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

A44 OLD-SOLDIER SAHIB [1936]

a. First edition:

Collation: [ A]8 B–X8 Y4, 172 leaves.

p.[1] OLD-SOLDIER SAHIB; p.[2] author’s advertisement; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] publisher’s and printer’s notices; p.[5] To | THE PRAYER-WALLAH | in the hope | that this meets his eye; p.[6] blank; p.7 CONTENTS; p [8] blank; pp.9–341 text; pp. [342]–[344] blank.

Price: 7s. 6d. Number of copies: 5,000. Published in April 1936 in yellow dust-jacket printed in blue and red.

Notes: Impressions: 2nd, September 1938 at 3s.6d. (5,000 copies).

There is a variant binding of the first impression in terra cotta cloth, stamped in blue on the spine.

Graves rewrote this book.

A44b. First American edition ([1936]):

Collation: [1] – [18]18 [19]4 [20]8, 156 leaves.

p.[1] OLD SOLDIER SAHIB; p.[2] blank; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] copyright and printing notices; p.[5] To | THE PRAYER WALLAH | in the hope | that this meets his eye; p.[6] blank; p.[7] Contents; p.[8] blank; pp.9–18 Introduction; p.[19] OLD SOLDIER SAHIB; p.[20] blank; pp.21–310 text with pp.[62, 76, 106, 124, 168, 178, 190, 206, 220, 235, 246, 260, 298] blank; pp. [311] – [312] blank.

21.2 × 14.0 cm. Bulk: 2.7/3.3 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; top edges stained red. White wove endpapers. Bound in buff cloth; front stamped in red with helmet, beneath which is a bayonet and below which is a grenade; back blank; spine stamped in red: RICHARDS | OLD | SOLDIER | SAHIB | [publisher’s emblem]

Price: $2.50. Number of copies undetermined. Published 6 April 1936 in white dust-jacket printed in red and black.

Note: The Naval & Military Press, Uckfield, East Sussex issued a photographic reprint of A44b in 2003 in blue cloth stamped in gold on spine, with dust-jacket and in paper covers and priced £11.50.

A44c. Second English edition ([1966]):

Collaltion: 172 leaves, glued at spine.

p.[1] title-page; p.[2] publisher’s, edition and printer’s notices: TO | THE PRAYER-WALLAH | in the hope | that this meets his eye: loan restriction notice; pp.3–8 FOREWORD; pp.9–341 text; pp.[342] –[344] blank.

18.2 × 12 cm. Bulk: 1.9 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in black, mustard-gold and blue. Inside front cover has blurb; inside back cover has publisher’s advertisements.

Price: 7s.6d. Number of copies: 10,000. Published 24 February 1966.

Notes: This is a Faber Papercovered edition; p.[2] gives the publication date, erroneously, as mcmlxv.

In 1983 Anthony Mott Ltd. issued a paperback reprint of this edition. This reprint varies as follows: 2 pp. blank; title-page and publisher, publication, copyright, ISBN, printer’s and rights reservation notices on the recto and verso, respectively of an unpaginated leaf; p.[1] dedication; p.[2] blank; pp.3–[342] unchanged; p.[343] publisher’s advertisements; p.[344] blank; pp.[345]–[347] publisher’s advertisements; p.[348] blank.

A44d. Third English edition, annotated, illustrated, ([2005]):

Collation: 148 leaves, excluding illustrations and maps.

p. [a] OLD SOLDIER SAHIB; p. [b] blank; p. [c] title-page; p. [d] publisher’s, copyright, art editor’s, printer’s and ISBN notices; p. [i]-ii CONTENTS; p. iii-vi ILLUSTRATIONS; pp. vii-viii FOREWORD; pp. ix-xii PREFACE; pp. xiii-xiv INTRODUCTION; p. xv ABBREVIATIONS; p. [xvi] blank; pp. [1] 2-221 text and illustrations, with pp. [21, 36, 47, 61, 71, 85, 96, 108, 120, 145, 155, 166, 173, 184, 193, 203, 213] unnumbered and with 8 pp. of illustrations between pp. 10-11, 8pp. of illustrations between pp. 46-[47], 8 pp. of illustrations between pp. 70-[71], 8pp. illustrations between pp. 98-99, 8 pp. illustrations between pp. 144-[145], 8 pp. illustrations between pp. 192-[193]; p. 222 blank; 8 pp. of maps and illustrations between pp. [222]-[223]; pp. [223]-[224] blank; p. [225] APPENDICES; p. [226] blank; pp. [227]-228 APPENDIX I; pp. [229] 230-233 APPENDIX II; pp. [234]-235 APPENDIX III; pp. [236]-237 APPENDIX IV; p. [238] APPENDIX V; pp. [239]-240 APPENDIX VI; pp. [241]242-243 APPENDIX VII; pp. [244]-245 APPENDIX VIII; pp. [246] 247-248 APPENDIX IX; pp. [249]-250 APPENDIX X; p. [251] CONCORDANCE TABLE; p. [252] blank; pp. 253-256 FURTHER READING; pp. 257-269 INDEX; pp. [270]-[276] blank.

22.9 × 14.7 cm. Bulk: 2.3/3.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in maroon cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gilt: from top to bottom, facing back: OLD SOLDIER SAHIB | PRIVATE FRANK RICHARDS | [below which:] DCM, MM | [at foot:] [near front:] Krijnen | [below which:] and | [near back:] Langley

Price: £25.00. Number of copies unknown. Published in 2005 in white dust-jacket printed in multiple colours.

A44e. Fourth English edition ([2016]):

Collation: [a-j] i-x [xi] 1-262 [263] 264-265 [266], 144 leaves, glued at the spine.

p. [a] OLD SOLDIER SAHIB | [rule] copyright; cover design; typesetter’s and printer’s notices; PARTHIAN | [rule] LIBRARY OF WALES; p. [b] blank; p. [c] biographical note on Frank Richards; p. [d] blank; p. [e] title-page; [f] publisher’s, publication, copyright, ISBN, cover design; typesetter’s and printer’s notices; p. [g] To the Prayer Wallah | in the hope that this meets his eye; p. [h] blank; p. [i] CONTENTS; p. [j] blank; pp. i-ix FOREWORD; p. [x] blank; p. [xi] OLD SOLDIER | SAHIB | Private | FRANK RICHARDS | D.C.M., M.M. | Late Of The Second Battalion, | Royal Welch Fusiliers; p. [xii] blank; pp. 1-262 text; p. [263] blank; p. 264 LIBRARY OF WALES; p. 265 list of organisations funding Library of Wales; p. [266] list of titles in the Library of Wales Series.

21.5 × 13.5. Bulk: 1.8 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in black, tan, red, blue, yellow and maroon; front and back have a detail from the painting Regiment of the 33rd Punjabis; front and black have blurbs by Graves.

Price: £8.99. Number of copies unknown. Published 25 February 2016.

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