Stories from The Iliad

H L Havell's retelling of Homer's tales of Achilles, Patroclus, Hector etc)

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Printing Details

Reprint. Hardback, quarter leather with gilt titling and design to spine, boards in green cloth with printed design to upper board. 19.5 × 14cm, 242pp.

Tales from Homer's Iliad rendered into clear prose, telling the main stories (the feud between Agamemnon and Achilles, Achilles’ retreat to his tent, the tragic fall of Patroclus, and Achilles’ ultimate vengeance against Hector), and illustrated with 8 full page plates after Leighton, classical sculpture etc.

Condition

Very good condition. Some light rubbing and bumping to the corners and spine ends, and mild foxing to the page edges and margins, but all illustrations present and in strong readable condition. School prize label to front pastedown (Christ's Hospital classics prize given in 1920).

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