Shakespeare's Ovid by HUGHES, Ted - 1995

London: Enitharmon Press, 1995. Enitharmon Press, London, 1995. Limited Edition. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of these poems No 180 of 200 copies Signed by Ted Hughes. Slim Quarto, with Drawings by Christopher Le Brun, cloth-bound with printed spine & front cover labels, glassine dust wrapper. First edition - a fine copy. One of 200 numbered copies printed on Arches Velin paper. Signed by Ted Hughes., Drawings by Christopher Le Brun.

London: Enitharmon Press. 1995 . First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Deluxe issue of the signed limited edition. With an signed etching. Publisher's original beige cloth boards with black titles on white paper label to the upper board and spine. Housed in the original beige cloth slipcase. Illustrated with two black and white plates. Card wallet with signed etching loosely laid in, as issued. A fine copy, the binding tight and square, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. A beautiful production. This deluxe edition is limited to only 50 copies, of this this is example is number 11. Signed by the translator Ted Hughes in blue ink and artist Christopher Le Brun in black ink to the limitation page. All fifty of this deluxe issue include a separate etching 'Atlanta and Hippomenes' signed by Le Brun. 'Published in aid of the Shakespeare Globe Trust and it's appeal to rebuilt the Globe Theatre,… Read More