I was delighted to find a copy of Robert Graves "Goodbye to All That" in a charity shop in York at the weekend, especially with the centenary commemorations for the outbreak of WWI coming next year, I think it would have disappeared much more quickly had it been on display in a few months time.
This is a 1929 edition, the first year of publication, but my copy is already a fifth impression such was its popularity. There are three things about it that make it special for me, the first is the postcard, used as a bookmark and postmarked 1954. The postal address is Dover, a town in my home county if not my home town. Secondly a previous owner has cut out Robert Graves' obituary from The Times newspaper and folded it carefully so it fits in the book. Thirdly the endpaper has a line "Robert Graves 1929" I must try and find out if that is Robert Graves signature or not.
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