The Poems of William Austin

A signed limited edition of The Poems of William Austin, being one of 150 copies printed by Vivian Ridler with an introduction by Anne Ridler, signed by both. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards, housed in the matching original slipcase.This is a limited edition copy of The Poems of William Austin, being copy number twenty-four of only one hundred and fifty copies printed on Old Mill wove paper from the Cartiera Fedrigoni, Verona, by printer Vivian Ridler.This volume is signed by both the editor, Anne Ridler, and the printer, Vivian Ridler.Anne Ridler provides a rigorous introduction to this of poetry by the early seventeenth century barrister. Alongside more overtly religious poems intended for Christmas and good Friday, the collection also includes a funeral dirge in which he deplores the loss of his first wife and several of his children.Anne Ridler (1912-2001): English poet and editor, published several poetry collections, worked as an editor at Faber & Faber, and was appointed OBE in 2001 for services to literature.Vivian Ridler (1913-2009): British printer and typographer, served as Printer to the University of Oxford (1958–1978) and co-founded the Perpetua Press in 1929.With the bookplate of Richard Luckett to front paste down.Luckett was a lecturer in seventeenth century literature at Cambridge University, and held the post of Pepys Librarian for thirty years. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, lovely, with the slightest rubbing to extremities. Bookplate of "Richard Luckett" to front paste down. Slipcase very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd very light handling mark and one slight spot of damp staining. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine.…