Lot 222
Graves, Robert
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Goliath and David. London: Chiswick Press [1916]. First edition, small 8vo, 17pp, [limited to 200 copies], original red paper covers, edges faded, corners bumped, damp stain at base of spine, red colour stain throughout volume, approx 2cm high by 5cm wide at largest, owner's stamp on title
Footnote
Provenance: Ink stamp of Robert Ross, 40 Half-Moon St, W.1. to title and bookplate of Commander W.B.C. Ross.
Note: This volume was privately printed by the author in late 1916, limited to 200 copies. It is believed that Siegfried Sassoon distributed 118 copies of this work according to Graves instructions. As a friend of both Graves and Sassoon it is quite likely that Robert Ross was one on this list. Higginson and Williams 1987, p.8-9, reference A2.