Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996, Earth birds , c1981
- Title(s):
- Earth birds : forty six poems written between May 1964 and June 1972 / Larry Eigner ; [with six plates designed by Ronald King and printed blind-intaglio].
- Published/Created:
- Guildford [England] : Circle Press, c1981.
- Physical Description:
- [43] p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7433.4.E34 E27 1981+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7433.4.E34 E27 1981+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Gift of Ronald King[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7433.4.E34 E27 1981+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Gift of Ronald King[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4243178
- Classification:
- Articles & Chapters
- Notes:
- "Fifty hard-bound copies, I-L, printed on pure rag-made paper with six plates printed blind intaglio and one hundred and fifty copies, 51-200, printed on Glastonbury Book stock with the same plates printed relief, in one colour ... Five of each version have been reserved for the poet and five for the artist."--Colophon.
Etchings printed by Willow King and the artist, at Circle Press.
Bound in quarter brown cloth and cream paper boards. Issued in slipcase.
Cooking the books, p. 172
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is an artist's proof copy numbered A.P. 2; lacks slipcase. Copy 2 is an artist's proof copy numbered [A.P.7]. Both bound in publisher's quarter dark brown cloth and khaki papers boards. In slipcase. Copy 3 bound in publisher's wrappers. Unsigned and unnumbered.
"Previous unpublished collection of 46 poems (1964-72) printed letterpress in 12 pt Baskerville in six 8 pp sections ... 100 copies, copies 1-25 with five designs blind-embossed onto mould-made paper and sewn into hard covers; copies 25-100 with the same designs printed in relief onto Glastonbury Book paper and sewn into brown paper cover."--Cooking the books. - Subject Terms:
- Artists' books -- Great Britain.Circle Press -- Publisher.King, Willow, -- Printer.
- Form/Genre:
- Artists' books -- Great Britain.
Relief etching -- 1981.
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