Title: Indispensable for the student of Homer--inspiring too.
Product review: For the student of Attic Greek, reading Homer can be a frustrating experience, and standard dictionaries are of little help. Cunliffe's dictionary provides, in a manageable sized volume, almost any form of any word you will encounter while reading Homer. Chances are, the very instance of the word you are looking up will be referred to in the entry, with its own specific meaning. Cunliffe is an inspiring guy, for his preface demonstrates that this massive endeavor was truly a labor of love for him, a lawyer by profession (apparently he did this in his spare time!). This volume, and a good commentary, is all one needs to be on the way to reading, and enjoying, Homer in the original (One other book I've found extremely helpful is Homeric Vocabularies, by Owen and Goodspeed). The binding is fairly sturdy, and has lasted quite a while for me. I've used the hardback, but I find it easier and faster to look up words in the paperback version.
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