A79 PHARSALIA [1956]
a. First edition:
LUCAN | PHARSALIA | DRAMATIC EPISODES OF THE | CIVIL WARS | [star] | TRANSLATED | BY ROBERT GRAVES | [heavy rule] | [three successively shorter light rules] | PENGUIN BOOKS
Collation: [1]16 2–316 4–68 7–916, 120 leaves.
p.[1] THE PENGUIN CLASSICS | EDITED BY E. V. RIEU | L66 | [publisher’s emblem]; p.[2] blank; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] publisher’s, publication and printer’s notices; p.[5] CONTENTS; p.[6] blank; pp.7–23[24] INTRODUCTION; pp.25–238[239] text, with pp.[46, 66, 86, 106, 128, 149, 173, 196, 224] being unnumbered; p.[240] blank.
18.0 × 11.1 cm. Bulk: 1.1 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in paper covers; front cover: [solid rectangular purple border, inside which:] | [rectangular decorative rule border, inside which:] | LUCAN | PHARSALIA | DRAMATIC | EPISODES OF THE | CIVIL WARS | [roundel] | A NEW TRANSLATION BY | ROBERT GRAVES | [swelled purple rule] | THE PENGUIN | CLASSICS | [at right:] 2/6; back cover: solid and decorative borders as front, inside which are publisher’s advertisements; spine: [purple band] [decorative band] [up spine:] PHARSALIA | [publisher’s emblem] [up spine:] LUCAN | L66 | [decorative band] | [purple band]; inner sides of both covers blank.
Price: 2s.6d. Number of copies: 30,000. Published 29 November 1956.
A79b. First American issue ([1957]):
Title-page as A79a.
Collation: [1]–[3]16 [4] – [5]12 [6] –[8]16, 120 leaves.
Remainder as A79a.
20.3 × 13.6 cm. Bulk: 1.5/2.1 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; top edges stained blue; other edges plain. White wove endpapers. Bound in red cloth-simulated boards; back blank; front stamped in gold with facsimile signature of Graves; spine stamped in gold, top to bottom: LUCAN ∙ PHARSALIA
Price: $4.00 Number of copies: 3,000. Published in 19 July 1957 in white dust-jacket printed in purple and black. The dust-jacket is by Milton Glaser.
Notes: All copies of the cloth-bound issue examined omit ‘L66’ on p. [1]; all copies examined of the issue in paper covers have ‘L66’ present on p. [1].
There is an American paper-bound issue, identical with A79a, except on better paper; 20,000 copies were printed in the United States and sold for $0.85 each.
A79c. Second English edition ([1961]):
THE BELLE SAUVAGE LIBRARY | LUCAN | PHARSALIA | DRAMATIC EPISODES OF THE | CIVIL WARS | TRANSLATED BY | ROBERT GRAVES | [publisher’s emblem] | CASSELL ∙ LONDON
Collation: [1] – [11]8 [12]9 [13]8 [14]2 [15]4 [16]8, 119 leaves, the final leaf of [12] being tipped in and [14] being unsewn and pasted between [13] and [15].
p.[i] PHARSALIA; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s, copyright, publication and printing notices; pp. v–xxii INTRODUCTION; pp.1–214 [215] text, with pp.[22, 42, 62, 82, 104, 125, 149, 172, 200] being unnumbered; p.[216] blank.
20.6 × 14.7 cm. Bulk: 1.3/1.8 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in dark buff cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in copper: [star] | [rule] | LUCAN | Pharsalia | [rule] | [star] | Translated | by | ROBERT | GRAVES | [star] | [rule] | Cassell | [rule] | [star]
Price: 12s.6d. Number of copies undisclosed. Published 12 October 1961 in white dust-jacket printed in orange, brown and black.