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The Skylark and Other Poems. Edited by Colin Fenton and with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
by REYNOLDS STONE. Ralph Hodgson
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
Printed for the editor at The Curwen Press, London, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. The first edition of this selection, and the first with these magnificent Reynolds Stone engravings. 4to. 94pp. One of 300 copies (out of a total edition of 350) designed by Will Carter, printed on Basingwerk parchment, bound in buckram and signed by Reynolds Stone. Stone contributes a title page decoration, five wood engraved plates and a small closing vignette; plus a small gilt decoration to upper board. Buckram just fractionally marked in one or two places, else a fine copy. No dust wrapper, as issued. Twenty-three poems (including the eleven-parter 'Flying Scrolls'), six of which are hitherto unprinted with several others making their first bookform appearance..
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- Clearwater Books
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- ARC90989
- Title
- The Skylark and Other Poems. Edited by Colin Fenton and with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. (SIGNED LIMITED EDITION)
- Author
- REYNOLDS STONE. Ralph Hodgson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the editor at The Curwen Press, London
- Date Published
- 1958
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![contributes nine poems to the anthology 'The Garland of New Poetry by Various Writers'. [Edited by Laurence Binyon, who also contributes the design for the cover and two poems].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/743/225/76225743.0.m.1.jpg)
