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The Burning of the Books

Item date(s): 2008

Ronald King  - (illustrated by)
George Szirtes  - (poem by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 393mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist and the author.
Edition: #22/30


Place publication: London
Publisher: Circle Press

Additional notes:
Prospectus laid in.

A poem sequence based on Ellas Canetti's novel "Auto da Fé'.

Folio portfolio in 14 parts with the first (Prologue) as a gatefold, plus Title and Colophon. In an illustrated and collaged wrapper with string tie. In a titled clamshell box.

The images in this book were photo-collaged by the artist in Bosham, Suxxex; the plates were processed, etched and printed at 107 Workshop, Shaw, Wiltshire, by Jack Shirreff, Andrew Smith and Claire Wait. The text was prepared for plate making at Boxcar N.Y. by Kathrin Jacobsen and printed letterpress at Circle Press, London, by Ronald King and Amelia Drinkwater.

Ref: GB/12211



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