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THE CHESTER PLAY OF THE DELUGE with Ten Wood-Engravings by David Jones by Cleverdon, Douglas] - [David Jones] - 1977

by Cleverdon, Douglas] - [David Jones]

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THE CHESTER PLAY OF THE DELUGE with Ten Wood-Engravings by David Jones by Cleverdon, Douglas] - [David Jones] - 1977

THE CHESTER PLAY OF THE DELUGE with Ten Wood-Engravings by David Jones

by Cleverdon, Douglas] - [David Jones]

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London: Clover Hill Editions, Douglas Cleverdon, 1977. #69 of 80 copies on Barcham Green hand-made paper, water-marked 'Clover Hill', bound in brown quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt-stamped leather cover label, top edge gilt, others deckled, and with a separate set of the wood-engravings on japon and housed in a stiff cloth portfolio. Printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge in the Golden Cockerel type designed by Eric Gill. Pp. 30, [5]. Ten wood engravings by David Jones. Book and portfolio housed together in a beige cloth covered slipcase. Fine copy. Originally published by The Golden Cockerel Press in 1927, Jones felt the delicacy of his wood-engravings was lost due to the omition of the preliminary dampening of the hand-made paper. He was able to acquire the ten wood blocks to ensure that they should not be reprinted without his approval. He gave the blocks to Douglas Cleverdon for this Clover Hill edition. . Numbered, Limited Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Small Folio.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Edition Numbered, Limited Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Clover Hill Editions, Douglas Cleverdon
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1977
  • Size Small Folio

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The Chester Play of the Deluge
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The Chester Play of the Deluge

by [Mediaeval Religious Play]; Douglas Cleverdon (Publisher's Note); David Jones (Wood Engravings)

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London [Cambridge]: Clover Hill Editions [Printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press], 1977. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Jones, David. One of 250 copies, folio size, 45 pp., with dust jacket. From the web site of PB Press Books: "The 'Chester Mystery Plays' is a cycle of mystery plays originating in the city of Chester, England and dating back to at least the early part of the 15th century ('Chester Mystery Plays')....The plays are based on biblical texts, from creation to the Last Judgement. They were enacted by common guildsmen and craftsmen on mounted stages that were moved around the city streets, with each company or guild performing one play." This book presents ten stunning wood engravings by David Jones (1895-1974), who was both a writer and an artist. As a writer, he was one of the first-generation British modernist poets and was highly regarded by both T.S. Eliot and W.H. Auden. As an artist, he learned wood and copper engraving from Eric Gill, providing… Read More
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