Robert Graves`s Poems

Lot 341
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Lot 341 | Robert Graves's Poems
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Robert Graves's PoemsInscribed for Dr. J.C. Dunn, 1927GRAVES, Robert (1895-1985). Poems (1914-1926). London: William Heinemann, 1927. First edition, presentation copy for the doctor who saved Graves's life at the Battle of the Somme. J.C. Dunn, the Regimental Medical Officer for the Royal Welch Fusiliers, was mentioned in the memoirs of both of that regiment's two most famous WWI soldiers: Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon. Graves was hit by a shell blast on 20 July 1916, in the third week of the Somme offensive. His wounds were so severe that his family were told he had died and his death was announced in The Times. This copy of the first edition is inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Dr J.C. Dunn, but for whom–– / With gratitude from Robert Graves." Reese Graves 19.Octavo. Scattered few spots. Original patterened cloth, paper printed labels (light shelfwear, spine toned and some chipping to spine label). Custom chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Dr. James Churchill Dunn, 1871-1955 (presentation inscription).Exhibited: "Robert Graves: A Centennial Exhibition ... from the collection of William S. Reese," the Grolier Club of New York, spring 1995, no. 19.
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