The Shrewsbury edition of the works of Samuel Butler / edited by Henry Festing Jones and A.T. Bartholomew
1925, 1st edition. London New York: J. Cape. Limited to 750 sets. Good to very good copies in the original gilt-blocked quarter vellum over buckram boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved set overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #319552
Physical description: 18 volumes: illustrations, portraits, maps; 23 cm
Notes: Title from half-title; each volume has special t.p. "Seven hundred and fifty numbered sets only have been printed for sale"--Prelim. Includes indexes.
vol. 1-18. Contents: v. 2 Erewhon, or, Over the range -- v. 4 Life and habit -- v. 5 Evolution, old & new -- v. 6 Unconscious memory -- v. 7 Alps and sanctuaries -- v. 8 Luck, or cunning? -- v. 9 Ex voto -- v. 10-11. The life and letters of Dr. Samuel Butler -- v. 12 The authoress of the Odyssey -- v. 13 The Iliad of Homer, rendered into English prose -- v. 14 Shakespeare's sonnets -- v. 15 The Odyssey, rendered into English prose -- v. 16 Erewhon revisited -- v. 17 The way of all flesh -- v. 18-19. Collected essays -- v. 20 The notebooks of Samuel Butler. Subjects: Butler, Samuel 1835-1902. Butler, Samuel 1835-1902. Homerus ca. 800 v.Chr.
Butler, Samuel 1835-1902. Works. Epic poetry, Greek; Translations into English.
Evolution. Genre: Collections. Fiction.
Price: €850.00