Columbus

Kaye, D'Arcy; Weissenborn, Hellmuth (engraver). Columbus. The Acorn Press. 1978. Signed by author. Limited Edition, Numbered 97/200. Set in Bembo with engravings printed directly from the originals in deep Azure Blue on Basingwerk paper at Titus Wilson & Son Ltd, Kendal, Cumbria. Bound in Stratchmore Americana laces with braid by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh. 9 X 6.4 (22 X 16). Heavy stock front free endpaper; half-title; illustrated frontice; unpaginated; I-VII stanzas; author signature on limitation page. 4 full-page colour engravings (including frontice). Housed in matching slipcase. Slipcase is in very good shape with minor pulling to uppermost edge, as shown. The number 97 is written on the spine of slipcase in ink. The book itself is in excellent condition. A short poem of travel, exploration and the concept of home, commitment and newfound lands.

Hellmuth Weissenborn (1898-1982) was a German painter engraver and co-founder of Acorn Press, which he built with his second wife. Weissenborn was exiled from Germany in the November pogram of 1938, arriving in London in 1939. Exiles were seen as "enemy aliens", leading Weissenborn to be interned for six months, where he became known as a "friendly alien". Following release in the 1940's, Weissenborn worked as an illustrator and freelance artist.