TWO VOLUMES (ITALY A POEM) AND POEMS BOTH BOUND IN FULL HANDSOME GREEN LEATHER WITH ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO BOTH BOARDS AND SPINES. ALL EDGES GILT. NICE TIGHT BINDINGS. SCHOOL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN OF EACH VOLUME. FOXING THROUGHOUT. THE PRICE IS FOR BOTH VOLUMES.
VOLUME 1 ONLY (OF TWO). EIGHTH EDITION. FULL CALF MARBLED ENDPAPERS SOMETIME REBACKED WITH THE ORIGINAL SPINE LAID DOWN. TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN BY JOHN HOOLE. WITH A LIFE OF TASSO (xlvii) VOLUME 1 COVERS THE FIRST 10 BOOKS (339 pp.). FOXING TO THE ENDPAGES OTHERWISE CLEAN.
LIMITED TO 25 COPIES QUARTER BOUND IN CLOTH WITH VENETIAN HAND-MADE MARBLED PAPER SIGNED BY TONY HARRISON. DESIGNED AND PRINTED BY SEBASTIAN CARTER AT THE RAMPANT LIONS PRESS. ALSO 95 COPIES WEREPRODUCED IN WRAPPERS. A FINE COPY. SCARCE.
LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 4 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. PRINTED ON ZERKALL MOULD-MADE PAPER AND BOUND AT THE FINE BINDERY IN HAND-MARBLED PAPERS FROM COCKERELL MARBLED PAPERS. A FINE COPY.
LIMITED TO 100 COPIES ONLY THIS BEING NUMBER 57. LARGE QUARTO LOOSE LEAF SHEETS IN A CARD FOLDER CONTAINED IN A STIFF CARD BOX. WITH 10 ARTIST’S PROOFS EACH WITH SIX ORIGINAL ETCHINGS SIGNED DATED AND TITLED BY THE ARTIST MARTIN WARE. THE TEXT HAS BEEN HANDSET AND PRINTED ON A LION PLATEN PRESS. BOTH THE ETCHINGS AND THE TEXT PRINTED BY THE ARTIST ON HAND-MADE BARCHAM GREEN PAPER AT THE WORLD’S END PRESS. THE PLATES AND TEXT ARE FINE THE BOX VERY GOOD.
A FINE COPY. BOUND IN QUARTER RED CLOTH PRINTED ON MOULD-FREE PAPER TOP EDGES GILT GLASSERINE WRAPPER SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY SUE BRADBURY 64 PAGES. SCARCE.
