Two Circle Press Signed Limited Edition Artists' Books with Poetry and Prints

To include: Christopher Logue (poems); John Christie (prints). RED BIRD. [Guildford, Surrey]: Circle Press, 1979. Signed limited edition; no. 95 out of 300 numbered copies, signed by the poet and artist on the rear limitation, as issued. With a single loose print titled "Notes 1" and signed and numbered by the artist, followed by (11) bifolia with text printed letterpress on Somerset rag-made paper and (10) initialed color screenprints for love poems by Logue based on the work of Pablo Neruda; all contained loose in a plain wrapper, canvas-covered chemise, and brown cloth-covered slipcase. (In case 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in.) (Loose print with a small crease to the lower margin, most bifolia with scattered light foxing, one bifolium with light finger grime, and one leaf with minor edge wear; negligible wear to chemise; slipcase with a couple of light marks, some fraying to cloth, and separation of cloth at case interior. Very good.) James Kirkup (poem); Birgit Skiöld (prints). THE TAO OF WATER. [Guildford, Surrey]: Circle Press, 1979. Signed limited edition; no. 169 out of 200 copies, signed by Kirkup and Skiöld in pencil on the rear limitation, as issued. With (10) bifolia with lithographs and etchings hand-printed by the artist and text printed on Velin Arches Blanc, followed by a single loose print titled Water is Water, signed and numbered in pencil by the artist; all contained in a cloth-covered solander box by Dorset Bookbinding. [4], 29, [7]pp. (In box 10 x 9 3/4 in.) (Crease and small dent to corner of first bifolium, light soiling to one text page, expected offsetting from prints, protective cloth to final print with folded edge. Approaching near fine.) Duplicate Prints and Photographs from Davidson College, Sold to support new acquisitions.

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