A127 BEYOND GIVING 1969
First edition:
Robert | GRAVES | [swelled rule] | BEYOND GIVING | POEMS | PRIVATELY PRINTED | 1969
Collation: [1]–[3]8, 24 leaves.
p.[i] BEYOND GIVING | Poems; p.[ii] blank; p.[iii] title-page; p.[iv] [copyright symbol] Robert Graves 1969 | This edition consists of 536 copies | of which 500 numbered and signed by | the author are for sale. | Printed in Great Britain at | THE STELLAR PRESS, HATFIELD | by Bill Hummerstone | Number | [number] | [signature] | DISTRIBUTED BY | Bertram Rota (Publishing) Ltd, |4,5&6 Savile Row London W1; p.[v]–[vi] table of contents; p.[vii] FOREWORD; p.[viii] blank; p.[1] PART I; p.[2] blank; pp.3–19 text; p.[20] blank; p.[21] PART II; p.[22] blank; pp.23–40 text, [page numbers are in square brackets].
25.3 × 16.3 cm. Bulk: 0.4/0.7 cm. White laid paper, untrimmed and unopened. White laid endpapers. Plain white card covers with dull lemon wrapper as cover; printed in red and black; back blank; front: ROBERT | GRAVES | [two lines in red:] BEYOND | GIVING | POEMS | [in red:] 1969; spine, top to bottom, facing back, in red: ROBERT GRAVES | BEYOND GIVING | POEMS
Price: £3.50. Number of copies: 536 (500 signed and numbered). Published 19 October 1969.
Contents: PART I: Song: To a Rose – Dream Warning – Song: Beyond Giving – Trial of Innocence – Poisoned Day – Leave-taking – In the Name of Virtue – What We Did Next – Compact – Song: New Year Kisses – The Clocks of Time – Gold Cloud – Basket of Blossom – Wherever We May Be – What is Love? – Song: The Promise – Song: Yesterday Only. PART II: Semi-Detached – Iago – Against Witchcraft – Troublesome Fame – Tolling Bell – The Hero – Blanket Charge – The Strayed Message – Song: The Sundial’s Lament – Poem: A Reminder –Antorcha y Corona – Torch and Crown – Armistice Day, 1918 – The Motes
Note: Published and distributed by Bertram Rota, Ltd.
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