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Chesil Beach : [a poem]
- Title
- Chesil Beach : [a poem] / [by David Burnett ; with a wood engraving by Christopher Wormell].
- Author
- Burnett, David, 1937-2023
- Publication
- Bath : Old School Press, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Restricted use | Rare Books 21-74 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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- Description
- 15 unnumbered pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Genre/Form
- Typefaces (Type evidence) – Caslon Old Face.
- Private press books – England – Bar – 1997.
- Note
- "Two hundred and twenty-five copies have been printed in hand-set Stephenson Blake Caslon Old Face on Zerkall mould-made paper. Christopher Wormell's engraving was printed from the original wood block. The end-papers are Canson Mi-Teintes and the boards are covered with hand-made paper from the Larroque mill. The edition was bound by Rachel James, except for copies 186 to 225 which were reserved for binders."--Colophon.
- Copies are hand numbered and are signed by the author and the illustrator.
- "Third in a series of six books of new work by British poets from the Old School Press."--2nd Colophon.
- Title and statement of responsibility taken from three consecutive pages.
- Provenance (note)
- Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "Chris Wormell" and "David Burnett."
- Binding (note)
- Bound in quarter yellow cloth with grey handmade paper boards.
- Call Number
- Rare Books 21-74
- ISBN
- 189993300X
- 9781899933006
- OCLC
- 38014129
- Author
- Burnett, David, 1937-2023, author.
- Title
- Chesil Beach : [a poem] / [by David Burnett ; with a wood engraving by Christopher Wormell].
- Imprint
- Bath : Old School Press, ©1997.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Inscribed in graphite, on colophon, "Chris Wormell" and "David Burnett." NN
- Binding
- Bound in quarter yellow cloth with grey handmade paper boards. NN
- Local Note
- Copy in Rare Books 21-74 is no. 41 of 225 copies.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wormell, Christopher, wood-engraver.James, Rachel, binder.Old School Press, printer.Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne, papermaker.Canson & Montgolfier, papermaker.Larroque et Pombié (Firm), papermaker.
- Research Call Number
- Rare Books 21-74