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193423539London: Arthur Barker 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. A good copy in a poor dustwrapper. Some spine lean. The wrapper is price-clipped has chips to head and tail of spine internal sellotape repairs and an external repair at head of spine. Previous owner's ex libris plate on front free end-paper. Some edge and end-paper foxing. 494 pages with folding family tree at end. Photographs available on request. <br/> <br/> Arthur Barker hardcover
19288426<p>Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. London. 1928. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. Small 8vo. 6.4 x 4.5 inches. Inscribed by Graves " Damn & Blast said Lars Porsena! Robert Graves. 1957" on the front free endpaper. A very good copy in publishers plum cloth with white paper labels printed in black to the front boards and spine. In the scarce original dustwrapper which has some chipping to the edges but is still generally in good condition. Higginson A30.</p> Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. London. 1928 hardcover
193451663Arthur Barker 1934. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper with large folding pedigree; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker in custom-made-slip-case an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Higginson A42a. Arthur Barker, hardcover
192721809Heinemann 1927. 8vo. First Edition on laid paper small inscription on front free endpaper half-title lightly browned as usual; original paper boards ivory vellum back lettered in gilt gilt top uncut one small scuff on rear board covers very faintly age-soiled else a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 115 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR THIS COPY NO. 51. Higginson A24 Heinemann, hardcover
193411414<p>Arthur Barker. London. 1934. FIRST EDITIONS. 1st printings. Two volumes. 8vo. 8.6 x 5.8 inches. Each volume with a folding family tree at the end of the text. Overall a very good bright set. Finely bound in recent full black morocco. Spines with five raised bands the compartments ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled borders on boards. Top edges gilt. A fine pair. ----- Largely works of fiction they are written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius and tell the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC Caligula's assassination in AD 41 and through to Claudius' accession and ultimately to his death in AD 54. Though the narrative is largely fictionalised most of the events depicted are drawn from historical accounts of the same time period by the Roman historians Suetonius and Tacitus. Both books were adapted by the BBC into the award-winning television serial I Claudius in 1976.</p> Arthur Barker. London. 1934 hardcover
193434140London: Arthur Baker 1934. First Edition of each volume I CLAUDIUS is signed and inscribed to Charles Abbot noted Graves scholar and correspondent by the author "Affectionately Robert Graves". With fold out genealogical trees of the Imperial family and the royal family of the Herods at the end of the volumes. 8vo publisher's original black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in the dustjacket. 494 folding table at rear; 575 fold out genealogy pp. Each is a very good copy bright and clean the text blocks are tight and sound the dustjackets with some chips and tears but both are now housed in glassine protective wrappers. FIRST EDITION OF EACH VOLUME THE FIRST VOLUME IS SIGNED AND INSCRIBED FOR ABBOTT THE NOTED GRAVES SCHOLAR AND COLLEAGUE. These two books Graves' best known works became massively popular when first published in 1934 and gained literary recognition with the award of the 1934 James Tait Black Prize for literature and fiction. Arthur Baker hardcover