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GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). Poems 1938-1945, London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1946. 8° (184 x 120mm). Half title, title printed in red and black. Original green cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "John and Lucie [Aldridge] with fond love Robert Jan. 1946," with an ORIGINAL 2-PAGE MANUSCRIPT OF THE POEM 'LOLLOCKS' loosely-inserted, together with a note concluding: "... The more I think of your cover, John, the happier I am. Much love again, Robert." John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge RA (1905-83, artist and illustrator).
With Robert Graves' Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth (London, 1940, dust-jacket designed byt John Aldridge, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "John & Lucie Aldridge from Robert"), Collected Poems (London, 1958, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Lucie & John, always love, Robert, 1938[sic]" and 3 other books by Graves with similar presentation inscriptions. (6)
With Robert Graves' Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth (London, 1940, dust-jacket designed byt John Aldridge, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "John & Lucie Aldridge from Robert"), Collected Poems (London, 1958, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Lucie & John, always love, Robert, 1938[sic]" and 3 other books by Graves with similar presentation inscriptions. (6)
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