Chiltern View, No. 1, Spring 1961.

(Hampermill Press.) PARRIS (Robert)

Chiltern View, No. 1, Spring 1961.

Description: ONE OF 100 COPIES, small folded sheet with a 5-colour lino-cut of a Robin (captioned 'friendly company'), pp. [4], 24mo, near fine condition

Publication Details: Oxhey: Hampermill Press, [1961]

Notes: Accompanying this diminutive opening salvo from the Hampermill Press of Robert Parris is a letter from him on press-headed paper, sending this 'humble and first effort' and explaining issues with its production. The Press was active, but not very, throughout the decade, with examples of their work (but not this one) held at the British Library[With:] a stapled booklet of trial printings for the lino-cut illustration of a Robin, with 6 printings from the 5 different cuts required to make the finished work; though Parris makes excuses for the quality of his execution, it is a charming vignette ...moreAccompanying this diminutive opening salvo from the Hampermill Press of Robert Parris is a letter from him on press-headed paper, sending this 'humble and first effort' and explaining issues with its production. The Press was active, but not very, throughout the decade, with examples of their work (but not this one) held at the British Library[With:] a stapled booklet of trial printings for the lino-cut illustration of a Robin, with 6 printings from the 5 different cuts required to make the finished work; though Parris makes excuses for the quality of his execution, it is a charming vignette (from a drawing by his wife) and an interesting insight into the process to have this document of its stages – the staples to the booklet rusted and now largely perished. HIDE