portrait frontispiece. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 189 x 129mm. With a 45 page Biographical Sketch by H. F. Jones (pp. 11-55). Contents: Introduction by R. A. Streatfeild; Biographical Sketch by H. F. Jones; The Humour of Homer; Quis Desiderip . . .?; Ramblings in Chheapside; The Aunt, the Nieces, and the Dog; How to Make the Best of Life; The Sanctuary of Montrigone; A Medieval Girl School; Art in the Valley of Saas; Thought and Language; The Deadlock in Darwinism. Part I; The Deadlock in Darwinism. Part II; The Deadlock in Darwinism. Part III.…

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Title
The Humour of Homer and Other Essays
Author
Butler, Samuel; R. A. Streatfeild (editor)
Publisher
A. C. Fifield [c1920], London
Publication year
1920
Condition
Good+
Dust jacket
Good+
Binding
Hardcover

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