Ode to Evening
by [ Pear Tree Press . Collins, William
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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About This Item
[Flansham, Bognor Regis The Pear Tree Press, 1937] Number 17 of a purported 100 copies. OCLC notes seven copies only worldwide: Columbia, Stanford, Boston Atheneum, Trinithy College Dublin, Cambridge, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library. Publisher's quarter oatmeal cloth over cream boards, illustrated paper label on front cover. Light blue paper ust jacket, featuring a variant version of the frontispiece illustration. . 8 bifoliate leaves, printed on recotos only, comprising the half-title, frontispiece, title, three pages of the poem, the colophon (which is signed by James Guthrie), and the tailpiece. The text and illustrations are printed in purple and gold. A hint of foxing, but a lovely copy of a scarce work. With three proof sheets: the title, page 2 of the poem, and the colophon, printed in green and gold, the first two signed by Guthrie at the foot. The Pear Tree Press was founded in 1899. Its proprietor, James Guthrie, named it after his residence at the time, Par Tree Cottage in Brentwood, Essex. He moved from Essec to Kent and Sussex before finally settling in Flansham. A small scale handpress, Guthrie printed in small batches, which he varied "from copy to copy as the order of [his] palette (or slab) subbests." Interestingly, the proof of the colophon is dated September 1934 and that of the finished book exactly three years later, suggesting that it had a long gestation period, during which he experimented with the use of colors.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17255
- Title
- Ode to Evening
- Author
- [ Pear Tree Press . Collins, William
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's quarter oatmeal cloth over cream boards, illustrated paper label on front cover. Light blue paper ust jacket, featur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Number 17 of a purported 100 copies. OCLC notes seven copies onl
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Pear Tree Press,
- Place of Publication
- [Flansham, Bognor Regis
- Date Published
- 1937]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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