Zen Gardens
James Kirkup & Birgit Skiold
Published by Circle Press, 1993
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KIRKUP, James & Birgit Skiold. Zen Gardens. First edition. 4to. Ten loose folded sheets of textured rag paper housed within a brown cloth solander box. One of 75 copies printed in English, this marked as an A/P and signed by both Kirkup and Skiold. Guildford: Circle Press, 1993. The solander box lightly bumped. A near fine copy. Handsome edition of previously unpublished poems by James Kirkup illustrated with coloured etchings by Birgit Skiold and hand-printed by the artist. A beautiful, thoughtful edition in its pairing of text and image. There were apparently also 25 copies printed in Japanese. Seller Inventory # ABE-1678661097237
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Title: Zen Gardens
Publisher: Circle Press
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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Zen Gardens
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Circle Press, Guildford Surrey, England, 1973
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First Edition
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Seller: Books & Bidders, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. Birgit Skiold (illustrator). Limited First Edition. Ten loose folded sheets housed in brown clamshell box. 4to (12 3/4" x 12 1/2"). Limited, number 19 of 75 copies printed in English. Signed by author and artist. A series of seven unpublished poems by James Kirkup with seven original prints by Skiold designed and hand-printed by the artist at the print workshop, London. Text hand-set in 24 pt. Swiss Gothic and printed letterpress at Circle Press by Ronald King and Walter Taylor on Royal 106 lb J. Green mould-made rag paper. Cloth covered solander box made by Zaehnsdorf Bindary, London. Internally clean and bright, corners of box showing some wear. Size: Quarto. Signed. Private Press. Seller Inventory # 004250
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Zen Gardens. Poems by James Kirkup with original prints by Birgit Skiold.
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4to, 30cm, [40]p, Circle Press, Guildford, 1973., 1973
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Hardcover
Signed
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Number 10 of 75 (100) copies printed in English on Hayle Mill paper in loose folds.Colophon signed by the author and artist. Coloured etchings with blind surrounds by Birgit Skiold. Brown cloth drop-back box, titled in blind on the front. A fine copy. Seven intaglio prints and etchings - no colour on six prints; the seventh with multiple colours. In 1975 James Kirkup won the Keats Award and was known for his poems and prose about Japan. Seller Inventory # 11937
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