Lines for the Crocuses; | Poem & wood engraving by G. Brender à Brandis
Carlisle, Ontario: The Brandstead Press, 1977. Narrow duodecimo, 17.7 x 11.5 cm. Sewn into white paper wraps. The upper cover is printed with an arrangement of printer’s ornaments in harvest gold; the lower cover is printed with a single ornament in harvest gold. All edges neatly trimmed. Unpaginated [pp. 8]. A few spots to the upper cover and along the spine-fold; faint creasing to the bottom and fore-edge of the third leaf. A near fine copy. The text was set in Della Robbia and printed on Basingwerk Parchment paper. The text, a single poem, is accompanied by a single wood engraving; both are by Gerard Brender à Brandis. The wood engraving was printed from the block in black. One of 250 unnumbered copies. Item #344
Price: $35.00