The Iliad and The Odyssey - Robert Fagles Translation Homer (Robert Fagles Translation)

The Iliad and the Odyssey The special editions translated by Robert Fagles CONDITION: UNREAD, FINE Published in a beautiful fine binding: Accented in 22kt gold, gorgeous, ornate gilt work, printed on archival acid-free paper with gilded edges, custom moire silk endpapers, satin ribbon place holder, Smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In black full leather with raised spine bands. Color frontispieces. Published in 1998. Octavo, 9 3/8" x 6 5/8". First edition thus: A special Easton Press 1st edition/1st printing Collector's Edition of Fagles' esteemed translations. Includes the often discarded Easton Press info pamphlet about each novel. The Odyssey pamphlet has a fold. ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR Robert Fagles was an American translator, poet, and academic. He was best known for his many translations of ancient Greek and Roman classics, especially his acclaimed translations of the epic poems of Homer. He taught English and comparative literature for many years at Princeton University. Fagles was nominated for the National Book Award in Translation and won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets in 1991 for his translation of the Iliad. In 1996, he received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his translation of the Odyssey. Condition: Each volume is UNREAD & FINE. Tightly bound. Square spine, firm hinges and joints, sharp corners. Gilt work is spectacular. Gilded edges are lustrous with a few blemishes. Top edges have spots of dust (see picture) else VERY FINE. INTERIOR AS NEW. No former owner bookplates, no foxing, no writing. Bright, white pages. ***A beautiful set of this special Collector's Edition by what many consider to be the finest translations of the Odyssey and Iliad into English.***