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From the Library of Alan Milne[LAWRENCE, T.E., TRANSLATOR] COLLECTION OF EDITIONS OF "THE ODYSSEY", INCLUDING: second English (first trade) edition, Oxford University Press for (London:) Humphrey Milford, 1935, original blue buckram, dust-jacket, [O'Brien A144]; another issue, in brown buckram, maps on endpapers, dust-jacket; another copy, without jacket; deluxe issue, in morocco binding with T.E. Shaw facsimile signature stamped in gilt on upper cover (tipped-in: Lawrence of Arabia Memorial, 1935, [E068]), top edge gilt, decorated endpapers; second American edition (Hesperides edition), Mount Vernon, New York for Oxford University Press, 1940, one of 2500, brown cloth, [A151]; third American edition (Armed Services Edition), New York: Editions of the Armed Services Inc., 1940 [A152], wrappers; sixth American edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 1991, dust-jacket, [A154a]; 8vo and oblong 8vo (7) No English edition of Lawrence's translation of The Odyssey had appeared between 1932 (when the beautiful limited edition of 530 copies was published, see lot 110) and 1935 (first item in this lot). According to O'Brien this first English trade edition initially used the sheets from the American edition, which had first appeared in 1932. O Divine Poesy, goddess, daughter of Zeus, sustain for me this song of the various-minded man who, after he had plundered the innermost citadel of hallowed Troy, was made to stay grievously about the coasts of men, the sport of their customs, good and bad, while his heart, through all the sea-faring, ached with an agony to redeem himself and bring his company safe home. Vain hope – for them. The fools! Their own witlessness cast them aside. To destroy for meat the oxen of the most exalted Sun, wherefore the Sun-god blotted out the day of their return. Make this tale live for us in all its many bearings, O Muse. To view Shipping Calculator, please click here