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LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward, translator. – HOMER. The Odyssey of Homer Newly Translated into English Prose . New York: Oxford University Press, 1932.
LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward, translator. – HOMER. The Odyssey of Homer Newly Translated into English Prose . New York: Oxford University Press, 1932. 4° (252 x 164 mm). Gilt roundel printed on title-page. Original full blue crushed morocco, spine gilt-lettered with 5 raised bands, publisher’s original linen reinforcing at hinges, top edge gilt, others uncut and unopened (upper hinge just starting). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, LIMITED EDITION , number 20 of 34 copies for sale, printed to secure the American copyright. Of these, 11 copies were bound in morocco. A fine copy of this Lawrence rarity. Duval 28 (“23 copies were bound in full calf, 11 copies in full morocco”); O’Brien A148 (“11 [copies] in full morocco”).