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1933réf. 37066Arthur Barker 1933. 8vo. First Edition; blue cloth backstrip lettered in black boards very lightly faded at extreme upper edges upper halF of backstrip sunned a very goodbright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with two or three closed tears UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Higginson A39. Arthur Barker, hardcover
1929réf. 2278Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1929. Sm. 4to. on laid paper with decorative endpapers; printed boards uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter lightly browned at backstrip. EDITION LIMITED TO 530 NUMBERED COPIES 500 FOR SALE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR THIS COPY NO. 270. Woburn Books No.16. Higginson A31. Elkin Mathews & Marrot, hardcover
2005réf. 52867London: The Folio Society 2005. Hardcover. Introduction by Lawrence Norfolk. Illustrations by Grahame Baker. Small 4to. Dark green cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board only pictorial paper over boards slipcase. xx 108pp. Color frontispiece 6 full-page color plates map endpapers. Fine/near fine. First of this edition tight and immaculate. A slim young adult retelling of Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey" -- issued the year after the 2004 epic historical film "Troy" which based much on Homer but also utilized Graves' version secondarily. This primo copy bears an unusual autograph addition: Tipped to the half-title page is the signature of one of the films co-stars -- SEAN BEAN b. 1959; portrays Odysseus the King of Ithaca boldly signs a fine heavy stock 5" X 3" card in blue ballpoint. Laid in is the perfect bookmark: Bean's original transmittal envelope postally cancelled from North Finchley U.K. on 3 June 1993 which dates this signature. The Folio Society hardcover
1956réf. 24597London: Cassell and Co 1956. First Edition. 8vo publisher’s original bright blue cloth gilt lettered on the spine in the original bright blue dustjacket decorated in yellow black and white. 203 pp. An unusually fine copy. The book was not produced to high standards and is typically not found so well preserved as this copy. Neither the book nor jacket exhibit any wear or even evidence of use. There is no fading to the bright blue and yellow of the jacket. There is a touch of age spotting to the edges or rear panel of the jacket. A beautiful copy. FIRST EDITION IN EXCELLENT CONDITION of this collection of 36 stories by the eternally popular English poet/scholar/translator/writer/Classicalist and novelist. Many of these stories were gathered from Punch to which Mr. Graves had been contributing. The title is taken from a Majorcan term meaning to fall off a ladder or damage one’s reputation. Thirty-five of these pieces are humorous a side of Mr. Graves’ talent that has been often underrated. Cassell and Co hardcover
