BLACK SHIPS BEFORE TROY. The Story of the Iliad.

Second printing of the first edition. Signed by the artist. Publisher's original navy paper-covered boards, in dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout by Alan Lee. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the extremities lightly rubbed. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper that is slightly faded at the spine. Not price-clipped (£12.99 on the lower front flap).

Inscribed by Alan Lee on the half-title, 'For Kay / Alan Lee'. A beautifully illustrated retelling of Homer's the Illiad by the hugely prolific, multi-award winning children's historical fiction writer Rosemary Sutcliff. Alan Lee won the 1993 Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrations for this title.