Collection of Vintage Penguin and Pelican Paperbacks, 1949-1955: Greeks, Romans, Hittites and Aztecs

Collection of Vintage Penguin and Pelican Paperbacks, 1949-1955: Greeks, Romans, Hittites and Aztecs.

Set comprises:

The Penguin Classics: Homer; The Iliad, A New translation by E.V. Rieu, 1951, 2nd impression.

The Penguin Classics: Homer; The Odyssey, A New translation by E.V. Rieu, 1952, 5th impression.

Pelican Books: The Romans, by R.H. Barrow, 1949, 1st edition.

Pelican Books: The Greeks, by H.D.F. Kitto, 1952, 3rd impression.

Pelican Books: The Hittites, by O.R. Gurny, 1952, 1st edition.

Pelican Books: The Aztecs of Mexico, by G.C. Vaillant, 1955, 3rd impression.

Published in Harmondsworth, Middlesex.

A fair set of paperbacks. The books are let down by their covers which are heavily foxed, and the spines discolored. Endpapers are also foxed although text is clean, with age toning. Binding is sound. There are some booksellers' ink stamps from Karachi in Pakistan, and the climate there may explain the damage to the covers. One owner's signature to an endpaper. An acceptable reading set.

Text in English.

Weight approximately 1.2kg unpacked.

Approx Dimensions: 

Each volume approximately 181mm high x 110mm wide x 10-25mm deep.