STONE, Reynolds. TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia. ~ Boxwood.
London
The Monotype Corporation
1958
16 larger format wood-engravings plus a head and tail piece vignette by Stone, illustrated in verse by Sylvia Townsend Warner. First edition, second issue, printed in smaller format after the first was rejected for uneven printing. One of 500 copies. Set in Giovanni Mardersteig’s new type, Dante. Pp. 37. 8vo., original black paper covered boards with boxwood leaves by Stone in gilt on upper cover. Boards very slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy.
A note about Mardersteig’s Dante typeface is inserted loose.
With the booklabel of Kenneth Auchincloss.
Stock ref: 8601
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