The path to peace : selected poems
Author:
Sassoon, Siegfried
Publisher:
Stanbrook Abbey Press
Binder (person):
Percival, George
Binder (person):
Graham, Rigby
Calligrapher:
Adams, Margaret
Calligrapher:
Westover, Wendy
By Siegfried Sassoon
[9], 31, [2] 27 cm.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1960
"This book is handset in Jan van Krimpen's Romulus Cancelleresca Bastarda printed ... at the Stanbrook Abbey Press ... bound by George Percival and Rigby Graham in a limited edition of 500 copies, comprising 20 copies on Millbourne handmade paper, bound in full vellum hand-lettered & gilded by Margaret Adams, 480 copies on W.S.H. handmade paper, quarter-bound in vellum, hand-lettered initials."-- Colophon. Museum has copy no. 129, with a capital "L" in gold by Margaret Adams, and 26 capitals drawn in red by Wendy Westover. Title vignette in gold. Inscription signed by Siegfried Sassoon: "Inscribed for John Dreyfus (who was my previous and likewise perfectionist printer)" Quarter bound in vellum with blue marbled paper sides, gilt lettering on spine.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: PB 48-2004
Primary reference Number: 108067
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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