BUT IT STILL GOES ON. An Accumulation by GRAVES, ROBERT

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930.. 315pp. 8vo. Original cloth. A very good copy.. First edition.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Bright green cloth, lettered in gilt. Spine very faintly sunned, gilt bright, some fox marks along top edge, but a very good copy, without dust jacket. Laid in is a publisher's prospectus for two novels by E. Arnot Robertson, THREE CAME UNARMED (1929), and CULLUM (1928). First edition, the less common second state, with leaf 157/8 a cancel, without reference to "the child she bare," which is present in the first state. Graves, in his foreword, indicates that "this book must be read rather as a appendix than as a progressive sequel to my recent autobiography." HIGGINSON & WILLIAMS A35b.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1930. . 315pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, a touch sunned on spine. Foxing to edges. A very good copy.. First edition, second state (pre-publication) with pp157/8 a cancel.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Bound in light green cloth, stamped in gold. This was Alfred A. Knopf's copy with his bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The book also has a small stamp "Mason Infirmary" stamped on the ffep. and the top edge of the book. Overall, a most acceptable copy of this the second issue (with P. 157 tipped in). . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, second issue [Higginson A35c]. Octavo. 315pp. Green cloth. Pages lightly age-toned, cloth modestly soiled, else near fine in a very good dust jacket with spine darkened, with shallow chipping to crown, extremities of front and rear panels tanned, with small chip to corner of front panel. "This book is to be read as an appendix rather than as a progressive sequel to his autobiography." - from the front dust jacket flap.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition, first issue, with "The Child She Bare" on p. 157. 315 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Spot on back cover, some light scattered foxing, else very good. First edition, first issue, with "The Child She Bare" on p. 157. 315 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

E-048: J. Cape. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Jonathan Cape, London. 1930. 315 pgs. First Edition/First Printing/First state with "The Child She Bare" on p. 157. DJ is faded and worn to the edges and the extremities. Bound in green cloth boards withgilt titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Robert von Ranke Graves (also known as Robert Ranke Graves and most commonly Robert Graves) (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, critic and classicist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works. Graves's poems—together with his translations and innovative analysis and interpretations of the Greek myths; his memoir of his early life, including his role in the First World War, Good-Bye to All That; and his speculative study of poetic inspiration,… Read More

London; Toronto : Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A first edition second impression of Robert Graves's autobiographical work 'But It Still Goes On', held in the original dustwrapper. First edition, second impression. (Copac) Second impression volumes have a change to page 157, and do not have the line 'The Child She Bare' as printed in the true first. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Robert Graves was a poet, novelist and classicist. All of his work has been incredibly well received, with his essay 'The White Godess' that explores the poetic myth, having never been out of print. Acting as a 'appendix rather than a progressive sequel' to the author's autobiography, this work again delves further into the life of the author and tells some stories unseen in his memoir 'Good-bye To All That'. With the ink inscription to the front endpaper that reads, 'G. R. H. W. From E. S. Xmas 1930'. In a full cloth binding, and held… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition 1st Issue. 315pp. Small octavo in original green cloth and dust jacket with faded spine and some very minor foxing affecting edges, else an exceptional copy with two pieces of publisher's ephemera laid-in loose. fine An "appendix rather than as a progressive sequel" to Graves' autobiography "Good-Bye to All That." First issue of the first edition, with "The Child She Bare" on p. 157 italicised, which was not the case in the second issue. 1930