King Ron Circle Press, Signed (4 results)

Two relief prints by Willow Legge. One of 100 signed copies printed by the artist on 300 gsm Somerset rag-made paper. Large 8vo., fine in the original printed brown wrappers. 1.

An Inuit Myth with verse by Richard Price. One of only 40 signed and numbered copies. 7 french-fold gatherings with 15 blind relief prints (5 double page) from wire and shaped board sculpture on Khadi paper by Ron King. Letterpress text printed in a delicate icy blue. 30 x 31.5 cms, with the sections in thick Khadi paper wrappers with Inuit image by King on the upper side, all housed in a hand made card blue chemise with image by King blocked in silver on the upper board and sliver lettering to the spine, in a canvas covered slipcase. A true masterpiece and breathtakingly beautiful. The poet Richard Price and the artist Ron King retell in words and relief prints, "the Inuit story of the motherless young woman Sedna who becomes, through extreme trial, the sea goddess central to Inuit belief. In this version, Sedna first appears when she is refusing to have local suitors foisted upon her by her father. She resists any match until a mysterious stranger approaches. Beguiled and seduced, she is finally persuaded by this charismatic figure to take him as her husband. It is not long before she realises, too late, just how, or what her lover actually is.The unfolding story sets dark violence against redeeming wonder, re-expressing this haunting creation myth in word and image". Ron King first encountered the myth in Canada over 50 years ago and his reponse to it is powerfully understated. The book is almost entirely white in homage to the Inuit landscape of snow and ice, using blind embossing to make shadows of the images and Inuktitut lettering. With the ice blue letterpress of Price's poems, an atmosphere of soft yet austere definition has been created which enhances both the violent and the sensual dream-like qualities of the story.

Original moveable alphabetical sculpture of A B C cast in bronze powder and resin on a teal blue base. One of 25 signed on the base by the artist. The artist has developed his Alphabet series of cut outs and sculptures into these tactile moveable 'Bauhaus' letters on a vibrant teal blue base.

One of only 150 signed copies, this no. 145, signed by the artist in pencil. Ten silk screen mask designs in several colours, all titled and initialled with the entire text of the play printed letter-press in 14 pt Plantin. Large folio, loose as issued in a natural canvas chemise and black slipcase. An excellent copy. One of the masterpieces of the Circle Press with fine letter press printing and remarkable prints representing characters in the play which look as fresh and modern as the day they were printed. It was the first book King had learned to set type for and he printed it himself.