The Girl from the Sea.

(Old Stile Press.) BROWN (George Mackay)

The Girl from the Sea.

A play for voices, written in the Spring of 1984. Images by Michael Onken.

Description: FIRST EDITION, X/10 COPIES (from an edition of 205 copies) signed by the artist, the text printed in pale blue-grey on Velin Arches handmade paper, 27 wood-engravings or linocuts printed in pale grey with 15 full-page, these deluxe copies with an additional folder of 4 proofs of Onken's illustrations, each signed and numbered, along with an original watercolour, pp. 49, 4to, original three-quarter grey-blue cloth with Onken design in brown to paper covering on upper board, backstrip lettered in silver, top edge grey, others untrimmed, together with the extra suite of illustrations in a matching cloth drop-back box with onlaid woodcut illustration, fine

Publication Details: Llandogo: Old Stile Press, 2008

Notes: Delightfully printed and illustrated this poem was first written by George Mackay Brown in 1984, read in public once then left, forgotten. This is its first appearance in print.Onken's illustrations, in various media, are impressive - here joined and enhanced by an original watercolour of selkies exclusive to the deluxe edition.

Bibliography: (Campbell & McDowalls pp. 118-9)

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Price: £750

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 2008

Stock Number: 67673

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