A91 GREEK GODS AND HEROES 1960

a. First edition:

ROBERT GRAVES | [three lines in brown:] GREEK GODS | AND | HEROES | ILLUSTRATED BY DIMITRIS DAVIS | 1960 | DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. | GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

Collation: [1] –[10]8, 80 leaves.

p.[1] GREEK GODS AND HEROES; p.[2] illustration of Pan in brown and black; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] copyright, printing and designer’s notices; pp.5–6 INTRODUCTION; pp.[7] – [8] CONTENTS; p.[9] GREEK GODS AND HEROES; p.[10] blank; p.[11] THE PALACE OF OLYMPUS and illustration in brown and black; p.[12] blank; p. 13–155 text, with pp.[15, 24, 27, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 46, 49, 52, 55, 58, 62, 66, 69, 71, 73, 77, 81, 85, 90, 99, 104, 106, 110, 114, 121, 126, 131, 137, 142, 147, 152] being illustrations in black and brown; pp.156–160 INDEX.

23.3 × 15.3 cm. Bulk: 1.0/1.5 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers; both front and back have illustrations in brown of centaur, nymph, satyr, mermaid and offspring; inner free sides blank. Bound in brownish grey cloth; back blank; front stamped in brown at upper right with vase; spine stamped in brown: Robert | Graves | [down spine:] GREEK GODS AND HEROES | Doubleday

Price: $2.95. Number of copies: 37,500, or more (in at least ten impressions). Published 9 November 1960 in white dust-jacket printed in yellow, orange, brown and green. Jacket design by Arthur Shilstone. Book illustrated by Dimitris Davis.

Notes: Copies if the 8th and 10th impressions have been seen the publisher’s reinforced library binding, with covers matching the dust-jacket.

This book has been translated into Bosnian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Galician, Hebrew, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Spanish.

A91b. First English edition ([1961]):

ROBERT GRAVES | MYTHS OF | ANCIENT | GREECE | ILLUSTRATED BY JOAN KIDDELL-MONROE | CASSELL ∙ LONDON

Collation: [A]8 B–K8, 80 leaves.

p.[1] MYTHS OF ANCIENT GREECE; p.[2] illustration; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] publisher’s, copyright, publication and printer’s notices; pp.5–6 INTRODUCTION; pp.[7] - [8] CONTENTS; p.[9] MYTHS OF ANCIENT GREECE; p.[10] blank; p.[11] THE PALACE OF OLYMPUS and illustration; p.[12] blank; p. 13–155 text, with pp.[15, 19, 25, 28, 32, 35, 40, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 61, 65, 68, 71, 75, 79, 83, 88, 93, 98, 104, 108, 112, 117, 121, 125, 130, 134, 137, 142, 147, 152] being illustrations in black and brown; pp.[156] – [160] INDEX.

21.5 × 14.0 cm. Bulk: 1.4/2.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in grey cloth-textured boards; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: Robert | Graves | [up spine:] Myths of Ancient Greece | Cassell

Price: 13s.6d. Number of copies: 5,946. Published 9 November 1961 in white dust-jacket printed in black and purple. Illustrations and dust-jacket by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.

Note: Impressions: 2nd, January 1962 (3,011 copies); 3rd, December 1962 (2,931 copies); 4th, August 1964 (5,000 copies); 5th, April 1968; 6th, October1970 (number of copies unknown).

A91c. Second American edition ([1965]):

GREEK GODS | AND HEROES | [concave rule] | ROBERT GRAVES | [at right:] [series emblem]

Collation: 64 leaves, glued at spine.

p.[1] publisher’s advertisements and blurb; p.[2] list of books in this series; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] publisher’s, copyright, series, rights reservation, arrangement, edition and printing notices; pp.[5]- [6] CONTENTS; pp.[7]8-9 Introduction; p.[10] blank; pp.[11]12–116 text, with pp.[22, 32, 43, 94, 98, 103, 114] being unnumbered; pp.[117]118–127 Index; p.[128] publisher’s advertisement.

16.1 × 10.6 cm. Bulk: 0.6 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; all edges stained blue. Bound in white paper covers printed in gold, pink, yellow and black; inner sides blank.

Price: $0.45. Number of copies: 75,000. Published 11 November 1965.

Notes: This is Dell Laurel-Leaf Library 3221.

Impressions: 2nd, October 1967; 3rd, June 1968; ; 4th, November 1968; 5th, October 1969; 6th, February 1971; 7th, February 1971; 8th, November 1971; 9th, August 1972; 10th, October 1972; 11th, July 1973; 12th, December 1973; 13th, July 1974; 14th, January 1975; 15th, September 1976; 16th, July 1977; 17th, November 1977; 18th, October 1978; 19th, October 1979; 20th, August 1980. There were at least a 43 impressions of this book.

This book has been translated into Hebrew and Spanish.