first edition Hardcover
1972 · Oxford
by Galinsky, G. Karl
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. ...provides a survey, both descriptive and analytical, of the most significant adaptations of Herakles in western literature, from Homer to the present day, with particular emphasis upon the more original and creative portraits of the hero." Octavo: xvi, 317 p. with 23 illustrations. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. The ink signature of Paul Naiditch, longtime Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles, appears on the front flyleaf. Some mild edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 76353)