LAWRENCE, T. E., translator. HOMER. The Odyssey. [London: Printed and Published by Sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers] 1932. Small folio, original black niger morocco, spine gilt-lettered, t.e.g., others uncut, by W. H. Smith and son, board slipcase (worn), two very minor tears to penultimate leaf (Translator's Note), slight offsetting from turn-ins, occasional faint offsetting from roundels (lacking most tissue guards). FIRST EDITION OF LAWRENCE'S TRANSLATION, LIMITED EDITION, one of 530 copies, 26 designs after Homeric figures from Greek vase-paintings printed in black on gold-leaf roundels as title vignette and headpieces, designed by Bruce Rogers. O'Brien A141.

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LAWRENCE, T. E., translator. HOMER. The Odyssey. [London: Printed and Published by Sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers] 1932. Small folio, original black niger morocco, spine gilt-lettered, t.e.g., others uncut, by W. H. Smith and son, board slipcase (worn), two very minor tears to penultimate leaf (Translator's Note), slight offsetting from turn-ins, occasional faint offsetting from roundels (lacking most tissue guards). FIRST EDITION OF LAWRENCE'S TRANSLATION, LIMITED EDITION, one of 530 copies, 26 designs after Homeric figures from Greek vase-paintings printed in black on gold-leaf roundels as title vignette and headpieces, designed by Bruce Rogers. O'Brien A141.