Askam, Mark, Press A Bibliography 1972-2007. Chestnut Press, 2007, 2007
- Call Number:
- MSS 17
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Askam, Mark
- Title(s):
- Press A Bibliography 1972-2007. Chestnut Press, 2007.
- Date:
- 2007
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: Books and Articles on Richard Shirley Smith
- Part of Collection:
- volume Moss no. 36
- Provenance:
- Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Perfect bound soft cover. Inscribed by Mark Askam on the half title: 'To Richard [Shirley Smith] Love the engravings! Mark / 2nd proof edition (1 of 4 copies) This is an early reading proof––produced digitally of an as-yet-unfinished bibliography. It is not likely to get published in a hard-copy form, but is available as an internet resource.' Richard Shirley Smith engravings illustrated three books for Anthony Baker's Gruffyground Press: James Reeves, The Closed Door (1976-77) nos. 5a and 5b; Six Hampshire Epitaphs (1978) nos. 6a and 6b; and John Heath-Stubbs, Buzz Buzz (1981) nos. 12a and 12b. Shirley Smith's engravings for Reeves and Heath-Stubbs are reproduced . 41 & 42. Several limited editions of Shirley Smith's engravings were also produced by Gruffyground Press: two editions of the engraving used for The Closed Door [Bain no. 239] (sixty strikes in all); two editions of the engraving used for Six Hampshire Epitaphs [Bain no.240] (one hundred strikes in all); and one edition of the engraving used for Buzz Buzz [Bain no. 251] (one hundred strikes in all). There was also a special run of The Closed Door engraving which Anthony Baker sent out as a Christmas greeting and a postcard version of the same engraving run by Michael Mitchell at the Libanus Press. Mitchell also printed the Buzz Buzz engraving as a Christmas greeting. A record for this item is also available in the <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onRequest" xlink:show="new" xlink:href="http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10417918">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
- Physical Description:
- Pp. [1-3] 4-84 ; 297 x 210 mm
- Finding Aid Title:
- Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5884.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2395983
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- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2395983?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1