Cave Birds
by Ted Hughes
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Boulder, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
These ten poems printed for the first time form part of "Cave Birds," a sequence of twenty poems written by Hughes between 1974-75 to Baskin's drawings. The poems are published together with prints from the related drawings and each poem is accompanied by a facsimile of a draft selected from the poet's working papers. The elephant folio sized prints are signed by Baskin, numbered, and dated. The book is quarter white paper, with hand-made chocolate paper sides and light brown label stamped in black. Unpaginated. Portfolio is 20 x 14 1/2 inches. The Baskin prints are printed on Barcham Green paper. The text of the poems is printed on handmade paper by F. Amatruda, Amalfi. The matching burlap covered fitted portfolio with ties contains both the prints and the book. Number 93 of an edition limited to one hundred copies, each copy of the book signed by the poet, Ted Hughes, and the illustrator, Leonard Baskin. Fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Four Rivers Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26758
- Title
- Cave Birds
- Author
- Ted Hughes
- Illustrator
- Leonard Baskin
- Format/Binding
- Fitted portfolio containing the large prints by Baskin and a book containing the texts of Hughes's poems
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scolar Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Pages
- Unpaginated.
- Size
- 20 x 14 ½ inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fine press, Artists' book
Terms of Sale
Four Rivers Books, LLC
About the Seller
Four Rivers Books, LLC
About Four Rivers Books, LLC
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