Bookstores will receive a normal discount.' Also, since many normal channels of distribution are closede to him, hje suggests that copies of Spartacus, either singly or in quantity, may be ordered by writing to him directly. 'The author, who is also the publisher of this book, would appreciate any comments the readers might care to make. Inserted into each copy was a 3'x5' card: Please email if you have one of these special editions and can add to this data: The earliest numbers are usually rust brown. On the (2) unnumbered copies, they are closer to the middle of the page, and more flowery, the final T appearing as a D, as below.Īpparently there's not much correlation between numbering and cloth color. On the (3) numbered examples I've seen, the signatures are close to the top of the page, and resemble the one above. Since then six more editions have been printed.'Īll (?) copies of the ($5.00) cloth, special (subscription) edition are signed, some numbered on the ffep: New York.įast's full-page NY Times Book Review ad, March 16, 1952: 'The first, limited edition of Spartacus was published on December 24. They will be specially bound, and delivered to the people who purchase them before the regular edition is on the market.'ģ63 pp, 21.3 cm, ' Published December 1951 / First Edition', Published by the Author, Box 171 Planetarium Station. I shall number these copies and autograph each of them. The only way this can be done is for me to sell a sufficient number of copies in advance at $5.

The (1951) pre-publication letter states: '. (black cloth is a 2nd printing (1951), noted by Robin Hobbs) Troubled future and that they may struggle against oppressionĪnd wrong so that the dream of Spartacus may come to It, my children and others, may take strength for our own Heroes of this story cherished human dignity,Īnd lived nobly and well. Long ago, and whose names have never been forgotten.

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