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Book: Homer's Odyssey published 1929 translated by Palmer, George Herbert, and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Co. Author and illustrator signed and numbered limited edit 33/550.

Provenance : From the library of August Kohn. August Kohn (1868-1930), Columbia, South Carolina journalist and businessman, assembled one of the finest private libraries of South Caroliniana in the country. He was an avid collector of books, pamphlets and maps related to his beloved native state. A writer of ability, he wrote for the Charleston News and Courier after graduating cum laude from South Carolina College in 1889. He also wrote pamphlets about the towns of Orangeburg and Columbia and, in 1903, published a significant work titled THE COTTON MILLS OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

    Condition:
  • Volume is in good condition. Some very minor foxing and discoloration of paper, all what I would consider normal for age. Cover, spine, corners are intact and as they should be.


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