Poems By Robert Graves.
GRAVES, Robert; Freeman Keith [designer] Paul Hogarth [Illustrator].
Poems By Robert Graves.
The Limited Editions Club Edition of Robert Graves' Poems Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe; signed by designer Freeman Keith and illustrator Paul Hogarth; finely bound by Sangorski & sutcliffe
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1980.
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this classic collection of poetry from famous British poet and novelist Robert Graves. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with color illustrations. Boldly signed by designer Freeman Keith and illustrator Paul Hogarth on the colophon page at the rear. One of 2,000 numbered copies, this is number 106. In near fine condition. Selected and introduced by Elaine Kerrigan. Illustrations by Paul Hogarth.
Robert Graves was a prolific British poet, novelist, and classical scholar whose wide-ranging body of work spanned lyrical poetry, historical fiction, and mythographic studies. A veteran of World War I, Graves first gained recognition for his war poetry and memoir Good-Bye to All That (1929), which offered a stark, disillusioned account of the conflict and its aftermath. His later literary reputation was solidified by the success of his historical novels, particularly I, Claudius (1934) and its sequel Claudius the God, which combined meticulous research with imaginative reconstruction to popular and critical acclaim. Graves was also a controversial figure in classical studies, particularly for his work The White Goddess (1948), in which he proposed a speculative theory of poetic myth rooted in a matriarchal deity cult—an interpretation both influential and widely debated. Throughout his career, Graves maintained a commitment to poetic inspiration and the primacy of myth, positioning himself as a singular figure at the intersection of literature, history, and mythopoeic thought.
