The Abstract Garden.

(Old Stile Press.) GROSS (Philip)

The Abstract Garden.

Engravings by Peter Reddick.

Description: 74/200 COPIES signed by the poet and engraver, printed on Zerkall Halbmatt in Spectrum, with 30 wood engravings by Reddick, pp. [64], imperial 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed illustrated russet boards, the design repeating a section of the title-page engraving, backstrip lettered in gilt, top edge black, others untrimmed, cloth slipcase with illustrated printed label, fine

Publication Details: [Llandogo]: The Old Stile Press, 2006

Notes: A highly successful edition in which Reddick's dark engravings, in a wide variety of page designs, are balanced by the placement of the text: '...this books is a three-way collaboration of the words (the poet's) and the image (the engraver's) and the space between (the printer/book designer's). We were determined it should not be just one art form responding to another... We have all done work we would never have planned in advance, and that has been the joy of it.' (limitation page)The 'unnecessary bookmark', printed by Nicolas McDowall, with the poem 'Lute Song from the Land of Lost Adverbs...moreA highly successful edition in which Reddick's dark engravings, in a wide variety of page designs, are balanced by the placement of the text: '...this books is a three-way collaboration of the words (the poet's) and the image (the engraver's) and the space between (the printer/book designer's). We were determined it should not be just one art form responding to another... We have all done work we would never have planned in advance, and that has been the joy of it.' (limitation page)The 'unnecessary bookmark', printed by Nicolas McDowall, with the poem 'Lute Song from the Land of Lost Adverbs' has been laid in at the front. HIDE

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Price: £145

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 2006

Stock Number: 74215

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