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Bloomsbury House
24 Maddox Street Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP 
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Shakespeare Head Press.- Homer. The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts, in his Iliads, and Odysses, translated by George Chapman, 5 vol., number 2 of 10 copies on vellum, from an edition limited to 460, wood-engraved portrait, title borders and full-page illustrations by John Farleigh, light yellowing to a few leaves, a fine set in original limp vellum with red silk ties, yapp edges, spines gilt, uncut, preserved in later crimson cloth folders and crimson morocco-backed marbled board slip-cases, spines gilt, one or two very slight scratches, 4to, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1930-31.ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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