Homer, folio society (76 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Elisabeth Frink (illustrator). 8vo, brown buckram, gilt lettering, with black and gilt design on cover. 16 two-color lithographs by Elisabeth Frink. Fine copy but no slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is aged toned. No slipcase.

Condition: Good. 1975. No edition remarks. 362 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour illustrations by Elisabeth Frink. Slipcase is missing. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Very Good. 1974. No edition remarks. 284 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Brown cloth with blue slipcase. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Binding throughout remains firm. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels. Moderate tanning to edges.

Condition: Good. 1950. First Edition Thus. 117 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over beige cloth covered boards with gilt. Illustrated from copper engravings by Buckland-Wright. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Pages 25 through 30 have a minor dog eared corner. Tanning strip to rear free end paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Sunning to spine and board edges. Board corners are bumped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Rubbing, damp and dust staining to all panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Buckland-Wright, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. Folio Society edition, first printing, 1950. First thus. No jacket. Translated in selection by F. L. Lucas. Illustrations engraved on copper by John Buckland-Wright. Grey boards with gold lettering to spine and design in gold to front are only good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, a few small marks, patchy browning (including to spine), patchy fading, the odd small bump/rub to edges, minor foxing and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages gilt (little scratched). Previous owner's name and date in pen to front end-paper. Pages slightly tanned. Odd small mark/mild foxing to end-papers. Very small crease to top corner of a couple of pages. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges and bottoms. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Condition: Good. London: The Folio Society, 1948. 1st thus. Sm 4to. 134pp. Illus. by John Buckland-Wright. Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket panels rubbed; edges are frayed and torn but only minor loss at spine ends and back panel. Boards worn, corners bumped. Inside clean. Binding good. Inquire if you need further information.

Condition: Good. 1975. 2nd Impression. 284 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Beige pictorial cloth. Blue marbled slipcase. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Slipcase is moderately rub worn, Noticeable shelf wear to spine, edges and corners. Large splits to edges and seems. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Some scuffing to slipcase and binding.

Condition: Very Good. 1975. No Edition Stated. 362 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Beige pictorial cloth. Blue marbled slipcase. Translated By E.V. Rieu. Lithographs By Elisabeth Frink. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning to edges Binding has remained firm. Boards are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. Minimal shelf wear. Slipcase is scuffed in places with minor shelf wear to edges and corners.

Condition: Very Good. First FS Edition. (More images available on request). VG : in very good condition with cracked and stained blue slipcase. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 284pp + plates. 12 colour plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Brown cloth cover with blocked zigzag design.

Condition: Very Good. First FS Edition. VG : in very good condition with faded blue slipcase. 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 362pp + plates. 16 colour plates. Brown cloth spine with blocked zigzag design design.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Baker, Grahame (illustrator). lxxxv, 596pp w extensive endnotes and glossary. [8pp] plates including frontis. Mapped endpapers. Top edge dyed red. Illustrated cloth w gold lettering and border to red quarterwrap spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Small quarto: 255 x 180mm. Black slipcase w vertical gold border is clean and structurally sound. First Folio printing, 1996.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. BAKER, Grahame (illustrator). lxxxv + (6) maps + 596pp, very well-illustrated in colour by Grahame Baker, maps, hardcover, 8vo, bound in pictorial boards with maroon cloth spine, gilt lettered, map endpapers, with accompanying maroon slipcase - very good but with usual minor scratches, book in very good condition with no markings or annotations, The Folio Society, London, 2006.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. BAKER, Grahame (illustrator). Fifth Printing, lxxxviii + (4) maps + 403pp, very well-illustrated in colour by Grahame Baker, maps, hardcover, 8vo, bound in pictorial boards with blue cloth spine, gilt lettered, map endpapers, with accompanying blue slipcase - very good but with usual minor scratches, book in very good condition with no markings or annotations, The Folio Society, London, 2006.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Grahame Baker (illustrator). No markings or inscriptions, looks unused. Quarter bound in leather. Third printing, 1998. An unblemished book in a fine slipcase, with just a couple of tiny marks.

One Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. Grahame Baker (illustrator). Quarter green leather illustrated gray cloth boards; gilt to front and spine. Gray endpapers with illustrated map. Green top stain. Colour frontis and 8 additional colour plates. Slight scuffing to spine other wise near fine. Housed in a green slip case. A very good copy and case.

One Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. Grahame Baker (illustrator). Quarter brown leather illustrated gray cloth boards; gilt to front and spine. Yellow endpapers with illustrated map. Red top stain. Colour frontis and 7 additional colour plates. Previous owner's clear seal to half title. Housed in a black slip case. A very good copy and case.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. John Buckland-Wright (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardback, no dustjacket or slipcase. Cloth covered boards with gilt line drawing of Achilles to front and title to spine. Slight darkened to spine. Foxing to endpapers. Good condition.

Condition: Good. 1974. No Edition Stated. 284 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Illustrated brown and white weave cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated with lithographs by Elisabeth Frink. Translated by E. V. Rieu. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear. Pastedowns and endpapers remain clean and unmarked. Illustrations remain bright and clear. Boards have minimal edge wear moderate crushing to spine ends. Textblock remains bright and unmarked. Moderate fading and wear to spine, affecting gilt. Textured light blue slipcase has heavy shelf wear, with fading and cracking to top edge.

1996, 1st thus. (hardcover) Fine, no dust jacket. lxxxv, maps, 596pp. Translated by Robert Fagles. Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox, illustrations by Grahame Baker. Mapped endpapers, 8 illustrations, 3 other double page maps. Bound in quarter leather with cloth sides blocked with a design by the artist. Maroon embossed slipcase with minimal wear. Book is unopened.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2 Near Fine First Editions Thus (translations by EV Rieu) in Good slipcases. Books are clean, tight and unmarked . Slipcases are both a little stained with small splits to edges and wear to openings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Very good condition. Slipcase in fair condition as shown.

362pp. + [ii]. 16 two-colour lithographs by Elisabeth Frink. Original gilt and black lettered deorative light brown hessian style cloth, sl. rubbed to spine, in very sl. browned and lightly rubbed pale blue card slipcase. Additional postage may be necessary US$52.

284pp. + [ii]. 12 two-colour lithographs by Elisabeth Frink. Original gilt and black lettered decorative light brown hessian style cloth, sl. rubbed to spine, t.e.brown, in lightly browned and sl. faded pale blue card slipcase with sm. split to lower edge. US$52.

Fine. Translated by Robert Fagles. Introduction and Notes by Bernard Knox, illustrations by Grahame Baker. HB, lxxxv, 596pp, endpaper maps, 8 illustrations, 3 other double page maps. Bound in quarter leather with cloth sides blocked with a design by the artist. Black slipcase. A Fine copy in near Fine slipcase. Very light marks to one side of slipcase. Pictures available.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Published by The Folio Society in 2007, here is the sixth hardback printing of Homer's ODYSSEY translated by Robert Fagles and illustrated by Grahame Parker. Decorated paper covered boards, green half cloth binding, gilt lettering and decoration, 493 pages, map end papers, colour plates and illustrations the book is in fine condition with a few finger marks to the outsides of the page edges. The slip case is good with some tanning and staining to the edges. The book is extremely heavy and therefore additional postage MUST be applied to areas OUTSIDE the UK as follows: Europe £6, Rest of the World £9. UK postage is as quoted and will be tracked for this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Lxxxviii,+493 Pp. Hardcover In Slipcase. Second Printing, 2000. Quarter Leather Over Illustrated Boards. Gilt. Near Fine In Near Fine Slipcase, This Translation First Published 1996, Then Revised For The 1997 Uk Edition, This 1998 Edition Being Taken From The 1997 Edition With A Few Further Minor Revisions By The Translator.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Lxxxviii,+493 Pp. Hardcover In Slipcase. First Printing, 1998. Quarter Leather Over Illustrated Boards. Gilt. Near Fine (Spine Gilt Worn) In Fine Slipcase, This Translation First Published 1996, Then Revised For The 1997 Uk Edition, This 1998 Edition Being Taken From The 1997 Edition With A Few Further Minor Revisions By The Translator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. First Edition Thus. Lxxxviii,+493 Pp. Hardcover In Slipcase. First Printing, 1998. Quarter Leather Over Illustrated Boards. Gilt. Fine In Fine Slipcase, This Translation First Published 1996, Then Revised For The 1997 Uk Edition, This 1998 Edition Being Taken From The 1997 Edition With A Few Further Minor Revisions By The Translator.