I, Claudius. by GRAVES, Robert - 1977

London: Paradine Press, 1977. A near-fine, signed copy Signed limited edition, number 46 of 100 copies specially bound and signed by the author. Originally published in 1934, when it garnered both the Hawthornden and James Tait Black memorial prizes; this edition was issued in response to the huge success of the BBC television series. Octavo. Publisher's purple morocco, gilt lettered and banded spine, gilt Greek key border on covers, gilt stamps of a Claudian coin and facsimile signature on front cover, all edges gilt, single-line gilt turn-ins, grey endpapers. House in the original grey card slipcase printed in purple. Folding genealogical table. Faint discolouration to spine; a near-fine copy, notably bright.