VERY GOOD CONDITION

This sale is for a large size hardback COMPLETE TWO VOLUME FOLIO SOCIETY SET entitled “The Greek Myths,” by Robert Graves, Introduced by Kenneth McLeish, illustrated with 16 FULL PAGE woodcuts by Grahame Baker, including a frontispiece, and with maps drawn by Denys Baker, including endpaper maps.

The set was published by The Folio Society, of London, in 2001.

The books are substantial and make up a COMPLETE MYTHOLOGY for the English reader, retelling in modern terms the stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes, and embody the conclusions of modern anthropology and archaeology.

The contents include:

VOLUME I:

·       Introductions

·       Beginnings

·        Pelagian Creation

·        Homeric and Orphic Creation

·        Olympian Creation

·        The Castration of Uranus

·        The Birth of Athene

·        Zeus and Metis

·        The Birth of Eros

…and much more…

·       Stories of the Gods – Nature and Deeds of:

·        Poseidon

·        Hermes

·        Aphrodite

·        Ares

·        Hestia

·        Apollo

·        Pan

…and much more…

·       Sky, Sea, and Underworld

·        Orpheus

·        Gods of the Underworld

…and much more…

·       Revolts Against the Gods

·        The Giant’s Revolt

·        Atlas and Prometheus

…and much more…

·       Heroes, Gods, and Mortals

·        Eos

·        Orion

·        The Oracles

·        Ixion

·        Endymion

·        Perseus

·        Midas

·        Narcissus

…and much more…

·       Crete and Theseus

·        Minos

·        Theseus

…and much more…

VOLUME II:

·       Thebes

·        Oedipus

·        The Seven Against Thebes

·        The Epigoni

·       Argos

·        Pelops

·        Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra

·        The Reign of Orestes

…and much more…

·       Heracles

·       Jason and the Argonauts

·       The Trojan War

·        Paris and Helen

·        Nine Years of War

·        The Wrath of Achilles

·        The Wooden Horse

·        The Sack of Troy

…and much more…

·       Odysseus

·       Index

The books measure 9 inches x 6 inches (a little bigger in their slipcase), will require 2.25 inches along your bookshelf and have 700 pages + illustrations.

The books are in very good, bright, clean and neat condition.  The bindings are very good with no loose or missing pages.  There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in either of the books.  The slipcase is in good condition for its age, save minor wear/scuffs and a little fading.

A wonderful, illustrated COMPLETE TWO VOLUME FOLIO SOCIETY SET.

COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/‘shipping’ for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice.

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Buyer to pay postage & packing HEAVY - TWO BOOKS!

For UK Postage: 2nd Class = £6.00; 1st Class = £7.50

European Union Postage: = 10.95 GB Pounds

USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 26.25 GB Pounds

Airmail to Australia & New Zealand = 26.95 GB Pounds

Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World excluding USA, Australia & New Zealand) = 21.95 GB Pounds. 

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Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatched once payment has cleared.