A89 THE ANGER OF ACHILLES 1959

a. First edition:

[four lines flush left:] The | Anger | of | Achilles | [slightly right of centre:] HOMER’S ILIAD | [remainder flush left:] Translated by ROBERT GRAVES | Illustrations by RONALD SEARLE | Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1959

Collation: [1]12 212 [3]12 4-612 [7] - [8]12 9–1612, 192 leaves.

p.[1] THE ANGER OF ACHILLES; pp.[2]-[3] list of books by Graves; p.[4] blank; p.[5] title-page; p.[6] copyright, printing and designer’s notices; p.[7] To Kenneth Gay | in gratitude for twenty-five years | of patient critical help.; p.[8] blank; pp.[9]-10 Contents; pp.[11]-12 Illustrations; pp.[13]14-35 Introduction; p.[36] blank; p.[37] THE ANGER OF ACHILLES; p.[38] blank; pp.[39]40-383 text, with pp.154, 86, 100, 120, 144, 188, 234, 246, 308, 340, 384] being blank and pp.[55, 75, 87, 101, 121, 133, 145, 159, 175,189, 207, 217, 235, 247, 263, 281, 295, 309, 317, 327, 341, 351, 367] being unnumbered; p.[384] blank; illustrations, all backs blank, face pp.24, 48, 73, 97, [120], [144], 168, 216, 240, 264, 288, 313, 336, 361.

23.2 × 15.2 cm. Bulk: 3.1/3.9 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in black cloth; back blank; front stamped in gold with figure of Achilles; spine stamped in gold, top to bottom: The Anger of Achilles | [three lines upright:] HOMER’S ILIAD | Translated by | ROBERT GRAVES | [upright:] Doubleday

Price: $4.95. Number of copies: 11,000 (in two printings). Published 5 November 1959 in white dust-jacket printed in black, brown, yellow, brick-red, green, violet and blue. Jacket drawing and illustrations are by Ronald Searle. Dust-jacket design is by Robert Galster.

Notes: Signatures appear quite close to the gutter opposite the final line of text; others than shown may therefore show in other copies.

There was a second impression identical to the first in all respects except it lacks the words “First Edition” on the verso of the title-page.

I have examined a copy of the second impression with the publisher’s price increase sticker pasted over the original price. It is a white sticker printed in black: $6.95 | D. & CO. INC.

Penguin Books published a photographic impression of this book in 2009 in paper covers priced £10.99.

This book has been translated into Swedish.

A89b. First English edition ([1960]):

[entire enclosed within rectangular decorative band box:] THE ANGER | OF | ACHILLES | Homer’s Iliad | translated by | ROBERT GRAVES | CASSELL ∙ LONDON

Collation: [A]16 B-K16 L4 M-N16, 196 leaves.

p.[i] THE ANGER | OF | ACHILLES; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s, copyright, publication and printer’s notices; pp.[v]-[vi] CONTENTS; p.[vii] To Kenneth Gay | in gratitude for twenty-five years | of patient critical help; pp.[viii] – [ix] map; p.[ix] blank; pp.xi–xxxiv INTRODUCTION; pp. 1–357 text; p.[358] blank.

21.4 × 13.8 cm. Bulk: 2.7/3.3 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in brown cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: ROBERT | GRAVES | [decorative band] | THE ANGER | OF | ACHILLES | [decorative band] | CASSELL

Price: 30s. Number of copies: 3,967. Published 10 March 1960 in cream dust-jacket printed in reddish-brown and black. The jacket art is by Ronald Searle.

Notes: Impression: 2nd, April 1960 (2,507copies).

The dust-jacket of the first impression has no quotations from reviewers printed on the back flap. The jacket of the second impression has quotations from four reviewers on back flap: W. H. Auden, F. W. Bateson, Kenneth Allsop and David Holloway.

A89c. Readers Union issue (1961):

[entire enclosed within rectangular decorative band box:] THE ANGER | OF | ACHILLES | Homer’s Iliad | translated by | ROBERT GRAVES | READERS UNION ∙ CASSELL | London 1961

Collation: As A89a.

Remainder as A89a, except p.[iv] has copyright and edition notices and p.[357] unnumbered.

21.2 × 13.6 cm. Bulk: 2.6/3.1 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in light grey cloth; front and back black; spine stamped in gold: The | Anger | of | Achilles | [light rule] | [broad rule] | [light rule] | HOMER’S ILIAD | TRANSLATED BY | ROBERT | GRAVES | [Readers Union emblem]

Price: 16s. Number of copies: 2,500. Published in October 1961.

Notes: The dust-jacket bears two prices: 16s for “RU MEMBERS” and 30s “NORMAL PRICE”.

The dust-jacket is designed by Bernice Ridge.

A89d. Second English edition ([1962]):

HOMER | [swelled rule] | THE ANGER OF ACHILLES | (ILIAD) | TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK BY | ROBERT GRAVES | [publisher’s emblem] | A FOUR SQUARE CLASSIC

Collation: [A]16 B–Ll6 , 176 leaves.

p.[i] FOUR SQUARE CLASSICS | GENERAL EDITOR: ILSA BAREA; p.[ii] list of works in the series; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publication, copyright, edition, conditions of sale and printer’s notices; p.[v] To Kenneth Gay | in gratitude for twenty-five years | of patient critical help; pp.vi– [vii] CONTENTS; pp. [viii]–[ix] map; p.[x] blank; pp.xi–xxx INTRODUCTION; pp.1–322 text.

18.0 × 10.8 cm. Bulk: 1.8 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in red and black.

Price: 6s. Number of copies undisclosed. Published 15 November 1962.

Note: This is Four Square book number 1033.

A89e. Second American edition ([1966]):

THE | ANGER OF ACHILLES | (HOMER’S ILIAD) | Translated by | ROBERT GRAVES | PYRAMID BOOKS [publisher’s emblem] | NEW YORK

Collation: 176 leaves, glued at the spine.

p. [1] blurbs; p. [2] blank; p. [3] title-page; p. [4] dedication, publisher’s, printer’s and Library of Congress catalog notices; pp. [5] – [6] CONTENTS; pp. 9–28 INTRODUCTION; pp. 29–351 text; p. [352] publisher’s advertisements.

18.0 × 10.6 cm. Bulk: 2.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed and stained orange. Bound in white paper covers printed in blue, gold and black with mottled grey background.

Price: $0.85. Number of copies unknown. Published August 1966.

Note: This is Pyramid Book S-1467.