TORTOISES: SIX POEMS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
by Lawrence, D.H. (poems); Robinson, Alan James (illustrations)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
[Williamsburg, MA]: Cheloniidae Press, 1983. Limited Edition. One of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the artist, this one being copy no.98. Quarto (28.5cm); sandy brown paper-covered boards and vellum backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [64]pp; illus. A Fine copy. Fine press publication of Lawrence's 1921 collection of poems, written after the conclusion of World War I and the publication of The Rainbow and Women in Love. Masterfully illustrated with seven wood engravings of tortoises by Alan James Robinson, and an introduction by Jefferson Hunter.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6126
- Title
- TORTOISES: SIX POEMS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
- Author
- Lawrence, D.H. (poems); Robinson, Alan James (illustrations)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cheloniidae Press
- Place of Publication
- [Williamsburg, MA]
- Date Published
- 1983
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- Gilt
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- Vellum
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- Quarto
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- Fine
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