A76 THE INFANT WITH THE GLOBE [1955]

a. First edition:

PEDRO ANTONIO DE ALARCON | THE INFANT | WITH THE | GLOBE | translated | with an introduction by | ROBERT GRAVES | TRIANON PRESS

Collation: [1]l6 2–716 8/8*16/2 , 130 leaves.

p.[i] THE INFANT WITH THE GLOBE; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s and printer’s notices; p.[v]

Contents; p.[vi] blank; pp.[vii]viii–xviii Introduction; pp.[1]2–240 text, with pp.[4, 8,15, 23, 27, 29, 33, 41, 45, 56, 63, 74, 86, 91, 99, 104, 111, 129, 148, 169, 189, 198, 208, 216, 227] being unnumbered; pp.[241]–[242] blank.

18.4 × 12.3 cm. Bulk: 1.6/1.9 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in rust cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: ALARCON | [star] | THE | INFANT | WITH THE | GLOBE | [star] | GRAVES | TRIANON | PRESS

Price: 15s. Number of copies unknown. Published 11 November 1955 in white dust-jacket printed in red and black.

Note: William Graves reports that this book was co-translated by Robert Graves and Beryl Graves.

A76b. American issue ([1955]):

[nine lines flush left of centre:] ROBERT | GRAVES | THE | INFANT | WITH | THE | GLOBE | From the Spanish of | Pedro Antonio de Alarcón | [publisher’s emblem left of remaining] | [two lines flush left:] NEW YORK ∙ LONDON | THOMAS YOSELOFF

Collation as A76a.

Remainder as A76a except p.[iv] edition, publisher’s, LC card, copyright, publication and printing notices.

18.3 × 12.3 cm. Bulk: 1.6/2.2 cm. Paper as A76a. Bound in orange cloth; front and back blank; spine printed in black: [down spine to front:] ROBERT | [down spine to back:] GRAVES | [down spine centred:] THE INFANT WITH THE GLOBE | [down spine, to back, beginning below ‘B’ of ‘GLOBE’:] Alarcón | [remainder upright:] [publisher’s emblem] | THOMAS | YOSELOFF

Price: $3.50. Number of copies: 1,500, Trianon sheets. Published 29 October 1959 in white dust-jacket printed in blue, orange and black.