B23 THE FABER BOOK OF MODERN VERSE [1936]

THE FABER BOOK | OF MODERN VERSE | edited by | MICHAEL | ROBERTS | London | FABER AND FABER | 24 Russell Square

Collation: π8 A–Y8, 184 leaves.

pp[i] – [ii] blank; p.[iii] THE FABER BOOK | OF MODERN VERSE; p.[iv] blank; p.[v] title-page; p.[vi] publication, publisher’s and rights notices; p.vii EDITOR’S NOTE; p.[viii] blank; pp.ix–xvi CONTENTS; pp. 1–35 INTRODUCTION; p.[36] blank; p.[37] POETRY | [rule]; p.[38] blank; pp.39–342 text; p.[343] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | [rule]; p.[344] blank; pp.345–350 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; pp.351–352 INDEX OF AUTHORS.

18.5 × 11.8 cm. Bulk: 2.0/2.5 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed; top edges stained rust-brown. White wove endpapers. Bound in bright blue cloth; front and back blank; spine stamped in gold: THE | FABER | BOOK | OF | MODERN VERSE | edited by | MICHAEL | ROBERTS | FABER AND | FABER

Price: 7s.6d. Number of copies: 3,080. Published in February 1936 in a rose dust-jacket printed in black and blue.

Note: Contains thirteen poems by Graves (pp.224–233) of which ‘To Bring the Dead to Life’ is first published here.