Dove-Marks on Stone. Poems for George Mackay Brown.
by BROWN, George Mackay. Various contributors
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BABEL, Schondorf, Germany., 1995. First edition. Octavo. 18 pages. Sewn wrappers with flaps. A poem, ''Carol'', by George Mackay Brown, and poems for him by Seamus Heaney, R.S. Thomas, Catherine Fisher, Christopher Jenkin-Jones, K.A. Perryman (the publisher of this book), Sheenagh Pugh and Deborah Randall. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega.Out of a total edition of 225 copies this is one of 25 signed by all the contributors (apart from Brown himself) and with a tipped-in photograph of Brown by Gunnie Moberg who also provides her signature. Loosely inserted is an Autograph Postcard Signed by George Mackay Brown and dated 3/xii/95: about 150 words to the publisher Kevin Perryman thanking him for the latest issue of BABEL magazine and reporting on the ''very bleak wintry weather'' and ''quite a bad cold, the kind that drains the energy''. The card is in the original envelope hand-addressed by Brown.Fine. Among the scarcest of limited editions signed by either Heaney or Thomas.
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- Title
- Dove-Marks on Stone. Poems for George Mackay Brown.
- Author
- BROWN, George Mackay. Various contributors
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- BABEL, Schondorf, Germany.
- Date Published
- 1995
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