Fingers

BLAKESTON, Oswell (text) and JONES, Herbert (illustrations)

Published by Gaberbocchus Press, London, 1964

About this Item

FIRST EDITION. Slim paperback, incl. b/w line illustrations by Herbert Jones. Black, white and red wrappers. Edgewear, spine rubbed, foxed, with a gentle wave. First and last pages faintly foxed, final page separating, else, clean. A typically experimental offering from Blakeston and Jones. Good+ Founded in 1948, the Gaberbocchus Press was led by the artist-spouses Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. The press had previously published Blakeston's crime novel The Night's Moves to some success. With printed dedication "To Max Chapman," the British artist and Blakeston's partner and oft-collaborator. Herbert Jones (1888 1957), another frequent collaborator of Blakeston's, was a British-based American artist. Jones and Blakeston also co-edited the short-lived modernist little magazine, Seed (see our copy of the first issue ref. 2691). Seller Inventory # 2485

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fingers

Publisher: Gaberbocchus Press, London

Publication Date: 1964

Binding: Stiff card wrappers

Condition: Good+

Edition: 1st Edition