SECTION B: Books and other publications with contributions by Robert Graves

B74.1 POEMS FOR SHAKESPEARE 1972

Collation: 34 leaves.

pp. [i]-[ii] blank; p. [1] Poems for | Shakespeare (tipped to p. ii]); p. [2] signatures of the contributors; p. [3] title-page; p. [4] rights reservation, copyright, note on the limited issue of 100 copies; copy number written in by hand; printer’s notice; pp. [5]-[6] Contents; pp. [7]-[9] Introduction; p. [10] blank; p. [11] Poems for | Shakespeare; pp. 12-63 text and photographs of the contributors [with pp. [17], [25], [31], [39], [45], [57], [61]] being blank; pp. [64]-[66] blank.

20.3 × 13.1 cm. Bulk: 0.6/1.4 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. All edges gilt. White wove paper; white wove endpapers. Bound in quarter tan leather and khaki cloth covers. Back blank; front with image of Globe Theatre stamped in gold; spine stamped in gold: [rule] [down spine, facing back:] POEMS FOR SHAKESPEARE | [at foot: [rule]

Price: Not issued for sale. Number of copies: 100. Published c. April 1972. Issued in plain khaki-coloured cloth slipcase, as covers. These copies were issued in advance of the ordinary issue.

Notes: Graves’s contribution is his poem ‘As He Sat Writing’ (Song for Shakespeare’s Birthday 1972) (p. 63). There is a photo of Graves on p. 62.

Details of the ordinary issue in paper covers:

Collation: 32 leaves.

p. [1] Poems for | Shakespeare; p. [2] blank; p. [3] title-page; p. [4] rights reservation, copyright, note on the limited issue of 100 copies; printer’s notice; pp. [5]-[6] Contents; pp. [7]-[9] Introduction; p. [10] blank; p. [11] Poems for | Shakespeare; pp. 12-63 text and photographs of the contributors [with pp. [17], [25], [31], [39], [45], [57], [61]]; p. [64] blank.

20.3 × 13.1 cm. Bulk: 0.6 cm. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. All edges gilt. White wove paper; all edges trimmed. Bound in white paper covers printed in green, black and red-orange.

Price: 30p. Number of copies unknown. Published c. April 1972.

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