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Robert Graves. I, Claudius. From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius. [With:] Claudius the God and His Wife Messali... (Total: 2 )
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Robert Graves. I, Claudius. From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius. [With:] Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina. London: Arthur Barker, 1934.Together, 2 volumes, 8vo. Folding table in each volume. Publisher's black cloth; original pictorial dust-jackets by John Aldridge; each housed in a half morocco slipcase.
First editions of Robert Graves's widely acclaimed historical novels set in ancient Rome. PRESENTATION COPIES, EACH VOLUME INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: The first volume: "Atmore Beach / Yours very sincerely [ink light] / Robert Graves / Detroit / Feb 11 / 1958." The second inscribed: "Robert Graves / Feb 11 / 1958." Graves was in Detroit that day to give a reading sponsored jointly by the Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. With invitation to the reading laid in.
Written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, I, Claudius tells the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and the early years of the Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula's assassination in AD 41. The "autobiography" continues in a sequel, Claudius the God, which covers the period from Claudius' accession to his death in AD 54.
Condition: Minor rubbing to binding of first title, with corners lightly bumped. Very minor occasional foxing. Dust jackets price-clipped, some wear to extremities, with some chips or short tears; some tape repairs and toning on verso of I, Claudius; some light creasing and soiling.
References: Higginson A42a, A43a.
Provenance: Atmore Beach (inscriptions by Graves and morocco gilt bookplates); Paul Peralta-Ramos (red ink Chinese ownership stamp on front free endpaper of each volume; his sale, Sotheby's New York, 18 June 2004, lot 190). The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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