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Coniunctio, a spell : an unfolding poem / by Philip Gross ; with pochoir illustrations by Vance Gerry.
LIBRA - Vilain-Wieck Collection Weather Bird 150
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gross, Philip, author.
- Series:
- Prospero poets
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--20th century.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- Private press books (Printing)
- Printing in multiple colors (Printing)
- Limitation statements (Publishing)
- Machine-made papers (Paper)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Melior.
- Printed wrappers (Binding)
- Illustrated works.
- Poems.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [10] pages ([2] folded) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
- Manufacture:
- [Oxfordshire, England] : Didcot Press, [1995]
- Place of Publication:
- [Alton, Hants.] : Trevor Weston, 1995.
- Notes:
- "Trevor Weston is the publisher, Simon Rae the editor and Dennis Hall the designer"--Colophon.
- "Coniunctio is copyright to Philip Gross the illustrations are copyright to Vance Gerry and have been pochoir coloured by Sylvia Stokeld, the book is typeset by Bookmarque in Melior and printed litho by the Didcot Press on American Strathmore Grandee paper in an edition of 499 copies of which 149 have been signed by the poet & artist. Of these, 50 copies have a loose additional pochoir print signed by the artist. 50 copies numbered I to L have been reserved for the collaborators"--Colophon.
- Acrostic/mesostic poem.
- Issued in printed and illustrated paper wrappers. Available in slip case, with other 'Prospero poems'.
- Local Notes:
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 182 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 499 copies. See colophon.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.
- OCLC:
- 1012015941
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