COLLECTED POEMS 1975

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Association copy. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities. There is some spotting to the top edge of the closed text-block, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the original dustwrapper, the gilt titles to the spine and front panel partially rubbed away. Not price-clipped (£8.50 on the front flap).

Inscribed by Robert Graves to Kenneth Parker, his editor at Cassell, in blue ink on the front free endpaper "Kenneth Parker / with best / Christmas wishes / - 1975 - / Robert Graves [underlined]". In his brief foreword Graves correctly predicted that this volume, published in his 80th year, would be the last of his regularly published 'Collected Poems', each of which contained his previously collected poems along with a new selection.