1902 The Boy's Iliad

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

First Edition. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven illustrated plates by George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857-1929), a painter, etcher, and illustrator who was a founding member for both the 'New English Art Club' and the 'Society of Portrait Painters'. 

Bound in a full-calf binding for King Edward VI Grammar School by the Cornish Brothers. 

This is a collection of myths, legends, and fables connected with the Trojan War, which the author fashioned to be 'made familiar to boys'. 

Contents include 'Origin of the Myrmidons', 'How Peleus Captures Thetis', 'Achilles Supports Kalchas', 'Paris Challengeth Menelaos', and 'Pandaros and Aineias'. 

Written by Walter Copland Perry (1814-1911), a British author and barrister-at-law. Perry published several works involved with history and classical literature, such as 'The Franks, From Their First Appearance in History to the Death of King Pepin', and 'Sicily in Fable, History, Art, and Song'. 

Collated, complete.