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Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$7.82 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1938. First Edition. 526 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: the boards are edge worn. foxing and markings. a few inscriptions and small stamps. all pages are intact and legible. fairly good copy. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1938. First Published. 527 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$8.37 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1938. First Edition. 527 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and maps. Hinges are heavily cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages and maps with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1938.
Price: US$8.76 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1938. First Edition. 526 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Contains black and white maps. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Marking to some pages, text remains readable. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Dent to top edge of rear board. Wear marks overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
ROBERT GRAVES. COUNT BELISARIUS 1st/1st.. CASSELL & Co Ltd, 1938.
Price: US$8.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: VERY GOOD BAR BRUISING TO SPINE ENDS. GENERAL LIGHTWEAR TO BOARDS AND CORNERS. SOUND BINDING. NO INSCRIPTIONS.
Seller: WESSEX, GREAT TORRINGTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$9.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Small ownership label. Previous owner's ink inscription. First Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell 1938,, 1938.
Price: US$9.63 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, hardback, x,527pp, 5 maps, owner's bookplate on endpaper, page edges browning, text clean and sound, green cloth , slightly rubbed, corners bumped, Good / no dustwrapper
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$10.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1938. First Edition. 527 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is noticeably loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Lettering remains bright and clear.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell & Company Ltd., 1938.
Price: US$10.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1938. First Edition. 527 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Graves,Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$11.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1938-01-01. Cassell. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, blue cloth boards. Spine is slightly sunned. Previous owners bookplate. Endpapers and paper edges are foxed.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell & Company Ltd, 1938.
Price: US$11.45 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1938. First Edition. 526 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Minor sunning to spine, with crushing to spine ends.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$12.34 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 527 pages plus maps. A very good copy lacking a dust jacket. No previous ownership markings. Brown cloth.
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, tywyn, United Kingdom
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$12.45 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1938. 526 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Robert Grave. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$13.79 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1938. 526 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean. Boards are bowed.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1938.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [Interesting provenance, previously owned by Benjamin B. King.] Bound in publisher's cloth. Code F.238 on copyright page. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Edges chipped. Owner's name (King) on front end page, else unmarked. "Benjamin B. King was an intelligence officer for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. After World War 2 broke out in Europe in September 1939, he joined the British Royal Air Force as a 'penguin' who could not fly because of eyesight problems. He was assigned to Coastal Command at the airbase in Wick in the very north of Scotland, which provided defense for Britain in the North Sea, engaging the Germany Navy and Air Force. After his stint at Wick, Ben was transferred to the vital but vulnerable British base at Gibraltar off the coast of Spain, where the British monitored German and Italian military operations in the Western Mediterranean. While in Gibraltar, one of his tasks was to listen to Luftwaffe radio communications and track the movement of German and Italian airplanes. After Gibraltar, Ben was called back to Britain and assigned to the secret British code-breaking operations at Bletchley Park in England, which played a critical role in the Allies' war effort by monitoring and decoding German military communications and ultimately breaking the German Enigma code." - Obit.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The book is bound in blue boards with bright gilt letters + design on the spine. There is light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. The top edge is stained red. States: First printing, 1938" The dust jacket has a 3 cm chip off the bottom edge of the spine, a 1 1/2 cm chip off the top edge of the spine, chips off the cover corners & wear along the edges. 8s. 6d. net on the flap.
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
Graves, Robert.. Count Belisarius.. London, Cassell., 1938.
Price: US$25.36 + shipping
Description: IX, 526 S., 1 Bl. Mit 5 Karten. Orig.-Leinwand. Deckel teils fleckig, sonst gutes Exemplar.
Seller: Manfred Nosbuesch, Kuchenheim, Germany
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell and Company, 1938.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue/green original boards with gily and illustration to spine. Top of fep has been cut, but doesn't detract. Otherwise clean bright and tight with very mild foxing to page edges. Minor shelf wear to be expected. 527 pages plus maps. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details – only too pleased to help!
Seller: A Book Is Forever, Pershore, United Kingdom
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Blue cloth, no dust jacket. Bookplate, inked name, light rubbing and spine toned a shade, very good.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: the boards are shelf worn. the rear board has damp damage. this has also lightly affected the last few pages in the book. the book has several stamp marks from a previous owner. the binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell Company and Limited, London, 1938.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Excellent, tightly bound copy. 527 pages. Maps. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover "J.G. Randall". Size: Approx 5¾" - 8¾" Tall
Seller: Eaglestones, Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, London, 1938.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: UK first edition of this famous historical novel. Lovely bright copy in publisher's teal buckram with gilt lettering. Most uncommon in such nice condition.
Seller: Dr Jeremy Parrott, London, United Kingdom
GRAVES, ROBERT. COUNT BELISARIUS. LONDON CASSELL AND COMPANY LTD PUB 1938., 1938.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: NF/NONE. OTHER THAN SOME SUNNING OF THE SPINE PANEL A NEAR FINE COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, London, 1938.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ships same or next business day. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Spine is skewed and loose, normal edge and shelf wear, faded on spine, small bumps on bottom corners and spine ends, age spotting on endpapers and fore-edge; pages are lightly tanned but clean. Boards protected in archival plastic cover. No dust jacket. ; Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 527 pages
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
GRAVES, Robert.. Count Belisarius.. , 1938.
Price: US$50.12 + shipping
Description: London: Cassell and Co., (1938). 8vo. Orig. cloth (slightly discoloured) (x, 528pp.). With 5 maps. 1st ed. Foxing on prelims and fore-edge.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell, London, 1938.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Description: A first edition of this popular historical novel recounting the life of Byzantine General Belisarius. First edition. Illustrated with five maps. A historical novel recounting the life of Byzantine General Belisarius (AD 500-565). Largely based on Procopius's History of Justinian's Wars and Secret History, Count Belisarius purports to be a biography written by Eugenius, an eunuch who is a servant of Belisarius' wife Antonia. Written by Robert Graves, an English poet, historical novelist and critic. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Graves, Robert:. Count Belisarius.. London: Cassell, 1938., 1938.
Price: US$70.01 + shipping
Description: First edition. x, 527 pp. Frontispiece, 4 other maps. Previous owner's book plate on f.e.p. Prelims slightly foxed. A nice copy, overall VG. No dust wrapper.
Seller: Owl Books, County Leitrim, Ireland
Graves, Robert.. Count Belisarius.[Review Copy].. London, Cassell and Company., 1938.
Price: US$76.07 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 21 x 14 cm. ix, 526 pages. With a frontispiece map and four additional maps as called for. Original cloth hard cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Review slip by the publishers and parts of the original dust jacket (front) loosely inserted. A nice clean and square copy. Name of previous owner in pencil on front free end paper. From the library of Michael Tierney, with his signature in pencil on front free end paper. Michael Tierney (1894 - 1975) was Professor of Greek at University College Dublin (UCD) from 1923 to 1947 and President of UCD between 1947 and 1964 and was also a Cumann na nGaedheal politician. Tierney was born in 1894 in the townland of Esker, near Castleblakeney, County Galway, the son of a farmer. He attended St Joseph's College, Ballinasloe, and entered UCD in October 1911. He graduated in 1914 with a first-class honours degree in Ancient Classics. Two years later he was awarded his MA degree, and he worked as an assistant lecturer in Greek from 1918 to 1919 and 1920 to 1922. In 1917 he won a National University of Ireland (NUI) travelling studentship in Classics and used it to study in the Sorbonne, British School at Athens, and Berlin from 1919 to 1921. He was appointed to the Chair of Greek in 1922. Tierney was elected a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo North in a by-election in 1925 and for the NUI constituency in 1927, a seat he held until 1932. He was an early member of the Army Comrades Association (later known as the Blueshirts) and, along with Ernest Blythe, encouraged Eoin O'Duffy to become the leader. Tierney suggested the name "Fine Gael" for the new coalition between his party, the Centre Party and the Blueshirts. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1938 to 1944. Although Michael Tierney became famous as a controversial, reforming president of UCD, he had been a ubiquitous figure in Irish national politics for over twenty years before. A radical member of Cumann na nGaedheal and a key intellectual influence on the early Fine Gael party, he reinvented himself as a political independent, and campaigned for a vocational model of government in Ireland in line with papal teaching. He was that rarity in Irish politics - a political conservative who was also a public intellectual, and who tried to build a political career based on the quality of his ideas rather than tribal loyalties (Wikipedia et al).
Seller: West Coast Rare Books, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell & Company Ltd., 1938.
Price: US$78.97 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1938. First Edition. 527 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears and creasing. Tape repairs to reverse.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$105.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, strappi Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, macchie
Seller: Miliardi di Parole, Pietra Marazzi, AL, Italy
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Cassell, 1938.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: good in good mylar protected dj.
Seller: Ian Thompson, Milton, ON, Canada
Graves, Robert. COUNT BELISARIUS. Cassell & Co., London, 1938.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: Blue-grey cloth, stamped in gilt. Frontis and terminal maps. A bit cocked and rubbed, some foxing to endsheets, but a sound copy, without dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed on the front endsheet in Graves's hand: "Sally from Robert 1938." The possible recipient might have been Graves's niece, Elizabeth Millicent 'Sally' Graves (d. 2014), who married Richard Chilver the year of this inscription and whose career as an anthropologist and academic was distinguished. HIGGINSON & WILLIAMS A47a.
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Robert Graves. Count Belisarius. Published by Cassell & Company Ltd., 1938, 1938.
Price: US$307.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition/1st impression. Without inscription in not price clipped dust jacket with Book Society wrap around band, which are now protected by a removable transparent wrapper. Slight fading of dj on spine Dark green cloth and gilt titles still bright; internally clean. More details/photos on request.
Seller: Mike Conry, WORCESTER, United Kingdom
Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius. Cassell and Company Limited 1938, London, 1938.
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. x, 528, iv pp. Recently bound in half green morroco with raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. Frontis map and four additional maps at rear. Internally fresh and clean. No ownership marks. Binding bright. A Fine copy. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom