The Iliad

Printed in a collaboration between two publishers across the pond between 1923 and 1926, this set known as the Shrewsbury Edition created 20 volumes by the English novelist and scholar. A limited edition, 750 sets were printed, half to be for sale in Britain and the other half reserved for the American market–this is set #730.

This set holds a personal connection to Carl Weeks–while most of the volumes include a note that they arrived to Salisbury House December 12, 1927, 6 have Christmas greetings including from sons Bill (William), Lafe (Lafayette), and Evert and family friends. Were these gifts to complete a set? Did loved ones purchase this set for Carl as a group gift? No matter who gifted which, this was a well loved set by Carl! Many of the titles include his notes. One even holds a letter to be posted in Jamaica!

The other titles in the set include:

• Canterbury Settlement
• Collected Essays
• The Authoress of the Odyssey
• Alps and Sanctuaries
• Erewhon
• Erewhon Revisited
• Evolution Old and New
• Ex Voto
• Life and Habit
• The Fair Haven
• The Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Butler
• Luck or Cunning
• The Odyssey of Homer
• Unconscious Memory
• Shakespeare’s Sonnets
• The Way of All Flesh