Poems for Alan Hancox, Whittington Press, Limited Edition

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A lovely Whittington Press edition of POEMS by Seamus Heaney, Melvyn Bragg, D. J. Enright, U A. Fanthorpe, Michael Foot, Duncan Forbes, John Fuller, Seamus Heanery, Michael Horovitz, Ted Hughes, Adrian Mitchell, Jenny Joseph, P J Kavanagh, Laurei Lee, Ptere Levi, Brian Patten, Lawrence Sail, Jon Silkin, Jon Stallworthy, Charles Tomlinson. POEMS FOR ALAN HANCOX Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1993. First, Limited Edition. Royal 8vo, 11 x 7 7/8 in. (280 x 200mm); pp. 41; Two wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor. Number XXXVIII of 50 specially-bound, signed opposite the title-page by each of the 19 contributors, with signed proofs of the two engravings on Zerkall cream wove paper (265 x 190 mm) in a pocket at the back. Set in Goudy Modern and printed in black, the wood-engravings in brown, on Zerkall cream smooth laid paper on the Heidelberg press. Quarter-bound at the fine Bindery in brown Oasis and Whittington printed paper-covered boards, gilt spine titling, headbands, top edge gilt, mauve Hahnenühle endpapers; matching paper-covered slipcase, reinforced in brown buckram at the head and foot. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. [Butcher 118] Condition: fine. An elegant tribute to Alan Hancox was assembled by Alan Tucker, The introduction is by Melvyn Bragg and the afterword by Michael Foot. It contains sixteen poems (15 of them previously unpublished), and a prose piece by Laurie Lee. Alan Hancox Opened his first bookshop in Cheltenhaim in the late 1940s, and it quickly became a meeting place and the literary heart of the town.

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Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20.02 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)

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Leather,Paper

Place of Origin:

England

Period:

Late 20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1993

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