Odyssey Modern Sequel, First Edition (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fiction. Second Printing. This is a clean, unmarked copy with a moderately shelf worn dust jacket, but otherwise undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fiction. Second Printing. This is a clean, unmarked copy with a moderately shelf worn dust jacket, but otherwise undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good/Torn, Chipped, Sl Soiled Dj. 1st. 1/2" piece missing dj backstrip bottom.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated by Ghika (illustrator). First Edition. Translation Into English Verse, Introduction, Synopsis, and Notes By Kimon Friar; worn and soiled cover with tears at top and bottom spine.

Groß-8°. 24 x 17 cm. XXXVIII, 824 (2) Seiten. Original-Leinenband mit Original-Schutzumschlag. Erste Ausgabe. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Mit Zeilennummerierung. Schutzumschlag mit deutlichen Randläsuren, kleinen Einrissen, stärker berieben. Schnitt etwas fleckig. Innendeckel mit kleinem Buchhandelsaufkleber von Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge [UK]. Gutes, innen gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar. First edition. English language edition. With line numbering. Original cloth binding with dust jacket. Dust jacket with significant marginal blemishes, small tears at the margins, rubbed. Edges spotted. Inner cover with small sticker by the former bookshop Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge [UK]. Good copy, nearly fine on the inside.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ghika (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st US Edition, 1st Printing. "Translation Into English Verse, Introduction, Synopsis, and Notes By Kimon Friar." Illustrations by Ghika. Laid in is a Simon and Schuster post card asking for reader reaction to the book. Miriam Woods designed dust jacket. Fine in and absolutely gorgeous near fine price-clipped dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing to spine ends and slight repair to bottom of rear panel. A spectacular copy.

Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Shelf wear on front/rear panels. Rubbing, open tearing along panel edges. Large chip at spine crown. Light bump on 2nd FEP. Illustrations by Ghika.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Translation into English verse, introduction, synopsis, and notes by Kimon Friar. Illustrations by Ghika. First British edition. Starting to separate at the rear hinge (but still firmly attached), else very good in a very good (minor shelf wear), price clipped dust jacket.; 824 pages.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Very Good octavo 824pp., Front hinge broken o/w a very good copy in pale green cloth boards in a very good dust jacket with light wear. Would be a good candidate for a professional repair.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Large 8vo. [8], ix-xxxviii, 1-824, [2] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the front board and gold lettering and gold rules on the spine; blue topstain. Price of $10.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Miriam Woods. Illustrations, in-text black and white drawings, by Ghika. Translation into English verse, introduction, synopsis, and notes by Kimon Friar. Topstain quite faded, a subtle dampstain on the rear board; jacket with a few dampstains to its reverse, lightly rubbed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Simon and Schuster 1958. First printing. Book is in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Binding and dark green boards are sturdy. Felt lettering on front and spine are bright. Light toning to end pages and fore edges. Boards show moderate shelf and edge wear, especially at foot of spine. DJ in fair condition in plastic protective wrap. Price clipped, large chip at foot of spine , worn along all edges.

Hardcover. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxxviii, 824 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Gold spine with blue and dark brown lettering, Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$10.00", has moderate rubbing wear, tears along the head and tail edges, and chipping along the fore edges and spine. Boards have bending along the spine tail edge, and mild wear along the edges. Textblock has minor soiling on pages 140, 403-404, 511-512, and 648-650, tears on pages 475-477, 573, and 642, and minor and wear along the edges. Shelved in Room C. 1394555. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, stated, price on dust jacket. Well-bound book has light wear. DJ has some wear at of spine ends, and some light wear on folds and corners. Contains a 30 page introduction, a synopsis (37pp), an additional note on prosody textual notes. 33,333 lines of verse make up this epic poem which is a direct continuation of Homer's "Odyssey". It took at least twelve years to write and is one of the few major achievements of 20th century literature. Kimon Friar's translation is so masterful, readable and beautiful, the reader is carried along with ease and the enjoyment is apparent on every page. A labor of love for both men. A collectible copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Ghika (illustrator). First Edition. CLEAN near fine 1958 FIRST EDITION hard cover with near fine unclipped price dust jacket.

First edition of Kazantzakis' masterpiece. Folio, brown cloth. One of 277 copies signed by Nikos Kazantzakis, this is number 109. In near fine condition. Nikos Kazantzakis began work on his modern sequel to Homer's Odyssey in 1924, publishing it in 1938 after drafting seven different versions. Kazantzakis considered this his most important work. Following the structure of Homer's Odyssey, it is divided into 24 rhapsodies, consisting of 33,333 17-syllable lines. It was translated into English in 1958 as The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel. âIt has been a superhuman effort to record his immense spiritual experience" (Pantelis Prevelakis).

First edition, first print. The author is best known for his critically acclaimed novels, Zorba the Greek, The Greek Passion, and Freedom or Death but it is his version of The Odyssey which is considered his crowning achievement. Octavo. With black and white illustrations to the text. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.