Scarce first edition of this ambitious late work, a long poem using as its point of departure a fifty-line fragment by the ancient Greek poet Stesichorus, and conceived by H. D. as a female-centered rejoinder of sorts to Ezra Pound’s Pisan Cantos and the epic...
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The Greek Anthology: A Selection in Modern Verse TranslationsJay, Peter [ed.]
NY: Oxford University Press, 1973. Hardcover. 8vo. 440pp. First edition of the esteemed collection of modern verse translations edited and introduced by Peter Jay. Bound in full brown cloth with gilt spine titles. Rear board cloth shows some lifting/bubbling. Otherwise only light shelfwear, light dust...
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First edition of this translation by Paul Turner of two tall tales by the ancient Greek author. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1958. Illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Octavo, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.; xi, 108pp. Green cloth boards, dark green spine lettering and front panel...
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First edition (copyright page states "First published 1956," with no additional printings noted). Octavo (8 x 5.25 in.), 389 pp., brown textured paper boards, in dust jacket. A very good to near fine copy, lightly bumped at bottom rear corner, and with light toning to...
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Deeds of Famous Men (De Viris Illustribus)Sherwin, Jr., Walter K. [trans.]
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 206pp. First edition. Bound in full grey cloth with black spine titels and purple endpapers. Fine save for a pair of 1" strips of adhesive residue on the front pastedown, in fine, price-clipped jacket. Walter...
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