The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, 1929. Jones, David. Hardcover. 37 pages. Folio, 33 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 55 of 60 signed by Jones, containing a set of the engravings in final state. Ten copper plate engravings by David. Jones. Limited edition, copy 95 of 400. Jones, a friend and contemporary of Eric Gill converted to Roman Catholicism, the two spending three years (1924-1927) at Gill's home in southern Wales after both worked together at the Guild of St. Joseph and St. Dominic in Ditchling, Sussex. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK 136. "Jones usually favored wood, rather than copper engravings......He also designed the device of the Golden Cockerel Press." Wide text margins, interior contents very fresh and clean, covers dusty. Orig. beige cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. Item #23239
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