A29 A PAMPHLET AGAINST ANTHOLOGIES [1928]
a. First edition:
A Pamphlet | AGAINST ANTHOLOGIES | by | LAURA RIDING | AND ROBERT GRAVES | [publisher’s emblem] | JONATHAN CAPE | THIRTY BEDFORD SQUARE | LONDON
Collation: [A]8 B–M8, 96 leaves.
p.[1] A PAMPHLET AGAINST ANTHOLOGIES; p.[2] blank; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] publication and printer’s notices; p.5 CONTENTS; p.[6] blank; pp.7–8 FOREWORD; p.[9] A PAMPHLET AGAINST ANTHOLOGIES; p.[10] blank; pp.11–192 text.
19.1 × 12.8 cm. Bulk: 1.5/2.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in mustard-brown cloth; front blank; back blind-stamped with publisher’s emblem; spine stamped in gold: PAMPHLET | AGAINST | ANTHOLOGIES | [leaf device] | RIDING | & GRAVES | JONATHAN CAPE
Price: 7s. 6d. Number of copies: 1,500. Published in July 1928 in cream dust-jacket printed in red and black.
Contents: Foreword – The True Anthology and the Trade Anthology – Anthologies and the Book Market – The Anthologist in Our Midst – The Popular Poem and the Popular Reader – The Perfect Modern Lyric – ‘Best Poems’ – Poetry and Anthology Labels – Anthologies and the Living Poet – Conclusion
Note: Both A29a and A29b were printed in Great Britain.
A29b. American issue (1928):
A Pamphlet | AGAINST ANTHOLOGIES | by | LAURA RIDING | AND ROBERT GRAVES | GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK | DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & COMPANY, INC. | 1928
Collation: as A29a, except p.[4] has printer’s notice only.
Size, bulk, paper as A29a. Bound in buff boards with wine cloth spine; front and back blank; white label on spine printed in red: [decorative rule] | A | PAMPHLET | AGAINST | ANTHOLOGIES | [decorative rule] | RIDING | and | GRAVES | [decorative rule]
Price: $2.00. Number of copies unknown. Published in January 1929 in light grey dust-jacket printed in red.
Note: AMS Press of New York issued a photographic reprint on 21 May 1970 of 300 copies at the price of $2.00.