GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). Good-Bye to All That. An Autobiography. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929.
8vo. Portrait frontispiece, several illustrations from photographs, facsimiles, and maps. Original salmon cloth, gilt-lettered spine; dust jacket (light restoration to a few small chips near top edge and spine ends, spine lightly toned).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the unexpurgated text that includes a short passage on p. 290 regarding spiritualism and a poem by Siegfried Sassoon (pp.341-343) that was removed shortly after publication. It is thought that fewer than 100 copies of the first state exist, a state which the bibliographers Higginson and Williams note “is generally considered the collector’s impression”. ONE OF THE GREATEST LITERARY AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, including a compelling description of war on the Western Front. Higginson & Williams A32a.
[With:] GRAVES. But It Still Goes On. An Accumulation. London & Toronto: Jonathan Cape, 1930. 8vo. Original green cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE with "The Child She Bare" on p.157. Higginson & Williams A35a.
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