{"title":"Ithaca or Bust!","description":"\u003cdiv data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBBAA\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eBring ancient legends to life with this collection of classics, fairy tales, folklore, and mythology, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eperfect for young readers and mythology fans!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd||[]--\u003e\u003cstrong data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"odyssey-of-homer-1","title":"Odyssey of Homer","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[WYETH, N(ewel) C(onvers)]. \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Odyssey of Homer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. Translated by George Herbert Palmer. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. 4to, xxx 314pp. White quarter-pigskin with gilt stamped paper label and blue-green cloth decoratively stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers; 16 color plates, with an additional suite of all 16 plates enclosed in an envelope (closing flap present, but detatched). Light foxing to vellum, else a clean, bright copy in a custom-made black cloth slipcase lined with marbled paper. \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned by the artist, N.C. Wyeth, and the translator, George Herbert Palmer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited edition, being one of 550 signed and numbered copies. Wyeth’s masterful interpretation of the classic Greek tale of Odysseus’ epic voyage home after the Trojan War. Vivid, passionate, and beautiful, these are some of Wyeth’s most incredible illustrations. 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