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PICARD**, BARBARA LEONIE - Retold by: : THE ILIAD OF HOMER. [Illustrated by Joan KIDDELL-MONROE. **]

LONDON.OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS,1975.

ISBN 0192745174.

UK,small 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,illustrated reprint. [Originally and first published 1960; reprinted in 1960,1962,1966,and 1975 - this edn.] NFINE/FINE. Owner inscrptn+date but no price-clip - a circular adhesive price label instead.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around three-colour block freize (brick-red+b/w) pictorial illustrated wrap-around artwork by Joan Kiddell-Monroe protected dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Capitalised black-lettered title,and author and illustrator names to front of dw/dj,spine/backstrip with capitalised black-lettered title and publisher's name to foot of same,rear panel with illustration's continuation.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned; top edges with faint dust-soiling flecks,fore-edges with light,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - seems unread, other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters and decoration to spine/backstrip and immaculate - owner inscrptn excepted - plain brick-red endpapers. UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,4th reprint,v-vii+2- 208pp [paginated] includes author's Preface,a Contents list/table,author's Prologue,17 chapters and an Epilogue,2-colour block (brick-red+black) illustrated frntis+7 other full-page, same coloured illustrations and b/w individual chapter head-pieces - all by Joan Kiddell-Monroe,5pp of Names mentioned in the book as last pages; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,a 2-colour blockbrick-red+black) illustrated frntis,and title page.                            Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 50+ year-old age.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. See also my book IDs' rja1100523 and rja22446 for same author's+illustrator's other titles: 'THE ILIAD OF HOMER' and 'THE AENEID OF VIRGIL' respectively.  For nine long years the Greeks had been at war with Troy,camped by their ships beyond the walls of the city.They had come to win back Helen,the wife of the Greek King Menelaus,whom Paris,son of the king of Troy,had stolen from him.Homer,in his great poem 'The Iliad',tells of the events of the tenth year of the war: how Achilles,the greatest warrior among the Greeks,quarrelled with Agamemnon,the High King,with disastrous consequences for the Greeks; how Achilles was roused to great wrath for the sake of his friend Patroclus,and how he avenged him against Hector, the boldest fighter among the Trojans. It is a stirring and exciting tale of pride and love, vengeance and daring deeds of battle.To her dignified re-telling Barbara Leonie Picard has added a Prologue and an Epilogue which recount the events that led up to and followed Homer's story.The book is a companion to her 'Odyssey of Homer' in the Oxford Children's Classics series.  Joan Kiddell-Monroe (1908-1972),born Clacton-on-Sea.Studied at Willesden and Chelsea Schools of Art.Worked initially in an advertising studio and then turned freelance.In 1936 she married Webster Murray,illustrator for 'The Tatler' and 'The Sketch' and portrait painter.From 1944,she concentrated on book illustration.She travelled in Africa during the 1950's,and eventually settled in Mallorca. Joan Kiddell-Monroe was one of the outstanding professional illustrators of her generation,and her drawings combined a fluent,well-modulated line with a rhythmic and elegant decorative sense.She had a keen eye for detail,and this contributed to her ability to adapt her style in sympathy with the varied sources and subjects of her texts.Her versatility is clearly seen in the Oxford Myths and Legends series - folk tales collected from many parts of the world.She was particularly fond of drawing animals,and often included them in her designs.She worked mainly in black and white,sometimes with one added colour,and sometimes with the full colour range.                                     Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. 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UK,small 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,illustrated,reprint.
Not SIGNED.

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