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Homer The Iliad of Homer: The First Twelve Staves Translated into English by Maurice Hewlett
The Cresset Press Limited. London. 1928.. Vellum Backed Cloth. No. 431 of 750 copies. Cresset Press. Gilt page tops; gilt lettering on spine. Page sides and bottoms uncut. 228 pages. Private library inked stamp imprint front end paper. Book measures 7 3/4 x 11 1/2. As noted in the Preface: "...throughout this translation the poetically sensitive reader will find, both in single phrases and in continuous movement, by means of a range of English which stretches from colloquialism to archaism, a keen and zealous response to all the vivid energy which makes Homer's poetry the very type of the youth of the world". CLASSICAL LITERATURE. VERSE. POETRY. (Book ID 559) $75.00

Horace Horace: His Life, Friendships and Philosophy as Told by Himself ... Including Views of Authorities on Rhyming and Other Translation Methods with Notes, Comments and Examples by Clarence Cary
The Evening Post Job Printing House. New York. 1904. Cloth. First edition thus. Gilt lettering front cover and spine. Gilt page tops. Book plate front end paper. From the title page: "In Unrhymed Metrical Translation, with the Latin Text, and appropriate Illustrations from his Works". Contents include: From Satire I. VI; From Ode 2. XIII (On his Escape from a Falling Tree.); Ode I, V, (To Pyrrha); Ode I, XXIII, (To Chloe); The Epistle of the Pisos on The Art of Poetry; etc. LITERATURE. EUROPEAN. POETRY. BIOGRAPHY. LITERARY WORKS. (Book ID 77) $25.00

Hotson, J. Leslie The Death of Christopher Marlowe
The Nonesuch Press. London. 1925.. Cloth. Illustrations. Gilt lettering on spine. Uncut page edges. From the Introduction: "The mystery of Marlowe's death, heretofore involved in a cloud of contradictory gossip and irresponsible guess-work, is now cleared up for good and all on the authority of public records of complete authenticity and gratifying fulness. Every detail of the strange affair is vividly set forth on the testimony of eyewitnesses. Incidentally Mr. Hotson has unearthed many curious particulars as to the character and station of the man who struck the fatal blow". English Literature. Literary Works. Author. Writer. Murder. Guilty Party. Burial Registry. (Book ID 297) $50.00

Howard, John Galen Pheidias
The Macmillan Company. New York. 1929. First Edition. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Presentation copy: "With best wishes to George & Florence Noyes from the author, J. G. Howard." Dust jacket is illustrated, has slight chipping to top of spine and top edge front cover. Also laid in are two letters from Howard's wife to the Noyeses, one in response to a note of sympathy after Howard's death. Howard (1864 - 1931) was a world-famous architect who came to Berkeley to oversee the design of the Greek Theatre, The Campanile, Sather Gate and the Hearst Mining Building at the University of California campus. Howard was the author of three books of poetry. "Pheidias" is the story of the Greek sculptor. LITERATURE, POETRY (Book ID 181) $37.50

Howells, William Dean The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Limited Editions Club.. 1961. Cloth in Slip Case. Illustrated by Korach, Mimi. No. 482 of 1500 copies signed by illustrator. Book covers and spine illustrated, gilt lettering on spine. Slip case has spine label. 365 pages. Book measures 7 1/2 x 10 3/4. Colored and black and white illustrations, full-page and partial-page. In the Introduction, Henry Steele Commager acquaints the reader with the author's background and the charm of his early writings then goes on to explore the author's change in perspective when he began to observe the changing society. "Fundamentally, Silas Lapham is, of course, a moral story; for first and last, Howells was a moralist. It addresses itself to the question which was coming to loom larger and larger in the America of his generation: how was it possible to preserve the old virtues and integrities, rooted in a rural and devout society, at a time when that society was becoming urban, industrial and secular?" "The issue was really that of different standards of morality..." Illustrated Books. Literature. Literary Works. Novel. Fiction. Writings. Morality. Rural Society. Industrialization. (Book ID 556) $75.00

Hoyt, J.K. The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. English, Latin and Modern Foreign Languages. Names, Dates, and Nationality of Quaoted Authors, with Copious Indies. A New Edition, Revised, Corrected, and Englarged.
Funk & Wagnalls Company. New York, New York. 1896. xxvii, 1178 pages; index; bound in illustrated cloth with gilt and black title, author on the cover and spine. Sound clean copy of a large book. Cornelius Cole's copy with his signature (in pencil) on the front flyleaf. Cornelius Cole (1822-1924) came to California during the Gold Rush and became an active lawyer in Sacramento and San Francisco, served as a U.S.Representative, 1863-65, a Senator from California 1867-73, and later active in law till his 100th birthday. He was also an author and historian. Condition: Very Good. Quotations, Cornelius Cole. DK-20 (Book ID 10014) $37.50

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