The disappeared and other poems
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: The disappeared and other poems
Classmark: Artists' Books 297
Creator(s): Pinter, Harold (1930-2008)
Additional creator(s): Bevan, Tony (1951-) (Illustrator); Sykes, Richard (1946-2019) (Former owner); Mason, Penny (Former owner); Enitharmon Editions (Publisher); Rampant Lions Press (Printer)
Publisher: Enitharmon Editions; Rampant Lions Press
Publication city: London
Date(s): 2002
Language: English
Size and medium: 50 pages, 3 unnumbered pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/782692
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991020781400005181
Description
"Published in 2002 by Stephen Stuart-Smith, Enitharmon Editions..."--Title page verso.
This selection of poems has been made by Harold Pinter and Stephen Stuart-Smith from Pinter's previously published works.
"The text of The disappeared and other poems has been designed and printed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. It is set in 14 pt Hunt Roman and the paper is 160 gsm Arches Vélin. The books have been bound and slipcased by The Fine Bindery in Northamptonshire. The plates in the text, reproducing paintings by Tony Bevan made between 1986 and 2002, have been printed by Expression Printers Ltd. The de luxe edition consists of seventy-five copies and twenty hors commerce copies, signed by Harold Pinter and Tony Bevan and numbered 1-75 and i-xx. With each copy is a signed and numbered original etching by Tony Bevan, printed at Hope Sufferance Press on 350 gsm Zerkall natural white. There are also ten artist's proofs, numbered AP i-x. The regular edition consists of one hundred signed copies and twenty-five hors commerce copies, numbered 76-175 and xxi-xlv. A further twenty sets of sheets, numbered 176-195, have been reserved for binders. This is number... [Signatures] Harold Pinter, Tony Bevan."--Colophon.
Leeds University Library copy at Artists' Books 297 is copy no. 34/75 of the de luxe edition; signed by Harold Pinter and Tony Bevan on final page.Etching in folded card is copy 34/75; signed by the artist.
The Disappeared -- Death -- Order -- Poem: 'Don't look' -- Cricket at Night -- God -- It is Here -- Ghost -- Poem: 'The lights glow' -- Joseph Brearley 1909-1977 -- Message -- Paris -- I Know the Place -- Later -- All of That -- Poem: 'Always where you are' -- The Table -- Daylight -- The Error of Alarm -- The Second Visit -- The Drama in April -- The Irish Shape -- The Islands of Aran Seen from the Moher Cliffs -- Book of Mirrors -- A Glass at Midnight -- Hampstead Heath -- Chandeliers and Shadows -- New Year in the Midlands -- The Midget.
Features
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Artists' Books 297: bound in rust coloured cloth-covered boards in alike slipcase box. Title on labels on slipcase and book spine: The disappeared; image on label on front of book.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Artists' Books 297: Gift from the collection of Richard Sykes and Penny Mason through the Contemporary Art Society, 2023. Purchased by Richard Sykes and Penny Mason in 2005.
Access and usage
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