Bed by Armitage Simon (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. ARMITAGE, Simon. The Bed. Rochdale, England: Andrew J. Moorhouse 2021. Illustrated with a painting by Alison Watt. One of a total edition of 301 copies for sale, plus some ad person am copies for the author, artist, printer and publisher; this copy being one of 200 copies numbered from 76 - 275 printed using Centaur type on Naturalis paper, title blind stamped on front cover; designed and printed by John Grice at the Evergreen Press, Gloucestershire. Fine copy, as issued. Notes: 'The Bed' was written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey in November 2020. The artist Alison Watt has produced a beautiful, poignant image titled Plain in response to the poem and Manet s painting The Dead Man (originally titled The Dead Toreador ). A single sheet sewn into wrappers containing a thirty line poem by Armitage and an illustration by Watt. The sheet has been folded once, then further folded-in on each side, it then opens shutter-like to reveal illustration on the verso and poem on the recto.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Copy number '28' of an edition of 75 numbered copies using Centaur type on Naturalis paper, and signed by both the author and the artist. A further 26 copies were lettered A-Z and housed in a clamshell box; and a further 200 copies were produced unsigned, numbered 76-275. Designed and printed by John Grice of the Evergreen Press. Grey double-folded stitched wrappers with printed label to the front cover, pages double-folded. Narrow Quarto. Narrow Quarto, 275 x 180 mm, pp. [8] including one page with a signed copy of a painting by Alison Watt entitled 'Plain', inspired by Armitage's poem and Manet's painting 'The Dead Man'. Alison Watt A booklet in Fine condition, now in a clear, archival quality, protective display pocket. 'The Bed' was written to commemorate the 100thanniversary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at his grave in Westminster Abbey inNovember2020.…

One of an edition of 75 numbered copies using Centaur type on Naturalis paper, and SIGNED by both author and artist; this copy numbered '67'. A further 26 copies were lettered A-Z and housed in a clamshell box; and a further 200 copies were produced unsigned, numbered 76-275. Designed and printed by John Grice of the Evergreen Press. Grey double-folded stitched wrappers with printed label to the front cover, pages double-folded. Narrow Quarto. 11" x 7¼", pp. [8] including one page with a signed copy of a painting by Alison Watt entitled 'Plain', inspired by Armitage's poem and Manet's painting 'The Dead Man'. Alison Watt A booklet in Fine condition in a clear, archival-quality, protective display pocket. 'The Bed' was written to commemorate the 100thanniversary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at his grave in Westminster Abbey inNovember2020.…