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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Homer; Pope, Alexander (trans.); Tappan, William (ed.). Pope's Translation of Homer's Iliad (Books I, VI, XIII, XXIV). Boston: Ginn & Company, Publishers (The Athenæum Press), 1900. Standard English Classics series. Early 20th-century educational edition of Alexander Pope's celebrated verse translation of the Iliad, edited with introduction and notes by William Tappan. Includes frontispiece illustration and scholarly apparatus typical of Ginn's widely used academic texts of the period. Book is Very Good condition: original olive-brown cloth with black-stamped decorative border and titling; moderate surface rubbing and soiling, with some dulling to spine lettering and light fraying at extremities. Binding remains sound. Interior is clean overall with light toning consistent with age; includes a contemporary ownership signature ('S. G. Butler') on the front endpaper. Pages are complete with no significant markings or damage observed. 1900 printing per title page, with 1898 copyright noted for the editor. No later printings indicated, consistent with an early issue in the Standard English Classics series. Ginn & Company's Athenæum Press editions were staples of late 19th-early 20th century classical education, valued today for their durable bindings and historical role in literary instruction. Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was one of England's foremost poets of the Augustan age, best known for his heroic couplets and translations of classical works. His rendering of Homer's Iliad (1715-1720) became one of the most influential English versions, shaping how generations of readers encountered Greek epic poetry.