The Odyssey of Homer.

HOMER; TRANSLATED BY RICHMOND LATTIMORE,.

Item Number: 138839

New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1967.

First edition of Lattimore’s acclaimed translation called “the finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language” (William Arrowsmith). Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket, small stamp to the bottom edge. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. First editions are uncommon.

"This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so" (The American Book Collector).