MAZE or, the Confused Mirror of the Mind,

(Liverpool College of Art.)

MAZE or, the Confused Mirror of the Mind,

being an Elegant Collection of the Most Delightful Little Articles and Interesting Tales, Embellished with Cuts... [Volume One, Number One, June.]

Description: colour-printed illustrations in a variety of media (including wood- and lino-cuts), the work mostly signed with initials, pp. [28], royal 8vo, original stapled wrappers with a design signed 'JSB', a touch of dustsoiling and a small pen-mark to margin of image on front cover, illustrated endpapers, very good

Publication Details: Liverpool: The College of Art, 1951

Notes: Scarce. A student production whose beauty makes the obscurity of most of its contributors a little frustrating; the names include Sally Mellersh, who illustrated some books in the 1960s (principally those of her father, H.E.L. Mellersh), Ailna Dunn, S.J. Jennings, otherwise initials abound. Most impressive, perhaps, though it has competition, is the double-page lino-cut of the city's docks at the centrefold. The few prose contributions are various - though no reference is made to that year's Festival of Britain, the standard of the production befits that occasion.One further issue of the per...moreScarce. A student production whose beauty makes the obscurity of most of its contributors a little frustrating; the names include Sally Mellersh, who illustrated some books in the 1960s (principally those of her father, H.E.L. Mellersh), Ailna Dunn, S.J. Jennings, otherwise initials abound. Most impressive, perhaps, though it has competition, is the double-page lino-cut of the city's docks at the centrefold. The few prose contributions are various - though no reference is made to that year's Festival of Britain, the standard of the production befits that occasion.One further issue of the periodical appeared, with a single institutional holding for both shown on LibraryHub - at Liverpool John Moores University. HIDE

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Price: £650

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1951

Stock Number: 72844

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