SECTION A: Books written, co-written or translated by Robert Graves

A98 THE COMEDIES OF TERENCE 1962

a First edition:

Collation: 180 leaves, glued at spine.

p.[i] THE COMEDIES OF | TERENCE | [series emblem]; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] biographical note; p.[iv] blank; p.[v] title-page; p.[vi] LC card, copyright, printing and edition notices; p.[vii] CONTENTS; p.[viii] blank; pp.[ix]x–xiv FOREWORD; p.[xv] THE COMEDIES OF | TERENCE; p.[xvi] blank; pp.[1]–334 text, with pp.[1–3,15, 25, 34, 46, 59–61, 67, 72, 84, 94,103–105, 113, 123, 133, 148, 161–163,170, 182, 194, 208, 223–225, 231, 240, 255, 266, 283–285, 290, 298, 309, 323] being unnumbered and pp.[58, 160] being blank; pp.[335]–[344] publisher’s advertisements.

18.1 × 10.6 cm. Bulk: 1.9 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in blue and black; front has woman holding a large mask with series number, price, title and series credits; back has blurb; spine: [top to bottom:] THE COMEDIES OF TERENCE EDITED BY ROBERT GRAVES | ANCHOR | A305 | [triangle]; inner sides of front and back covers blank.

Price: $1.45. Number of copies: 10,000. Published 18 May 1962.

Contents: Foreword – The Fair Andrian – The Mother-in-Law – The Self-Tormentor – The Eunuch – The Tricks of Phormio – The Brothers

Note: The cover design is by Eugene Berman. This edition is Anchor Book A305. The text is revised from the seventh edition of William Echard’s translation.

A98b. Second American issue ([1962]):

Collation: [1]–[11]16, 176 leaves.

p.[i] THE COMEDIES OF | TERENCE | AN ALDINE LIBRARY EDITION; pp.[ii] – [v] as A98a; p.[vi] copyright, LC card, publication, publisher’s and printing notices; pp.[vii]–334 as A98a; pp.[335]–[336] blank.

20.9 × 13.9 cm. Bulk: 2.3/3.0 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in maroon cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in silver: [down spine, near front:] THE COMEDIES | [down spine, near back, parallel to preceding line:] OF TERENCE | [remainder upright:] GRAVES | ALDINE [publisher’s emblem]

Price: $5.95. Number of copies: 2,000. Published 26 July 1962 in white dust-jacket printed in black and mauve as cover of A98a.

Note: There was a paperback impression in 2009 published by Aldine Transaction.

A98c. First English edition ([1963]):

Collation: [1]8 2–118126 13–208 21/21a2/4 228, 174 leaves.

p.[i] THE COMEDIES OF TERENCE; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] publisher’s, copyright, publication and printing notices; p.[v] CONTENTS; p.[vi] blank; pp.[vii]viii–xii FOREWORD; pp.[1]–[3]4–335 text, with pp.[1, 59,103, 161, 223, 283] being title pages, pp.[2–3, 15, 25, 34, 46, 60–61, 67, 72, 84, 94,104–105,113, 123, 133, 148, 162–163, 170, 182, 194, 207, 224–225, 231, 240, 255, 266, 284–285, 291, 299, 310, 324] being unnumbered and pp.[58, 160, 222] being blank; p.[336] blank.

Price: 16s. Number of copies: 2,866. Published 13 June 1963 in white dust-jacket printed in black and dark yellow-green.

A98d. Third American impression ([1969]):

Collation: [ 1 ] – [11] 16, 176 leaves.

p.[i] THE COMEDIES OF TERENCE; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] biographical note; p.[iv] blank; p.[v] title-page; p.[vi] publication, printing and LC card notices; p.[vii] CONTENTS; p.[viii] blank; pp.[ix]x–xiv FOREWORD; p.[xv] THE COMEDIES OF | TERENCE; p.[xvi] blank; pp.[1]–[3] 4–[336] text, with pp.[15, 25, 34, 46, 59, 60, 61, 67, 72, 84, 94, 103–105, 113, 123, 133, 148, 161–163, 170, 182, 194, 208, 223–225, 231, 240, 255, 266, 283–285, 290, 309, 323] being unnumbered and pp.[58, 160, 335–336] being blank.

21.2 × 13.5 cm. Bulk: 2.1/2.8 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; white wove endpapers. Bound in apple-green cloth; front and back blank; spine printed in black, top to bottom, facing back: THE COMEDIES | OF TERENCE | [two lines lower on spine:] Edited by | Robert Graves | [upright on spine: UNGAR

Price: $6.50 Number of copies: 1,000. Published 11 March1969 in white dust-jacket printed in black and olive-gold.

Note: The copyright notice says that the date of this impression is 1968 but Ungar confirms the later date.

A99 ORATIO CREWEIANA 1962

ORATIO CREWEIANA | MDCCCCLXII

Collation: 6 leaves, stapled twice at centre.

p.[1] title-page; pp.2, 4, 6, 8, 10 text of oration in Latin; pp.3, 5, 7,9, 11 paraphrase in English; p.[12] printer’s notice.

21.5 × 14.0 cm. Bulk: 0.04 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed.

Not for sale; distributed gratis. Number of copies: 1,400. Published 27 June 1962 by Oxford University Press.

A100 THE BIG GREEN BOOK [1962]

a. First edition:

Robert Graves | THE BIG GREEN BOOK | [illustration of boy lying on bed reading with woolly dog observing] | illustrated by Maurice Sendak | THE CROWELL–COLLIER PRESS

Collation: [1] –[4]8, 32 leaves.

p.[1] THE BIG GREEN BOOK | [illustration of boy sitting on hassock reading]; p.[2] publisher’s advertisements; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] edition, copyright and printing notices; pp.[5]–[63] text and illustrations; p.[64] blank.

28.6 × 19.0 cm. Bulk: 0.8/1.3 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Green wove endpapers. Bound in slick, green cloth-effect paper-covered boards; spine blank; front printed: [in white:] ROBERT GRAVES | THE | BIG GREEN BOOK | [white rectangular border, inside which, in black over chartreuse, is illustration of little old man, woolly dog, aunt and uncle] | [in white:] illustrated by Maurice Sendak | A MODERN MASTERS BOOK FOR CHILDREN; back printed with blurb and publisher’s advertisement.

Price: $1.95. Number of copies unknown. Published 15 October 1962 without dust-jacket.

Notes: Most copies have a silver label reading $195 stuck at upper right front corner of cover. The same book was issued in England on 2 October 1963 with an English price label (15s).

There are two variant bindings. One, reported by Mason/1978, is identical the binding described above except that the spine is printed in black, running down: THE BIG GREEN BOOK Robert Graves THE CROWELL-COLLIER PRESS

There is also a reinforced library binding reported by Hanrahan (A50). It is bound in green lacquer-finished cloth printed in black, white and chartreuse. The first and last signatures have been strengthened with open joint muslin reinforcing. The front is as above. The text on the back is identical the bindings above except five lines of text which describe the binding have been added at the bottom under the words “LIBRARY EDITION”. Spine is printed in black, running down: THE BIG GREEN BOOK Robert Graves LIBRARY EDITION

Reissued by Vintage, an imprint of Penguin Random House, on 26 April 2017 in hardcover without dust-jacket at £12.99.

This work has been translated into Afrikaans, Catalan, Danish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and Swedish.

References: Mason/1978 and Hanrahan A50.

A100b. Second American impression (1968):

Collation: [1]–[4]8, 32 leaves.

p.[1] title-page; p.[2] LC card, publisher’s, printer’s and edition notices; pp.[3] – [64] text and illustrations, with pp.[4, 64] blank.

21.5 × 15.0 cm. Bulk: 0.5/1.1 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in bright green cloth-effect paper-covered boards printed in dark green; front with picture as A100a; back (at lower right) printed 73671; spine printed in black, facing back: GRAVES/SENDAK THE BIG GREEN BOOK CROWELL-COLLIER PRESS

Price: $3.95. Number of copies unknown. Published 28 March 1968 in white dust-jacket printed in black, olive and light green.

Note: Macmillan (U.S.A.) reissued this book in the spring of 1985 at $12.95. Reissued in 1990 in paperback in Macmillan’s Aladdin Books series at $4.95.

A100c. First English edition (1978):

Robert Graves | THE BIG GREEN BOOK | [illustration as A100a] | illustrated by Maurice Sendak | PUFFIN BOOKS

Collation: 32 leaves glued at spine.

p.[1] PUFFIN BOOKS | Editor: Kaye Webb | THE BIG GREEN BOOK | [blurb] | [illustration of boy sitting on hassock reading]; p.[2] blank; p.[3] title-page; p.[4] publisher’s, copyright, printer’s and rights reservation notices; p.[5]–[63] text and illustrations; p.[64] blank.

19.8 × 13.0 cm. Bulk: 0.5 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in olive wove paper covers printed in white, black and yellow.

Price: 45p. Number of copies: 30,000. Published 30 March 1978.

Notes: Impressions: 2nd, 1980 (copies: 10,000); 3rd, 1982 (copies: 12,000); 4th, 1986 (copies: 10,000); 5th, 1987; 6th, 1988. Covers vary.

The cover illustration, old man under a tree talking to aunt, uncle and dog, is not used in the text of the book.

A100d. Second issue of First English edition (1979):

Title-page as A100c except last line: KESTREL BOOKS

Collation: [1]–[4]8, 32 leaves.

p.[1] title-page; p.[2] publisher’s, copyright, rights reservation, ISBN and printer’s notices; p.[3] illustration of boy sitting on hassock reading; p. [4] blank; pp.[5] – [63] text and illustrations; p.[64] blank.

21.5 × 14.3 cm. Bulk: 0.5/1.1 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. White wove endpapers. Bound in greenish-yellow cloth; front and back blank. Spine stamped in florescent green, top to bottom: [geometric design] THE BIG GREEN BOOK KESTREL BOOKS

Price: £1.95. Number of copies unknown. Published in March 1979 in white dust-jacket printed in black, olive and light green.

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