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WYETH, Newell Convers (1882-1945), illustrator. The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by George Herbert Palmer. Cambridge: The Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929.
Small 4to. 15 color tipped-in plates by Wyeth, each with printed tissue guards, full-page facsimile of a letter from Palmer; WITH THE EXTRA SUITE OF PLATES IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. Original pigskin-backed turquoise cloth stamped in gilt, green leather lettering-piece gilt, uncut and unopened; glassine; original presentation box with printed label (light wear to one corner).
LIMITED EDITION, PUBLISHER’S COPY, one of 50 copies not for sale, SIGNED BY WYETH AND THE TRANSLATOR, from a total edition of 550. A handsomely fine publisher’s copy in the original presentation box with an extra suite of plates, both always lacking.