- Signed
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB, LONDON, United KingdomSOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB
AbeBooks seller since October 13, 2015
Condition: Used
US$ 340.25
Quantity: 1 available
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No. 81 of 125 signed copies, there were a further 15 artist's proofs. Screenprint by John Christie. Printed on Velin Arches rag made paper at the Circle Press in 14pt Baskerville. 8 pp., french-folded. 30 x 20 cm, original printed stiff paper wrappers, spine a little faded. Kenneth White's poems was first publilshed in 'Terre de diamant', Paris & Lausanne, 1977. The French adaptation of the original English text is by Philippe Jaworski and Kenneth White. From the studio of Ron King. Ron King writes "this was the first of John's two pamphlet designs of the same size as The Flea, Chesil Bank South and Black Hole Off Crete". John Christie was a BBC cameraman who became a book artist and came to work at the Circle Press for 3 years. Kenneth White (1936 to 2023) was an Scottish poet from the Gorbals who after studying at Glasgow and Paris Universities became an academic in Glasgow and later in France. He founded the institute of Geopoetics in 1989.
Seller Inventory # 12959
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Earth Dance.
- Author
- CIRCLE PRESS. WHITE, Kenneth. CHRISTIE, John.
- Publisher
- Circle Press, Guildford
- Publication year
- 1978
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB
LONDON, United Kingdom
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| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 10 business days |
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| First item | US$ 34.36 | US$ 47.57 |
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SOPHIE SCHNEIDEMAN RARE BOOKS, ABA, ILAB
United Kingdom
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