Robert Graves THE BIG GREEN BOOK 1968 First Printing Illustrated & Signed By Maurice Sendak Original Dust Jacket Childrens Literature Magic Spells
Title: The Big Green Book
Author: Robert Graves - Robert von Ranke Graves (also known as Robert Ranke Graves and most commonly Robert Graves) was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works. Graves' poems—together with his translations and innovative interpretations of the Greek myths, his memoir of his early life, including his role in the First World War, "Goodbye to All That," and his historical study of poetic inspiration, "The White Goddess"—have never been out of print.

He earned his living from writing, particularly popular historical novels such as "I, Claudius," "King Jesus," "The Golden Fleece," and "Count Belisarius." He also was a prominent translator of Classical Latin and Ancient Greek texts; his versions of "The Twelve Caesars" and "The Golden Ass" remain popular today for their clarity and entertaining style. Graves was awarded the 1934 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for both "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God."


Publisher: Crowell-Collier Press/Collier Macmillan Limited
City: New York/London
Year: 1968
Printing Information: First Printing
Binding Style: Hardcover
Width: 6.5" Height: 8.75"
Book Details: This volume is bound in green cloth with with black spine lettering and illustration to the front board. Maurice Sendak, the illustrator, has signed the front free endpaper with the inscription "To the Eddy Collection". The original dust jacket is intact. This volume was part of the personal collection of Dr. Donald Davis Eddy, who had for many years a joint appointment in the English Department and the Department of Rare Books at Cornell University.

From the dust jacket: "Long ago a little boy named Jack discovered a big green book hidden under an old sack in a corner of the attic. He began to read it, hoping it was a story book, but he found it was something far better. It was a book full of magic spells. First Jack turned himself into an old man. Then he made himself disappear. And by the time he was ready to become Jack again he had transformed his prim aunt and uncle into likable, laughable people. Robert Graves's story of a little boy's triumph over adult rules and regulations, accompanied by Maurice Sendak's funny, fearsome pictures, is sure to delight young and old alike."
Condition / Notes: This volume shows very well, with minimal indications of age and wear. The text and illustrations are clear and crisp.

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