The Chester Play of The Deluge.

(Rampant Lions Press.) JONES (David)

The Chester Play of The Deluge.

With Ten Wood-Engravings by David Jones.

Description: 123/250 COPIES (from an edition of 337 copies) printed on Barcham Green mould-made paper by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press in Golden Cockerel type designed by Eric Gill, front free endpaper with very faint mark, Richard Shirley Smith Studio Library engraved bookplate, pp. [x], 30, [vi], folio, original quarter cream linen with Swedish marbled boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, deep orange dustjacket with a few faint spots at folds, near fine

Publication Details: (Printed at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge for) Clover Hill Editions, 1977

Notes: First printed in an edition of 275 copies by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1927. 'In order to keep a publication date, the preliminary damping of the handmade paper had been omitted; and in David Jones's judgement the delicacy of his wood-engravings was lost' (Publisher's note).Fortunately, the wood blocks survived intact and are here reproduced as originally intended. Douglas Cleverdon considered it David Jones's 'masterpiece in the field of wood-engraving.' [with:] Prospectus for The Engravings of David Jones, 187/500 copies, bifolium, with 2 engravings, [and:] Prospectus for The Book of Jo...moreFirst printed in an edition of 275 copies by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1927. 'In order to keep a publication date, the preliminary damping of the handmade paper had been omitted; and in David Jones's judgement the delicacy of his wood-engravings was lost' (Publisher's note).Fortunately, the wood blocks survived intact and are here reproduced as originally intended. Douglas Cleverdon considered it David Jones's 'masterpiece in the field of wood-engraving.' [with:] Prospectus for The Engravings of David Jones, 187/500 copies, bifolium, with 2 engravings, [and:] Prospectus for The Book of Jonah, bifolium, cover printed in green and black with 1 engraving, both from Clover Hill Editions, printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, and both with order forms. HIDE

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Price: £975

Subject: Private Press

Published Date: 1977

Stock Number: 73890

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