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More imagesPublished by Kelly Library Print Studio, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, ON 2021
- First Edition
Seller: Leaf and Stone Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaLeaf and Stone Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 49.16
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Self-wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. KB19.Limited edition 3/52, hand numbered and signed by all 3 editors on limitation page. Small octavo. Dark blue handmade paper wraps, over dark red hand sewn paper covers. With multi-colour sketches of blades, title page in red and dark blue. Text in…dark blue Gothic throughout, the Old-English original on the top of the page and the modern translation by the editors on the bottom. Judith is a limited-edition hand-sewn letterpress chapbook containing a reproduction of an excerpt of Judith: An Old English Epic Fragment by Albert S. Cook, 1888, selected and adapted by Dr. Sheril Hook, Dr. Alison More, and Dr. Iris J. Gildea; book design and printing by Deborah Barnett in letterpress inks and blind impression. The paper is handmade from 100% cotton, produced for this edition by Papeterie Saint-Armand, Quebec. Cover papers are vintage Strathmore Grandee 100lb cover. The text type is Luminari, designed with multi-language character sets needed for Old English rendering by Philip Bouwsma and published by Canada Type in 2008. In near-fine condition, sewing is leaving marks in the gutter, otherwise crisp and fresh, still in its original hand numbered white envelope. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages. Illustrated by Barnett, Deborah (illustrator).
