Scarce modern Greek verse drama of the Odyssey

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Odysseas.

Athens, Stochastes, 1928.

4to (175 x 224 mm). 104 pp. Titles and design in black and red. Original yellow printed wrappers.

 1,500.00

First edition, first impression, of Kazantzakis's ambitious verse drama based on Homer's Odyssey, dedicated to "Lenotschka Dybouk" - a pseudonym for his lifelong companion (and later wife) Eleni Samiou (1903-2004).

The first edition is institutionally rare, with WorldCat showing only five locations (Oxford, Univ. of Sydney, Princeton, Cleveland Public Library, Indiana Univ.).

Condition

Some minor fraying to the yapp edges but otherwise a fine copy, exceptionally well preserved, some leaves uncut.

References

OCLC 27738319.

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