A82 THEY HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY [1957]
a. First edition:
THEY HANGED | MY SAINTLY BILLY by ROBERT GRAVES | With twenty-three illustrations | in the text | [publisher’s emblem] | CASSELL & COMPANY LTD | LONDON
Collation: [A]8 B–R8 S6, 142 leaves.
p.[i] THEY HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY; p.[ii] list of books by Graves; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s, printer’s, copyright and publication notices; p.v CONTENTS; p.[vi] blank; p.vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; p.[viii] blank; pp.ix–xi FOREWORD; p.[xii] blank; p.1–269text; pp.[270]–[272] blank.
21.6 × 13.8 cm. Bulk: 2.2/2.8 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in black cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: THEY | HANGED | MY | SAINTLY | BILLY | ROBERT | GRAVES | CASSELL
Price: 21s. Number of copies: 5,370. Published 23 May 1957 in white dust-jacket printed in canary and black.
Notes: This book has been translated into Croatian, Italian, Spanish and Swedish.
A photographic facsimile of this edition was published on 28 September 1971 by Cedric Chivers Ltd, Portway, Bath, “at the request of the London & Home Counties Branch of the Library Association”. Except for the blurb on p.[i], the title-page and its verso and sixteen pages of publisher’s advertisments following p.[270] it is identical to the original edition.
Xanadu Publications, Limited, London issued a hardcover photographic reprint in 1989, followed by a paperback in 1990.
A82b. First American edition (1957):
[all flush left:] THEY HANGED | MY | SAINTLY BILLY | The Life and Death | of | Dr. William Palmer | by | Robert Graves | GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK, 1957 | DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC.
Collation: [1] – [13]12,156 leaves.
p.[1] [all flush left:] THEY HANGED | MY | SAINTLY BILLY; p.[2] list of books by Graves; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] LC card, copyright and printing notices; pp.[5]6–7 FOREWORD; pp. [8]–[9] CONTENTS; p.[10] blank; pp.[11]12–312 text, with pp.[19, 32, 45, 60, 69, 86, 99, 112, 123, 133, 146, 162, 173, 183, 198, 210, 223, 237, 254, 265, 274, 294, 305] being unnumbered.
20.8 × 13.8 cm. Bulk: 2.3/2.8 cm. White wove paper; top and bottom edges trimmed; top edges stained red. White wove endpapers. Bound in buff cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in red: [rule] | [rule] | [broad decorative rule ofrectangles and dot-chains] | [rectangular solid box, in which flush left the remainder in silver:] They | Hanged | My | Saintly | Billy | Robert | Graves | Doubleday
Price: $3.95. Number of copies: 11,500 (in two printings). Published 23 May 1957 in white dust-jacket printed in red, pink, blue-green and black. A review copy has date of publication as 23 May 1957.
Notes: Academy Chicago Limited published a hardcover and paperback photographic reprints of this edition in 1980; pp.[1]-[4] have been reset.Reprinted in paper covers in 1997.
A82c. Second American edition ([1959]):
ROBERT GRAVES | [rule] | They Hanged | My Saintly | Billy | The Life and Death | of | Dr. William Palmer | AVON BOOK DIVISION | The Hearst Corporation | 575 Madison Avenue – New York 22
Collation: 128 leaves, glued at spine.
p.[1] blurbs; p.[2] Complete and Unabridged; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] copyright, publication and printing notices; pp.5–7 FOREWORD; p.[8] blank; pp.9–253 text; p.[254] biographical note; pp.[255] – [256] blank.
17.9 × 10.5 cm. Bulk: 1.5 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; all edges stained yellow. Bound in white paper covers printed in purple, cerise, yellow, blue and black.
Price: $0.50. Number of copies undisclosed. Published 15 October 1959.
Note: This book is Avon Book G1037.
A82d. Second English edition ([1962]):
THEY HANGED | MY SAINTLY BILLY | ROBERT GRAVES | [publisher’s emblem] | ARROW BOOKS
Collation: [A]16 B–I16, 144 leaves.
p.[i] THEY HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s, edition, copyright, printer’s and binder’s notices; p.[v] CONTENTS; p.[vi] blank; p.[vii] ILLUSTRATIONS; p.[viii] blank; pp.ix–xi FOREWORD; p.[xii] blank; p.[xiii] THEY HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY; p.[xiv] blank; pp.1–270 text; pp.[271]–[274] publisher’s advertisements.
17.7 × 11.0 cm. Bulk: 1.9 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in paper covers printed in black and cerise.
Price: 5s. Number of copies: 7,500. Published 8 January 1962.
Note: This edition is Grey Arrow Book No. G104.
A82e. Third English edition ([1972]):
Robert Graves | [swelled rule] | The Hanged My Saintly Billy | [series emblem] | ARROW BOOKS
Collation: 138 leaves, glued at the spine.
p.[i] THEY HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY and blurb; p.[ii] blank; p. [iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s, printing, sales restriction, copyright and printer’s notices; p.v CONTENTS; p. [vi] blank; p.vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; p.[viii] blank; pp. ix–xi FOREWORD; p.[xii] blank; pp.1–269text; pp.[270]–[276] blank.
21.5 × 13.5 cm. Bulk: 2.4 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in paper covers printed in red, yellow and black.
Price: 60p. Number of copies: 2,300. Published 3 April 1972.
Note: This ‘edition’ is partially made up of sheets from A82d which Hutchinson acquired when they took over Howard Baker.