Published by Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1975
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
Condition: Very good+/Near fine. Folded invitation card. The Weather House and other works, Coracle Press Exhibition 1975, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1975. 76 x 54 mm. Printed black and white, folded card. Unnumbered, unsigned, no edition size given. Text on verso reads: 'You are invited to the opening by David Brown of the exhibition on Friday July 4th at 8.00 p.m. A reading of poems by Stuart Mills and Simon Cutts will take place on this occasion'. The Weather House group show included the following artists and poets: Simon Cutts, Karl Torok, Martin Fidler, Stephen Skidmore, David Willetts, Ian Gardner, Stephen Duncalf, Kay Roberts, Stuart Mills, Stephen Bann, Edward Lucie Smith.Condition: very minor toning, otherwise fine. Overall: Very good+/Near fine.
Published by Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1972
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very good. Book. Metaphor and Motif: Tarasque Press Exhibition 1972, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1972. Stapled exhibition catalogue published to coincide with a show celebrating the final Tarasque Press publication of concrete poetry, featuring Stephen Bann, Simon Cutts, Stuart Mills, Ian Gardner and Ian Hamilton Finlay. 218 x 190mm. Unpaginated, unsigned, unnumbered (c. 350 copies printed).The book comes with a referenced introduction by Stephen Bann, a long quotation from Robert Kennedy (London, 1971) and a black and white cover design by Ian Gardner, entitled 'Bath Mat: A Constructivist Flag'. Excellent reference for this section of the English small press poetry and concrete poetry movement. Condition: ding to top corner and bottom corner, some foxing/wear to covers, some toning and light foxing internally, no tears or writing. Overall: very good.
Published by Yale Centre for Britsh Art, New Haven, Conneticut, 1989
Seller: Frances Wetherell, Cambridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 7th November 1989 to 14th January 1990. Comprehensive survey of the Coracle Press in London. Copiously illustrated and documented. French fold wrappers Slightly used.
Published by Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1972
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near fine. Book. Metaphor and Motif: Tarasque Press Exhibition 1972, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1972. Stapled exhibition catalogue published to coincide with a show celebrating the final Tarasque Press publication of concrete poetry, featuring Stephen Bann, Simon Cutts, Stuart Mills, Ian Gardner and Ian Hamilton Finlay. 218 x 190 mm. Unpaginated. The book comes with a referenced introduction by Stephen Bann, a long quotation from Robert Kennedy (London, 1971) and a black and white cover design by Ian Gardner, entitled 'Bath Mat: A Constructivist Flag'. Excellent reference for this section of the English small press poetry and concrete poetry movement. This is no. 57 of a special edition of 100 copies, in which the publication contains an additional translucent printed page inserted at both the front and the back of the book. This copy is signed by Cutts and Gardner on the back tissue page. Condition: very minor rubbing to covers, otherwise fine. Overall: Near fine.
Published by Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1972
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Book. Metaphor and Motif: Tarasque Press Exhibition 1972, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1972. Stapled exhibition catalogue published to coincide with a show celebrating the final Tarasque Press publication of concrete poetry, featuring Stephen Bann, Simon Cutts, Stuart Mills, Ian Gardner and Ian Hamilton Finlay. 218 x 190 mm. Unpaginated. The book comes with a referenced introduction by Stephen Bann, a long quotation from Robert Kennedy (London, 1971) and a black and white cover design by Ian Gardner, entitled 'Bath Mat: A Constructivist Flag'. Excellent reference for this section of the English small press poetry and concrete poetry movement. This is no. 85 of a special edition of 100 copies, in which the publication contains an additional translucent printed page inserted at both the front and the back of the book. This copy is signed by Cutts and Gardner on the back tissue page, and is also accompanied by a small invitation card to the exhibition that replicates Gardner's cover design for the book. Condition: Fine.
Published by Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, 1972
Seller: Frances Wetherell, Cambridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. Touching upon the work of Stuart Mills, Simon Cutts and Ian Hamilton Finlay. Slight crease to the Ian Gardner' Constructivist Bathmat' cover. An unusually nice copy. A putative edition of about 350 copies. This copy is not one of the signed numbered issue of 100 copies.
Published by Coracle Press London, United Kingdom, 1977
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[73] pp.; 6.9 x 4 x 1.5 cm.; loose leaves; slipcase; black-and-white; edition size 2000; unsigned and numbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Coracle Press, London, in 1977. Artists include Roger Ackling, Reg Ashton, Tony Ashton, Robin Bagilhole, Allen Barker, Glen Baxter, Gavin Bennett, Boris Brook, David Brown, Jennifer Buxton RMS, Peter Cartwright, John Christie, Tom Clark, Laurie Clark, Les Coleman, Martin Cook, Simon Cutts, Rosemary Deval, Stephen Duncalf, Paul Eachus, Kenelm Evans, Martin Fidler, Noel Forster, Terry Frost, John Furnival, Phillida Gili, Peter Gordon-Stables, Paul Hammond, Jonette Harley-Peters, Glynn Boyd Harte, Adrian Heath, Anthony Hill, Charlie Holmes, Patrick Hughes, Tess Jaray, David Johnstone, Ron King, Brian Lane, Eileen Lawrence, Edwina Leapman, David Lehrle, Kim Lim, Stuart Mills, Brodnax Moore, Dave Morris, Glen Onwin, Eduardo Paolozzi, Roy A. Perry, Tom Phillips, David Prentice, Dinah Prentice, Kay Roberts, Martin Rogers, Archie Puff, William Scott, Stephen Skidmore, Birgit Skiöld, Diane Slocock, Karl Torok, Ian Tyson, Darrell Viner, Shelagh Wakely, Warren Editions, Alan Welsford, Madelaine Westwood, Steve Wheatley, David Willetts, Julia Wilson, Richard Wilson and Trevor Winkfield. Catalogue consists of 71 loose cards each one devoted to an artist in the exhibition with a black-white-image of their work one side and caption information on the other, housed in a printed paper slipcase. Very Good. Complete set. Cards in Fine condition. Light flattening of box, with 2 mm. of soiling to recto. Number 679 / 2000.
Published by Tarasque Press, Nottingham, 1967
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Near fine. 1st Edition. Edited by Simon Cutts and Stuart Mills, Private Tutor, Issues 1-12 (complete set), Tarasque Press, The Trent Book Shop, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, August 1967 September 1970. 260 x 200 mm. Letterpress printed (black and red on white stock) broadside periodical (A4 verso only) that features rules, statements and questions on poetry, in the playful and polemical mode of Tarasque Press. Edition of 100 (unnumbered).Number 1 opens with the mission statement, 'Assuming from the onset that the reader has little or no grounding in literature we will commence and continue in a very direct manner.' Number 3 declares, 'The true concern of the poet should be the avoidance of ugliness. Art exists by the tolerance of others. It might be argued therefore that a poet using his craft as a vehicle for politics will ultimately find his readership amongst politicians, the more sensitive finding this misuse of poetry irksome and a deceit. In this country today a large percentage of poetry written by younger poets avoids the integral beauty exemplified by the fusion of form language and motif.' Number 5 presents Edwin Morgan's 'Making a Poem'. Number 7, printed in orange, involves a series of questions by Stephen Bann. In issue 9, Cutts asks the question 'Are earthquakes weather?' Number 10 features Mills' poem 'Skylines/Sea-lanes'. Ian Hamilton Finlay is featured in three issues: issue 8 (printed in green), 'Arkady ABC.' (some questions on the poem); issue 11, 'The Weed Boat Masters Ticket Preliminary Test (Part One); issue 12, 'Boats of Letters'.Condition: near fine.
Published by Coracle, London, 1980
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Near fine. On Loan, Coracle Press, London, 1980. Cards printed black on white in 88 x 60 x 70mm white box, together with 75 x 75 x 85mm outer mailing box. Edition 11 of 15 signed copies. Numbered by Simon Cutts on underside of both boxes. Published to coincide with the On Loan exhibition ('an exhibition of borrowed art lent by artists'), 22 November 19 December 1980 at 233 Camberwell New Road, London. Artists included Roger Ackling, Glen Baxter, David Brown, Marc Camille Chaimovicz, John Christie, Thomas and Laurie Clark, Les Coleman, Simon Cutts, Stephen Duncalf, Sandra Fisher, Barry Flanagan, Hamish Fulton, Bill Furlong, John Furnival, Gerry Hunt, R. B. Kitaj, Robin Klassnik, Brian Lane, Richard Long, Leonard McComb, Stuart Mills, Eduardo Paolozzi, Roy Perry, David Pescod, David Roe, Martin Rogers, S. East Gallery (Sally East), Joe Tilson, Ian Tyson, Steve Wheatley, Stephen Willats, Jonathan Williams and Richard Wilson.On Loan references the analogue card system once used by British libraries for loaning books. In all, it functions as a list of works for the show, with one card per artist and their exhibited work. In this special edition numbered 11 of 15, each card is signed in ink or pencil by one of the artists who participated in the exhibition. Condition: Near fine.