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Britten's Aldeburgh

Title
Britten's Aldeburgh / John Craig ; with eighty-one engravings & three two-colour linocuts by the author.
Author
Craig, John, 1931-
Publication
Leominster, Herefordshire : Whittington Press, ©1997.

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TextRestricted use Rare Books+ 20-660Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
Whittington Press, publisher.
Description
67 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color); 34 cm
Summary
Describes in a sequence of carefully laid out double-page spreads consisting of wood-engravings, text, and occasionally music, the walks taken in and around Aldburgh by Benjamin Britten while he was composing.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Private press books – England – Herefordshire – 20th century.
Note
  • "[An] edition of 440 copies ... 352 copies are half-bound by The Fine Bindery in buckram with an enlarged linocut by John Craig; 60 copies are similarly bound in Oasis leather with a portfolio of a selection of the engravings; and 28 copies are bound by James Brockman to a design by himself and John Craig, with a portfolio of the engravings"--Colophon.
  • Issued in a slipcase.
Provenance (note)
  • Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "John Craig."
Binding (note)
  • Copy in Rare Books+ 20-660 is half-bound in buckram with an enlarged linocut by John Craig; issued with slipcase.
Call Number
Rare Books+ 20-660
LCCN
00537223
OCLC
37991192
Author
Craig, John, 1931-
Title
Britten's Aldeburgh / John Craig ; with eighty-one engravings & three two-colour linocuts by the author.
Imprint
Leominster, Herefordshire : Whittington Press, ©1997.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "John Craig." NN
Binding
Copy in Rare Books+ 20-660 is half-bound in buckram with an enlarged linocut by John Craig; issued with slipcase. NN
Local Note
Copy in Rare Books+ 20-660 is no. 30 of 440 copies.
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Added Author
Whittington Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
Rare Books+ 20-660
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