Burrett Edward (30 results)

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Seller: Plain Tales Books, Arlington Hts, IL, U.S.A.Plain Tales Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, Limited. No 122 of a signed, limited edition of 125 copies. Illustrated. Small mark to half-title page. Interior is clean and unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

Published by Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, England, 1995
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerbroadside.(20 1/2 by 13 inches). Broadside designed by Edward Burrett, to be distributed upon his death. With date of distribution hand-inscribed by Burrett's daughter Anne Lain. A.L.s. from Lain to Richard Schimmelpfeng, and an A.L.s. to customers from Burrett announcing transfer of printing responsibilities to Tania Field. Pen…miel Press (illustrator).
A Fiftieth Anniversary [Broadside printed at the Penmiel Press]
[author unknown] Penmiel Press Broadside. Edward Burrett, printer
Published by Penmiel Press. Asher, Surry. 1987, 1987
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. Single sheet - broadside. A poem entitled A Fiftieth Anniversary 1929-1979. Author unknown. Printed in black and blue ink at the Penmiel Press by Edward Burrett, 'out of admiration and sympathy for the unknown author.' Embossed laurel wreath at the top. An extremely limited run on 100 copies. Ve…ry good condition on fine laid paper. Measures 11.75 x 8.25. Printed December 1987. Poem begins, "We met and married a long time ago / worked for long hours when wages were low / no TV, no wireless, no bath, times were hard / just a cold tap and a walk up the yard.".
Thought for Today. [Penmiel Press]
Lincoln, Abraham. [Penmiel Press. Edward Burrett. Diana Bloomfield
Published by Penmiel Press. Esher, Surry, 1987
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Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Black paper wraps with a small (intentional) cutout so the title shows through from the title page. A single folded sheet, forming 4 pages. Printed in hand made paper at the Penmiel Press. First page is an offset lithograph portrait of Lincoln, originally published in 1864. Large wood engraving…by Diana Bloomfield and a quote from Lincoln occupy pages 2-3. Printed in black and red. Page 4 is the colophon, explaining that this was printed at the Penmiel Press by Edward Burrett in an edition of 50 copies. This is copy number 27. Printed December, 1987. Very good condition. Measures 10.74 x 14 inches.

Published by Penmiel Press, Surrey, 1992
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Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, IrelandTemple Bar Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Limited to 100 signed copies. Additionally inscribed by author on prelim to the Arts Club, with their stamp below. Complete with the tipped in plates. Slipcase rubbed and frayed at edges. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1991
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Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United KingdomThe Bookshop at Beech Cottage
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Folio broadsheet folded twice to produce an illustrated, limited edition folder. Printed on Saunders mould made paper in a numbered edition of 50 copies. This is copy#40. Blue and black lettering and illustrations. Full-page drawing and vignettes by Clarke Hutton. Folder measu…res 385mm x 285mm. Clarke Hutton (illustrator).
Published by London, Lund Humphries/HMSO 1951., 1951
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Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United KingdomInch's Books
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Add to basket72pp, incl many text ills. 23x17, wraps with Abram Games logo in colour. Edges a little worn, slight rubbing on back cover, contents very good. Very well illustrated guide detailing events throughout the country. Becoming scarce.
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Seller: True Prue Books, Moreton in Marsh, GLOS, United KingdomTrue Prue Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover has signs of wear on front & back however all pages, paper-cuts & illustrations all in great condition. Please refer to photos. **PLEASE NOTE: Due to size of book, postage price may vary once order has been placed**.
More imagesPublished by The Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1987
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Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United KingdomThe Bookshop at Beech Cottage
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4pp prospectus printed on laid paper with untrimmed fore edge and lower page edges. Black lettering with brown leaf design on front cover. Also brown decoration on inside pages. List of the publisher's Keepsakes series of limited edition scriptural texts from 1974 to 1987…. An illustration from 'I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills .' by Albrecht Durer on rear cover. Order Form laid in. 'Sold' inscription on one item on Order Form and on listing. Faint crease to lower corner of rear cover. Otherwise in fine condition. Protected in archival envelope.

Published by The Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1992
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Seller: Provan Books, Glasgow, United KingdomProvan Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarto, 27 pages, tipped in colour and black and white plates, illustrations in text, very good/near fine condition in cloth binding, gilt decorated on front board, paper title label on front board, in cloth covered slip case, small stain on front board, lower right corner, text pages wrinkled, n…umber 24 of 100 copies signed by the author/printer, with presentation inscription from the author on the front free end-paoper ("A Wedding Present for/Michael and Jane Pitson/ with much love and best wishes/from Uncle Bunny and Cecile/3 September 1994"). Heavy book -additional shipping will be requested for destinations out-with the United Kingdom. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Edward Burrett at The Penmiel Press, Esher, 1985
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Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaMichael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Esher, Edward Burrett at The Penmiel Press, 1985. Octavo; gilt-decorated chocolate cloth; a fine copy in the fine original publisher's slipcase. Number 52 of 150 copies (140 of which were for sale) signed by the author/ publisher. With the bookplate of Ann and Geoffrey Long, designed by… Pixie O'Harris. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Penmiel Press,, Esher,, 1992
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. pp 27. Original publisher's beige cloth, lettered black on orange cover label and gilt letter 'B' with bird on top. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Signed and limited edition of 100 copies, this being no. 66. Printed order form loosely inse…rted Fine in very near fine sl sunned slip-case. Signedes.
Published by Penmiel Press,, Esher,, 1992
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Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. pp 27. Original publisher's beige cloth, lettered black on orange cover label and gilt letter 'B' with bird on top. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Signed and limited edition of 100 copies, this being no. 70. Fine in very near fine slip-cas…e. Signedes.
More imagesPublished by The Penmiel Press, Esher, 1985
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Seller: Stephen Rench, Shipston on Stour, United KingdomStephen Rench
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 27, [3] pages. Limited edition of 150 copies printed, this numbered 31 and signed by the printer Edward Burrett to the colophon. Bookplate of Clinton E Geiser to the front free end paper. Bound in brown cloth and with the thin card slipcase. Just light signs of use. Book.

Published by Esher: Penmiel Press, 1976
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United KingdomBow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
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Add to basketLimited edition, no. 23 of 125 copies, being one of the first 25 copies reserved for the author, signed by him and with his presentation inscription on the first preliminary leaf plus a typed letter signed from him on headed paper loosely inserted. 8vo. xii, 33, (6) pp. Original brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, patterned… endpapers, housed in matching card slipcase. 6 full page photographic plates, a number of vignette illustrations set in the text. A brief memoir of the author's life and career, published in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of William Caxton's first printing.
More imagesPublished by 4to, 31cm, 28p, (Edward Burrett) Penmiel Press, Esher, 1992., 1992
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Text set in 12 point Garamond. Number 4 of 100 copies printed on Saunders rag mould-made paper in black and red (tipped-in plates in many colours). Beige cloth with orange label superimposed, ornately stamped in gilt, orange card slipcase, A fine copy. Including, inter alia, a Jewish refu…gee; Lord Halifax; Nancy Osborne of WRNS; Miss Ethel Hunt - very much a Miss! Lord Castlerosse, Irish Peer; Madame Roth - Knitting for Britain.
Published by 8vo, pp.xii,34, colophon, The Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1976 (1977)., 1977
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Number 4 of 125 copies machine-set in Monotype Garamond, printed in black (wood-engraving on title-page in brown; colophon in black and brown) on white Basingwerk Parchment and signed by the printer. Illustrated with 17 original Victorian stock-blocks, a wood-engraving by Diana Bloom…field, and tipped-in reproduction of 6 photographs. Bound in brown cloth, gold-blocked on the spine, cream patterned endpapers.Stain to front board, lacking slipcase. 'Addendum to Full Point' (8p, 1989), loosely inserted. Book label of the printer's son, inscribed to him by Edward Burrett. Dated 1976, but not published until 1977. The stock-blocks were reproduced from Morton's City Type Foundry New Ornament Book, 1870. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Penmiel Press, Esher Surrey London, 1976
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Seller: BACCHETTA GIORGIO - ALFEA RARE BOOKS, Milano, MI, ItalyBACCHETTA GIORGIO - ALFEA RARE BOOKS
Contact seller4-star sellerVolume: 1 24x18,5 cm., legatura in piena tela, scritte in oro al dorso, pagg. XI (1) 33 (4), su carta speciale, alcune illustrazioni in nero applicate a mano, tra cui il ritratto del Tipografo, alcuni disegni nel testo, in inglese, edizione di pregio a tiratura limitata, nostro esemplare n. 37/125, firmato dall'A. Buone condizio…ni. Tmbri di librerie londinesi. Raro.
More imagesPublished by The Penmiel Press, Esher, 1976
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Seller: Stephen Rench, Shipston on Stour, United KingdomStephen Rench
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. xi, [i], 33, [5] pages. Tipped in plates. Bound in full cloth. Limited edition of 125 copies, this numbered 30 and signed by the author to the colophon. Bookplate of Clinton E Geiser to the front pastedown. With the matching cloth bound slip case. Loosely inserted is the 8 pages Addendum which ha…s some creasing to one corner. Book.
More imagesPublished by 8vo, pp.xii,34, colophon, The Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1976 (1977)., 1977
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Number 31 of 125 copies machine-set in Monotype Garamond, printed in black (wood-engraving on title-page in brown; colophon in black and brown) on white Basingwerk Parchment and signed by the printer. Illustrated with 17 original Victorian stock-blocks, a wood-engraving by Diana Bloomfiel…d, and tipped-in reproduction of 6 photographs. Bound in brown cloth, gold-blocked on the spine, cream patterned endpapers.Fine in slipcase Dated 1976, but not published until 1977. The stock-blocks were reproduced from Morton's City Type Foundry New Ornament Book, 1870. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Lavender Fields Books PBFA, Gloucestershire, United KingdomLavender Fields Books PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. First published in 1976 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of printing by William Caxton in Westminster London at ' The Sign of the Red Pale' Penmiel Press in a limited edition of 125 copies. This is no 43. signed by Edward Burrett. Set in Garramond and printed on Basingweak parchment bound by Greys… of Wimbledon with endpapers by Legatoria Piazzesi of Venice. In slip case. Loosely inserted is a addendum of 16 pages published in 1989 to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of Society of Typographic designers 1928 - 1988. All books outside UK sent airmail. All books sent tracked. Paypal accepted. All dustwrappers are film protected. Ilustrated (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Published by Penmiel Press, Esher, UK, 1986
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Seller: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, United KingdomMarcus Campbell Art Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very good. 23 x 28cm very good hardback with mauve and gold decorated boards, signed on the rear end paper by Edward Burrett in an edition of one hundred copies, this one is copy 49. Includes several beautiful colour reproductions showing the paper-cuts made in The People's Republic of China, initially drawn… by Clarke Hutton.
Published by Penmiel Press, Esher Surrey, 1987
Seller: BACCHETTA GIORGIO - ALFEA RARE BOOKS, Milano, MI, ItalyBACCHETTA GIORGIO - ALFEA RARE BOOKS
Contact seller4-star sellerVolume: 1 25,5x16,5 cm., pp. (8), black and red , english, illustrations, Barcham Green's Ian Badger mould-made paper for the text, Good.
More imagesPublished by 4to, 32p, (Edward Burrett) Penmiel Press, Esher, 1986., 1986
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Baskerville, Perpetua and Bembo. One of 100 copies printed on three shades of G.F. Smith Strathmore paper and signed by the printer/editor. Bound in boards with laminated cover by Clarke Hutton. Maroon card slipcase. A fine copy. An astonishing variety of paper-cuts, produ…ced in the People's Republic of China, which vary from copy to copy. Signed by Author(s).

Published by Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey, 1992
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Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star seller4to. cloth with paper label on front cover, gilt decoration, stiff paper chemise. (vi), 27+1 pages. This book was printed in an edition of one hundred copies and is signed on the colophon by Edward Burrett (Edward Burrett and the Penmiel Press pg 23). The text paper is by T.H.Saunders pure rage mould-made and the type faces used… ( all composed by hand) are monotype Garamond series 156, perpetua titling series 258 and temple script series 455. Written, designed, and printed letterpress by Burrett. There are a total of nine caricatures are tipped-in. Seven of them are in color. The two that are in grayscale are photo-reproductions( taken during the war) of the color originals. There are two additional ones printed on the endpapers. Stiff paper chemise is lightly worn at the corners and a bit faded at the outer edge. cloth with paper label on front cover, gilt decoration, stiff paper chemise. Penmiel Press (illustrator).
Published by Penmiel Press, Esher, 1985
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Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United KingdomTHE BOOKSNIFFER
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: As New. Limited Edition. RARE copy of this fine limited edition tribute to the wood engraver Diana Bloomfield. This superb small press edition comes with the original prospectus and the order form. It is number 19 of only 150 copies. It is set in Monotype Baskerville and printed in sanguine and black on goa…tskin parchment paper and signed by the printer, but also with the artist's signature on the page facing the limitation. Portrait frontispiece and about 50 illustrations. Brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. A fine copy in card slipcase. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Inscribed by Author.
Published by 4to, 32p, (Edward Burrett) Penmiel Press, Esher, 1986., 1986
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Monotype Baskerville, Perpetua and Bembo. One of 100 copies printed on three shades of G.F. Smith Strathmore paper and signed by the printer/editor. Bound in boards with laminated cover by Clarke Hutton. Maroon card slipcase. A fine copy. Presentation copy: 'For Marjorie Hutton - (…hoping that Clarke approves) from Edward Burrett, January 1987.' An astonishing variety of paper-cuts, produced in the People's Republic of China, which varies from copy to copy is within this book. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesEleven Chinese Proverbs Drawings by Clarke Hutton & published by the Penmiel Press, Esher, Surrey [SIGNED Numbered Limited Edition Sangorski and Sutcliffe Binding]
Designed and Printed by Edward Burrett Clarke Hutton (Illustrator)
Published by Esher (Surrey): Printed Privately by Edward Burrett FSTD., 1975
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Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United KingdomLouis88Books (Members of the PBFA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Esher (Surrey): Printed Privately by Edward Burrett FSTD, Signed, Numbered, Limited Edition. Paper and board binding with leather label to the front by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, signed by the printer and illustrator to the limitation page at the rear. Printed on hand made paper, made by John Mason of L…eicester. House in a worn slipcase with a tear to one of the edges. This copy no. 16 of only fifty copies. With proverbs on Customs, Luck, Conversation, Words, Rewards and Punishments, Opportunity, Imprudence, Women, Prudence, Capital and Discretion. Pagination: 28pp. Provenance no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 8 ½ inches tall (21.6cm). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition plain paper covered spine. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition gently worn. Boards very good condition patterned paper covered boards with gilt titles to a green leather label to the front board. Page edges good condition all hand made and unfinished. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition hand made paper. End papers good condition hand made paper. Title good condition hand made paper. Pages good condition hand made paper. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1975 Binding: Hardback. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by The Swallow Press, London, 1975
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Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerFull leather. This is an exquisite, finely bound, strikingly unconventionally illustrated edition of The Sonnets by poet, playwright, dramatist, and primus inter pares, William Shakespeare. 300 copies were produced thus of which this is number 44, signed on the colophon by Robert Graves (who contributes a substantive Preface), E…dward Burrett (the book designer), and Clarke Hutton (the illustrator). A troika of features distinguish this copy. First is exceptional condition. Second, this copy is accompanied by the original publisher's prospectus and order form. Third, this is a designer's presentation copy, evidenced by a lengthy, signed, and dated 1975 gift inscription by Edward Burrett and his wife, Cecile, on the recto of the blank preceding the half title. Edward Burrett (1909-1995) was a noted specialist and connoisseur in book design, a founding member of the Society of Typographic Designers, and founding proprietor of the Penmiel Press.This large volume measures 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm) bound in full Niger Morocco goatskin by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, the contents printed on laid paper with each of the one hundred and fifty-four Sonnets allocated a single page. The volume is housed in a felt-lined, purple and gold paper-covered slipcase featuring an interlocking pattern of swallows, which is mirrored on the pastedowns of the book. The Sonnets features 40 illustrations on various tinted papers by Clarke Hutton (1898-1984) "one of the most eminent and influential book illustrators of his time". Hutton adds something unique to Shakespeare's work, which so often comes accompanied by traditional engravings, rather than modernist line work. The colophon features the signatures of Robert Graves, Edward Burrett and Clarke Hutton below the limitation number "44". The signatures of the book designer, Edward Burrett, and his wife, Cecile, are also found beneath their autograph gift inscription. Laid in are the large and beautifully printed publisher's prospectus, featuring a specimen page and extensive information about the edition. Also laid in is the publisher's order form.The volume is in truly fine condition, with no appreciable wear or flaws to either the binding or contents. The slipcase remains bright and fully intact, with superficial overall scuffing. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) left a cultural and literary legacy whose continuing influence is difficult to overstate. His stature so dominates English letters that it verges on biblical proportion. To the point, Shakespeare is often assumed to have been born on 23 April, St. George's Day, so that England's national poet and her patron saint share the same day of celebration, akin to how Christ's birthday is asserted onto the winter solstice. Shakespeare's plays are the most conspicuous aspect of his literary legacy, but, as Robert Graves states in his Preface, "Shakespeare built up a double reputation in literature; as a classic English playwright and as author of the Sonnets, his profound meditations on love. In the plays we are frequently aware of Shakespeare the poet; in the Sonnets we recognize his role as dramatist. The author of the Sonnets became incomparably greater than his contemporaries precisely because he needed to see himself and his beloved in dramatic and human terms." Robert Graves (1895-1985) was an English poet, novelist, critic, and translator perhaps best known today as a pioneer and master of the historical fiction genre for his Claudius series, compellingly fictionalizing the Roman Emperor. Born to a middle-class family with an Irish Gaelic scholar father, Graves's early life shaped his love for myth and poetry, even as boxing shaped his repeatedly broken nose. In 1913 he received a scholarship to study classics at St John's College, Oxford. However, he did not take his place at the university until after WWI; in 1914 he enlisted almost immediately after the outbreak of war, joining a regiment which included fellow war poet Siegfried Sassoon.
Published by The Swallow Press, London, 1975
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Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP
Contact seller5-star sellerPreface by Robert Graves. Spine very slightly sunned, still fine in near fine publisher's slipcase with some minor rubbing and small creases to top and bottom edge panels. Full tan polished morocco. Housed in publisher's slipcase Number 127 of 300 copies, signed by Robert Graves, Edward Burrett & Clarke Hutton. Illustrated by Cl…arke Hutton and designed by Edward Burrett. (illustrator).