SECTION A: Books written, co-written or translated by Robert Graves

A42 I, CLAUDIUS 1934

General comments

The first edition of this book was printed by two different firms: The Star and Gazette Co., Ltd. of Guernsey and by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ltd. of London and Aylesbury. The books produced by the two printers are identical except for differences on the versos of the title-pages. See below. Note also that The Star and Gazette imprint gives the publisher’s London postal code as “W.C.1” while Hazell, Watson and Viney give the postal code as “W.C.2”. The subsequent impressions of A42a were all printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney.

A note in Bibliographical Notes & Queries, 2, ii (1936), p. 5 states “The publishers of I, Claudius say that the book was given to the printers in Guernsey and when it was half finished the machinery broke down and the whole of the press, type, and paper was transferred to Aylesbury and completed by Hazel, Watson & Viney. There is no question, they say, as to which is the first edition, because the two printings were available on the day of publication.”

a. First edition:

Collation: [A]8 B–2H8, 248 leaves.

pp.[1]–[2] blank; p.[3] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[4] blank; p.[5] title-page; p.[6] printer’s and publication notices; p.[7] quotation (7 ll.) from Tacitus; p.[8] blank; pp.9–10

AUTHOR’S NOTE; p. [11] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[12] blank; pp.l3–494 text; [genealogical table tipped to p.[495]; pp.[495] – [496] blank.

Price: 8s. Number of copies unknown. Published 4 May 1934 in white dust-jacket printed in blue, brown, yellowish pink and black.

Notes: The jacket design is by John Aldridge. Some copies were furnished with a white paper wrap-around band printed three times in blue: CHOSEN BY | THE BOOK SOCIETY

Some copies are rubber-stamped on front free endpaper in purple ink: ‘COLONIAL EDITION.’

Copies were available bound in the publisher’s red morocco leather with spine stamped in gold, as above. Top edges gilt. Copies of the first and later impressions were so bound.

There is a variant green cloth binding of the first impression, stamped on the spine in gold, as above.

There was also a “remainder” impression bound in orange cloth stamped in black to be distributed by W.H.Smith. The genealogical table is absent.

Impressions: 2nd, 3rd, May 1934, 4th, June 1934; 5th, September 1934; 6th, December 1934; 7th, January 1935; 8th, May 1935; 9th, October 1935.

See Notes to A43a.

Printed in Great Britain. For a note on the printing of the first edition by two firms see Bibliographical Notes & Queries 2, ii (1936), 5.

This book has been translated into Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

A42b. American issue (1934):

Collation: [1 ] – [ 12]16 [13]8 [14] –[16]16 248 1eaves.

Remainder as A42a.

21.4 × 14.1 cm. Bulk: 3.1/3.7 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in dark blue buckram; back blank; front stamped in blind with medallion of Claudius; spine stamped in gold: I, | CLAUDIUS | [double rule] | Graves | HARRISON SMITH | ROBERT HAAS

Price: $3.00. Number of copies undetermined. Published 4 June 1934 in dust-jacket as A42a, modified for Smith and Haas.

Notes: Impressions: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, June 1934; 5th, July 1934; 6th, 7th, August 1934. Later impressions have the publishers’ emblem on the spine. Printed in the U.S.

A42c. Second American edition ([1935]):

Collation: [1] – [12]16 [13]12 [14]16, 220 leaves.

p.[i], I, CLAUDIUS; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] copyright notice; p.[v] biographical note; p.[vi] blank; p. [vii] quotation (6 ll.) from Tacitus; p.[viii] blank;

pp.ix–x AUTHOR’S NOTE; p.[1] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[2] blank; pp.3–427 text; pp.[428]–[430]blank.

21.1 × 14.0 cm. Bulk: 2.9/3.6 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; top edges stained blue-green. White wove endpapers. Bound in dark blue cloth; back blank; front blind-stamped with medallion; spine stamped in gold: I, | CLAUDIUS | [double rule] | Graves | GROSSET | & DUNLAP

Price: $1.00. Number of copies unknown. Published on 10 June 1935.

A42c.1 First European edition in English (1935):

Collation: [1-6] 7-444 [445-448], 224 leaves.

p. [1] THE ALBATROSS | MODERN CONTINENTAL LIBRARY | VOLUME 266 | [star] | I, CLAUDIUS; p. [2] blank; p. [3] title-page; p. [4] quotation, copyright, printer’s and publisher’s notices; pp. 5-[6] AUTHOR’S NOTE, pp. 7-9 genealogical tables; pp. 10-444 [445] text; p. [446] printer’s notice; pp. [447] – [448] publisher’s advertisements.

18.1 × 11.1 cm. Bulk: 2.4 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in yellow and black.

Prices: Reichsmark 3.00, Swiss franc 3.75, Dutch guilder 1.80, French franc 18.0, Italian lire 15.0. Published in 1935 in dust-jacket as covers.

Notes: Impressions, 2nd 1935, 3rd 1936, 4th 1938, 5th 1941, 6th 1942. The book was also issued bound in yellow cloth, with paper labels affixed to front cover and spine. The publisher also produced 12 special copies for the author, bound in half leather and furnished in cardboard slipcases covered in marbled paper.

Issued as Volume 266 in the publisher’s Modern Continental Library series and termed “COPYRIGHT EDITION” on front cover and front panel of dust-jacket.

Reference: Higginson, Appendix II, p. 298.

A42d. Cheap English issue (1936):

Title-page as A42a, except for date.

Collation: [A]/A*88 B/B*–P/P*88 Q8, 248 leaves.

Remainder as A42a.

19.7 × 13.2 cm. Bulk: 2.1/2.6 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in grey cloth; front and back blank; spine printed in maroon: Robert Graves | [rule] | [solid brown rectangular box, grey cloth showing through to read 2 ll.:] I, | CLAUDIUS | [rule] | BARKER

Price: 5s. Number of copies unknown. Published in May 1936 in John Aldridge dust-jacket.

Some copies were furnished in an orange wrap-around band printed in black which advertises the First Cheap Edition.

Notes: Impressions: 2nd, November 1936; 3rd, May 1937; 4th , July 1938; 5th, 1939 (first with Methuen imprint). In August 1939 the Barker rights were taken over by Methuen, who received 275 copies and 1,000 sheets. Methuen published a 6th impression of 3,000 copies (the ‘14th edition’) in 1940. It was bound in red cloth stamped in black on the spine; 2,000 of these were destroyed by enemy action. The 7th Methuen impression, 1941 (3,000 copies). The latter two impressions were produced during wartime paper rationing and are slightly smaller (18.7 × 12.4 cm.) and bulk: 2.2/2.6 cm.

Earlier editions of this bibliography showed a 1943 impression, (3,000 copies) and a 1946 impression (2,500 copies). These are the first two impressions of a new edition, here designated as A42f.1.

A42e. Second American edition, Modern Library issue ([1937]):

Collation: [i- viii] ix [x] [1-2] 3-427 [428-430], 220 leaves.

p.[i] THE MODERN LIBRARY | OF THE WORLD’S BEST BOOKS | [heavy above light rules] | I, CLAUDIUS; p.[ii] publisher’s advertisement; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] copyright, first edition notice, publisher’s and manufacturer’s notices; p.[v] biographical note; p.[vi] blank; p.[vii] quotation (6 ll.) from Tacitus; p.[viii] blank; pp.ix–x AUTHOR’S NOTE; p.[1] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[2] blank; pp. 3–427 text; p.[428]–[430] blank.

16.5 × 10.6 cm. Bulk: 1.7/2.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; top edges stained green. White wove endpapers; first and fourth sides blank; second and third sides printed with brown overall design of books and: ml; publisher’s emblem in centre. Bound in blue cloth; back blank; front blind stamped: [rectangular single-rule box enclosing all:] | [publisher’s emblem stamped in gold in centre]; spine stamped in gold, from top to bottom: | I, | CLAUDIUS | [rule] | GRAVES | [intermingled script M and L] | MODERN | LIBRARY

Price: $0.95; later $1.10, $1.25, $1.45, $1.65, $1.95, $2.45. Number of copies: 89,000 to June 1964. Published 25 February 1937 in white dust-jacket printed in black and gold, with list of 246 Modern Library books printed on inside.

Later in the press-run bindings and endpapers were changed and title-pages reset.

Notes: Copies of the first impression were also issued in green, maroon, and brown cloth. All have top edges stained to match the cloth colour.

The endpapers were designed by Rockwell Kent

A42f. Second English edition ([1941]):

Collation: [both volumes:] [A]/A*88 B–G16, 112 leaves.

Vol. I: p.[1] blurb; p.[2] portrait of Graves and biographical note; p.[3] title-page; p [4] publication notice, list of books by Graves and printer’s notice; p.[5] quotation (6 ll.) from Tacitus; p.[6] the Sibylline verses; pp.[7]–[8] AUTHOR’S NOTE; pp.[9] 10–222 text, with pp.[19, 33, 45, 53, 71, 89, 105, 111, 123, 131, 151, 165, 177, 189, 199, 211] unnumbered and pp.[52, 70, 88, 104, 110, 122, 150, 164, 176, 188] blank; pp.[223] –|224] blank.

Vol. II: p.[i] blurb; p.[ii] portrait of Graves and biographical note; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publication notice, list of books by Graves and printer’s notice; p.[v] quotation (6 ll.) from Tacitus; p.[vi] blank; pp.[vii] –[viii] AUTHOR’S NOTE; pp.[223] 224–433 text, with pp.[229, 245, 261, 271, 289, 299, 311, 319, 329, 345, 355, 369, 385, 403, 417, 429] unnumbered and pp.[260, 270, 298, 310, 328, 344, 368, 384, 416, 428] blank; pp.[434] —[438] blank.

17.8 × 11.1 cm. Bulk: 0.8 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in black and orange; inside covers and outer back covers are blank.

Price: 9d. per volume. Number of copies: 55,000. Published in July 1941 (but see note below) in white paper covers printed in orange and black.

Notes: These books are Penguins 318 and 319.

Volume I, p.[4] has “Decdmber” for “December”; volume II has not this misprint. Both volumes, same page, have “Perany” for “Penny” in the list of Graves’ titles.

A second issue of the book has Volume I with advertisements on pp. [223-224]. Volume II has advertisements on pp. [434] — [438]. Covers as above. Inside covers and outer back covers have advertisements, in both volumes.

There was a second impression in 1941 where. p. [4] indicates both the first and second impressions were published in May 1941.

A42f.1 Third English edition ([1943]):

Collation: 230 leaves.

[p.i] I, CLAUDIUS; [p. ii] blank; p. [iii] title-page; p.[iv] quotation from Tacitus; list of the Barker and Methuen impressions of this title; Book Production War Economy Standard notice and printer’s notice; p. 5-6 Author’s Note; pp. 1-454 text; [genealogical table tipped to p. 454].

18.4 × 12.3 cm. Bulk: 1.8/2.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in grey cloth; front and back blank; spine printed in maroon: Robert Graves | [rule] | [solid maroon rectangular box, grey cloth showing through to read 2 ll.:] I, | CLAUDIUS | [rule] | METHUEN

Price: 8s.6d. Number of copies 3,000. Published in May 1943 in the John Aldridge dust-jacket.

Notes: Impressions: 2nd 1946 (2,500 copies); 3rd 1950; 4th 1952 (but stated 1953); 5th 1956; 6th 1962; 7th 1966; 8th 1969; 9th 1971.

In 1972 Heron Books, a part of the Edito-Service Group, printed an illustrated direct mail order edition offset from this edition. Copies are seen with Editio-Service and Heron Books title-pages, but both are otherwise virtually identical. The book is bound in imitation leather stamped in gold. Illustrations are by David Whitfield.

A42f.1 is a new entry to this bibliography; it combines the seventh and eighth impressions of A42d and the entirety of A42i, as described in the second edition of this bibliography.

A42g. Fourth English edition ([1944]):

Collation: Vol. I: unknown; Vol. II [1]16 2–616, 96 leaves.

Vol. I: p.[1] I, CLAUDIUS | VOLUME I | [blurb 19 ll.]; p.[2] portrait of Graves and biographical note; p.[3] title-page; p. [4] publication date and author’s advertisement; p.[5] the Sibylline verses; p.[6] quotation (8 ll.) from Tacitus; pp.[7]–[8] AUTHOR’S NOTE; pp.9–191 [192] text.

Vol. II: p. [193] I, CLAUDIUS | VOLUME II | [blurb 7 ll.]; p.[194] portrait of Graves and biographical note; p.[195] title-page; p. [196] publication date and author’s advertisement; p.[197] quotation (8 ll.) from Tacitus; p.[198] blank; pp.[199]–[200]AUTHOR’S NOTE; pp.20l–379 text; p.[380] text and printer’s notice; pp.[381]–[382] advertisements; pp.[383]–[384] publisher’s advertisements.

18.0 × 10.9 cm. Bulk: (I) 0.8; (II) 0.8 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in orange and black; inside front and back covers: advertisements.

Price: Unknown. Number of copies: unknown. Published in 1944.

Note: p.[vi] indicates that this edition is merely a reprinting of the 1941 Penguin edition (A42f), but it obviously is not.

In earlier editions of this bibliography this was designated as the Third English edition.

A42h. Third American edition ([1944]):

Collation: [1] –[12]16 [13] –188, 240 leaves.

p.[1] title-page; p.[2] quotation (6 ll.) from Tacitus; pp. [3]–[4] AUTHOR’S NOTE; pp.[5] 6–477 text; p.[478] blank; pp. [479]–[480] ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

16.7 × 11.6 cm. Bulk: 1.8 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers with multicolour printing; front has title, author and rights notice; inside front and back covers are publisher’s announcements; back cover has blurb.

Note: This edition was never for sale, but only for distribution to members of the U.S. Armed Forces overseas. It is printed in double columns throughout, with the exception of p. [2]; the gatherings are stabbed together with a single staple at the center of the gutter. The Library of Congress copy was received on 24 October 1944.

A42h.1 Second European edition in English (1947):

Collation: [1-4] 5 [6-9] 10-421 [421] [422-424], 212 leaves.

p. [1] THE ALBATROSS | MODERN CONTINENTAL LIBRARY | VOLUME 266 | I, CLAUDIUS; p. [2] list of Graves’s works published by Albatross p. [3] title-page; p. [4] quotation, copyright, printer’s and publisher’s notices; pp. 5-[6] AUTHOR’S NOTE, pp. [7-9] genealogical tables; pp. 10-421[422] text; p. [423] blank; p. [424] printer’s notice.

17.9 × 11.3 cm. Bulk: 2.6 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White paper covers printed in magenta and black.

Price: Unknown. Number of copies unknown. Published 1947 in white wove dust-jacket printed in magenta and black.

Notes: Some copies were bound in imitation vellum. Back and front embossed with a series of rectangles with open oval at centre; spine has gold label with raised letters: ROBERT GRAVES | I, CLAUDIUS

Termed “AUTHORIZED EDITION” on front cover and front panel of dust-jacket.

A42i. Fourth English edition ([1949?]):

Collation: [1]8 2/2*–15/15*88, 232 leaves.

p.[i] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[ii] list of books by Graves; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] quotation (7 ll.) from Tacitus, edition and printer’s notices; pp.v–vi AUTHOR’S NOTE; pp.1–454 text; [fold-out genealogical table tipped to p.[455]]; pp.[455]–[458] blank.

Price: 8s. 6d. Number of copies: 3,000. Published in 1949 in dust-jacket as A42a.

Notes: Impressions: 2nd, 1952 (3,250 copies); 3rd, 1956 (3,000 copies); 4th, 1962 (3,000 copies); 5th, 1971.

In 1972 Heron Books, a part of the Edito-Service Group, printed a direct mail order edition offset from this edition. A copy has not been seen.

ABOVE IS CANCELLED

A42j. Fifth English edition ([1953]):

Collation: [A]16 B–L16 M8 N16 , 200 leaves.

p.[1] PENGUIN BOOKS | 318 | I, CLAUDIUS | ROBERT GRAVES | [publisher’s emblem]; p.[2] blank; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] publisher’s notice, printing history and printer’s notice; p.[5] the Sibylline verses; p.[6] quotation (10 ll.) from Tacitus; pp. 7–[8] Author’s Note; pp.9–395 [396] text; p.[397] TREE OF THE | IMPERIAL FAMILY AND CONNEXIONS | TO THE YEAR A.D. 41 | GIVING NAMES AS ABBREVIATED | IN THIS BOOK; pp.[398] – [399] genealogical table; p.[400] blank.

18.0 × 11.0 cm. Bulk: 1.9 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in paper covers printed in black and orange.

Price: 3s. 6d. Number of copies unknown. Published in 1953.

Note: Reported printings: 2nd 1955; 3rd 1958; 4th 1960; 5th 1962; 6th 1963; 7th 1964; 8th 1966; 9th 1967; 10th 1969; 11th 1970; 12th 1971; 13th 1972; 14th 1974; 15th 1975; 16th 1976; 17th 1976; 18th 1977; 19th 1977; 20th 1977; 21st 1977; 22nd 1978; 23rd 1978; 24th 1979; 25th 1979; 26th 1983; 27th 1984; 28th 1985; 29th 1986; 30th 1986; 31st 1986; 32nd 1987; 33rd 1988; covers and dimensions vary. There were further printings into the 1990s and 2000s. On 3 August 2006 Penguin published an impression in their Penguin Modern Classics series, with an introduction by Barry Unsworth.

Notes: In about 1977 Penguin issued copies of later impressions of A42j and A43e, as a boxed set in a slipcase illustrated by Brian Pike.

An Australian edition or issue was published by Penguin Books Australia in 1987.It was printed and bound in Australia by The Book Printer, Victoria. The front cover shows Derek Jacobi in the BBC TV production of ‘I Claudius’. Price: Aus. $8.95.

Random House UK Ltd, under their Vintage imprint published an impression in 1999 in paper cover printed in multiple colours.

Price: £7.99.

Planet Three Publishing Network Ltd, London, issued a hardcover impression (paper-covered boards with vinyl spine) in 2004 as a promotional item whereby the book was priced £2.50 when purchased with The Daily Express newspaper.

A42k. Fourth American edition ([1953]):

Collation: 224 leaves, glued at spine.

pp.[3]–[4] blurbs; p.[5] title-page; p.[6] copyright, acknowledgement and printing notices; p.[7] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[8] blank; pp.9–445 [446] text; pp.[447]–[448] AUTHOR’S NOTE; pp. [449]–[450] publisher’s advertisements.

16.0 × 10.7 cm. Bulk: 2.3 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; all edges stained yellow. Bound in pictorial paper covers.

Price: $0.35. Number of copies: 250,000. Published in October 1953. Notes: This is Avon Red and Gold Library No. AT–68.

Mason records a 1957 impression by Avon.

Reference: Mason/1988

A42l. Fifth American edition ([1961]):

Collation: 224 leaves, glued at spine.

p.[i] [decorative rule] | [rule] | I, CLAUDIUS | [rule]; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] copyright, rights reservation, publisher’s and manufacturing notices; p.[v] quotation (10 ll.) from Tacitus; p.[vi] blank; pp.[vii] – [viii] AUTHOR’S NOTE; p.[1] [decorative rule] | I, CLAUDIUS | [rule]; p.[2] blank; pp.[3] 4–432 text; p.[433] biographical and typographical notices; p.[434]–[440] publisher’s advertisements.

18.4 × 11.1 cm. Bulk: 2.1 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in red, blue and black.

Price: $1.45. Number of copies 15,000 (first impression). Published 13 February 1961.

Note: This book is Vintage Book V–182. The cover design is by George Giusti. After the Masterpiece Theatre dramatization was broadcast in the United States this edition was re-issued with a new cover designed by Seymour Chwast, the price was raised to $2.95 (later, $4.95) and its number was changed to Vintage Book V–536.

A42m. Sixth American edition ([1965]):

Collation: 228 leaves, glued at spine.

p.[i] [in magenta:] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s emblem, staff credits, copyright, rights reservation and printing notices; pp.[v]–[vi] solid magenta, otherwise blank; pp.vii–xi EDITORS’ | PREFACE; p.[xii] solid magenta, otherwise blank; pp.xiii–xvii INTRODUCTION; p. [xviii] blank; p.xix–xx AUTHOR’S | NOTE; p.[xxi] quotation (11 ll.) from Tacitus; p.[xxii] blank; p.[xxiii] [in magenta:] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[xxiv] solid magenta, otherwise blank; pp.1–429 text; p.[430] blank; p.[431] colophon; p.[432] blank.

20.3 × 13.2 cm. Bulk: 2.7 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in paper covers; inner sides scarlet; outer sides white printed with pictorial design in orange, green, blue, yellow, and black.

Price: $3.95. Number of copies undisclosed. Published in February 1965.

Note: The Introduction (pp.xiii–xvii) has not appeared elsewhere.

A42n. Sixth English edition ([1976]):

Collation: [1] –[9]l6, 144 leaves.

p.[i] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[ii] by the same author CLAUDIUS THE GOD; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] quotation from Tacitus, publisher’s, ISBN, and printer’s notices; pp.v–vi AUTHOR’S NOTE; pp.[1] 2–281 text [fold-out genealogical table tipped in between pp.280–281; p.[282] blank.

21.5 × 13.4 cm. Bulk: 2.2/2.6 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; top edge stained light blue. Bound in simulated navy blue cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold, top to bottom: [2 ll. horizontal:] Robert | Graves | [down spine:] I, CLAUDIUS | [2 ll. horizontal:] EYRE | METHUEN

Price: £3.95. Number of copies: 3,000. Published June 1976 in white wove dust-jacket printed in yellow and black with a colour photo of Derek Jacobi as Claudius on front and back panels.

There was a second impression in 1979, bound and in a dust-jacket as above, but priced £4.95. Here the words “twentieth edition” replace the words “nineteenth edition” on p. [iv].

Notes: Book Club Associates issued impressions of this book in 1976 and 1977.

A limited issue of 100 signed and numbered copies using sheets of this edition purchased from Methuen was specially bound in full purple morocco and issued by David Paradine in 1977 in a slipcase without dust-jacket.

A42o. Seventh English edition ([1978]):

Collation: 204 leaves glued at the spine.

p.[i] I, CLAUDIUS; p.[ii] by the same author | CLAUDIUS THE GOD; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publishing, edition, ISBN and printer’s notices; p.[v] [7 line quotation from Tacitus]; p. [vi] blank; p.[vii]–viii AUTHOR’S NOTE; p.[ix] I, CLAUDIUS; p. [x] blank; pp.[1]2–395 text, with pp.[10, 24, 36, 43, 59, 76, 91, 96, 107, 115, 134, 147, 158, 168,178,190, 201, 207, 222, 236, 245, 263, 272, 282, 290, 299, 313, 323, 336, 351, 368, 380, 391] being unnumbered; [fold-out genealogical tables tipped in between pp. 394–395; pp.[396]–[398] blank.

21.5 × 13.6 cm. Bulk: 3.0/3.4 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in navy blue cloth, front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: Robert | Graves | [down spine] I, CLAUDIUS | [upright] Methuen.

Price: £7.95. Number of copies: 2,700. Published in September 1978 in white dust-jacket printed in black and gold with colour photograph of Derek Jacobi from the television series on front and back.

Notes: p. [iv] states “This edition published 1979.” It is possible the book was published in 1978, as indicated above.

Impressions: 2nd, September, 1982 (copies: 2,000), 3rd, 1986; 1986, a Guild Publishing/Book Club Associates issue; a BCA [Book Club Associates] issue in 1992.

Guild Publishing, London, issued an impression in 1979. It is bound in imitation maroon leather elaborately stamped in gold on front and spine. p. [iv]: This edition published 1979 by | Guild Publishing by arrangement | with Eyre Methuen Limited | Printed in Great Britain by | St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Random House produced a book club impression of this edition. It was printed offset in the United States, and the title-page has been reset and it lacks the genealogical tables; it is not perfect bound. The book carries a 1961 copyright renewal date. Also issued by Random House at an undetermined date is an impression bound in imitation maroon leather stamped in gold. Front has two griffins facing a flaming brazier. Also seen bound in full dark green cloth stamped in gold with griffins and flaming brazier on front.

International Collectors Library (ICL), Garden City, New York published an impression (c. 1970s-1980s) in green imitation leather stamped in gold with a satin ribbon marker sewn in. The ICL series was published by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc., as a book club series.

Marshall Cavendish, London, published a hardcover impression in 1988, and a second impression in 1993.

A42p. Seventh American edition ([1982]):

Collation: 224 leaves, glued at spine.

pp.[i]–[ii] blank; p.[iii] woodcut of Claudius; p.[iv] blank; p.[v] title-page; p.[vi] edition, copyright, rights reservation and publishing notices; p.[vii] [10 ll. quotation from Tacitus]; p.[viii] blank; pp.[ix]–[x] AUTHOR’S NOTE; p.[1] as p.[iii]; p.[2] blank; p.[3]4–432 text; pp.[433]–[436] blank.

18.2 × 11.8 cm. Bulk: 2.5/3.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in reddish-brown vinyl; back blank; front stamped with publisher’s emblem in negative black; spine stamped in gold: I, Claudius | Robert Graves | Modern Library

Price: $8.95. Number of copies undetermined. Published in October 1982 in fawn dust-jacket printed in black and red.

A42q. Eighth American edition ([1985]):

Collation: [i]-[vi], vii-viii, [ix-x], 1-404.

p. [i] I, CLAUDIUS | p. [ii] blank; p. [3] title-page; p. [iv] publisher’s, rights

reservation, copyright, ISBN and printer’s notices; p. [v] [quotation from Tacitus]; p. [vi] blank; pp. [vii] – [viii] Author’s Note; p. [ix] I, CLAUDIUS; p. [x] blank; pp. 1-404 text.

21.4 × 14.0 cm. Bulk: 2.7/ 3.5 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers, inner sides with faux marbled paper design. Bound in oxblood imitation leather; back blank; front all stamped in gold: [rectangular box enclosing all] | [design of leaves and fruit enclosing all] | [rectangular rule box enclosing all] | THE | GREATEST | HISTORICAL | NOVELS; spine stamped in gold: [upright:] [publisher’s emblem] | [down spine:] I, CLAUDIUS [middle dot] ROBERT GRAVES | [upright:] BANTAM

Price: Unknown. Number of copies unknown. Published in 1985, without dust-jacket.

A42r. Ninth American edition ([1989]):

p. [i] VINTAGE | [publisher’s emblem] | INTERNATIONAL; p. [ii] ALSO BY ROBERT GRAVES, | AVAILABLE FROM VINTAGE | Claudius the God; p. [iii] [in open type:] I, CLAUDIUS; p. [iv] blank; p. [v] title-page; p. [vi] edition, copyright, rights reservation, and Library of Congress cataloging notices; p. [vii] [quotation by Tacitus; p. [viii] blank; pp. ix – x Author’s Note; p. [1] [in open type:] I, CLAUDIUS; p. [2] blank; pp. 3-496; p. [469] About the Author; p. [470] publisher’s notice.

20.2 × 13.3 cm. Bulk: 2.2 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers; pictorial design on front cover in multiple colours, predominately black, green-yellow, and red.

Price: $8.95. Number of copies unknown. Published 23 October 1989.

Notes: Impressions: There were 42 impressions up to 2017, with prices ranging from $8.95-$17.00.

Art direction by Susan Mitchell; design by Marc J. Cohen; illustration by John Martinez.

A42s. Eighth English edition ([1994]):

p. [i] I, Claudius | p. [ii] blank; frontispiece; p. [iii] title-page; p. [iv] publisher’s printer’s, edition and copyright notices; p. [v] Illustrations; p. [vi] blank; pp. vii- xiii Introduction; p. [xiv] blank; p. [xv] [quotation from Tacitus]; p. xvi the Sibylline verses; pp. xvii- xviii Author’s Note; pp. 1-349 text, with pp. [65, 78, 83, 93, 100, 137, 155, 166, 176, 182, 215, 254, 262, 275, 284, 296, 309, 324, 335, 345] being unnumbered; p. [350] blank. There are illustrations facing pp. 46, 63, 126, 143, 206, 223 and 303.

24.3 × 15.5 cm. Bulk: 2.5/ 3.1 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; top edges stained green. Yellow wove endpapers, outer sides printed in green with genealogical table titled “THE TREE OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY AND CONNECTIONS TO THE YEAR A.D. XLI”. Bound in green cloth blocked overall in gold with a stylized leaf, tendril and fruit design; front and back unprinted; spine printed in gold: [solid gold rectangular box] | [rule of green cloth] | [gold rule] | [rule of green cloth] | [gold rectangular box with cloth showing through for 6 ll:] | I, | CLAUDIUS | [heavy rule of green cloth] | [light rule of green cloth] | ROBERT | GRAVES | [light rule of green cloth] | [gold rule] | [heavy rule of green cloth] | [solid gold rectangular box]

Price: £24.95. Number of copies unknown. Published in May 1994 without dust-jacket in cardboard slipcase covered in green paper.

Notes: Impressions, 2nd 1995; 3rd 1997; 4th 2006.

A42t. Tenth American edition ([2000]):

p. [i] [in shaded letters:] I, CLAUDIUS; p. [ii] blank; [frontispiece, back blank]; p. [iii] title-page; p. [iv] copyright, publisher’s, rights reservation, Council of Library Resources, American National Standards Institute and printer’s notices; p. [v] quotation (11 ll.) from Tacitus; p. [vi] blank; pp. [vii] – [viii] AUTHOR’S NOTE; p. [1] [in shaded letters:] I, CLAUDIUS; p. [2] blank; pp. 3-468 text; pp. [469] – [472] blank.

Price: Undetermined. Number of copies undetermined.

A42u. Ninth English edition ([2013]):

p. [1] Collector’s Library | [flower] | I, CLAUDIUS | [Roman coin]; p. [2] illustration; p. [3] title-page; p. [4] publisher’s, ISBN, copyright, rights reservation and printer’s notice; p. [5] Contents; p. p. [6] blank; p. [7] I,CLAUDIUS | [flower] | [drawing of urn]; pp. [8]-[11] Tree of the Imperial Family and Connections; p.

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