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Trans Siberian Prosody and Little Jeanne from France
La Prose Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France

Item date(s): 2014

Blaise Cendrars  - (poem by)
Dick Jones  - (translated by)
Natalie d'Arbeloff  - (illustrated by)
Nicholas McDowall  - (designed and printed by)


Pages: unpaged
Size: 360mm
Inscription: Signed by the artist and translator.
Edition: IV/X


Place publication: Llandogo
Publisher: The Old Stile Press

Additional notes:
This book brings together Dick Jones' new translation of the poem and a suite of powerful vinylcut images by Natalie d'Arbeloff, printed direct from her original blocks.

The paper is Canaletto Liscio and the typeface Storm Sans. In the printing of the text, twenty-four different colours were used, chosen at random from a battery of inks deemed suitable.

The Main Edition consists of 150 copies, numbered and signed by the translator and the artist. In addition there is a Special Edition, of which 10 copies (Numbered I-X) are for sale. This is number IV/X.

The book is housed in a brown flip-top box together with a suite of four coloured prints in a wrap-around folder.

Ref: GB/14691



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