Lot 243
Ross, Robert Baldwin - Graves, Robert
Printed Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 11 July 2006 at 12:00 BST
Description
Fairies and Fusiliers. London: William Heinmann, 1917. First edition, 12mo, inscribed by author on front free endpaper "To Robbie [Ross] with affectionate regards from the author, RG 1917", original red cloth, backstrip badly faded with sections lacking, some staining to boards, lacking dust wrapper, interior clean; Henley, W.E. The Song of the Sword and other verses. London: David Nutt, 1892. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by the front free endpaper by author, "To R.B.R... W.E. Henley 13/8/92", original green cloth gilt, stained and rubbed, interior clean; Beerbohm, Max And even now. London, 1920. First edition, 8vo, original yellow cloth, faded backstrip, dust wrapper, torn and rubbed, sections lacking at head and tail of backstrip, interior clean; Sassoon, Siegfried The old huntsman and other poems. London, 1917. First edition, 8vo, original paper boards, large water stain on upper board, dust wrapper, torn and stained, interior clean; Henley, W.E. Poems. London, 1903, sixth edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, stained and faded, interior clean (5)
Footnote
Provenance: Direct family provenance through William and Mary Ross, sister of Robert Ross. Bookplate of Commander W.B.C. Ross in each volume.
Note: Graves Fairies and Fusiliers Higginson and Williams A3.