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New York, NY: Chilmark Press, 1968. self paper wrappers. Chilmark Press. 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Prospectus announcing R.S. Thomas, The Mountains. A near fine copy. Includes specimens of two drawings by John Piper, engraved on wood by Reynolds Stone.

New York: Chilmark Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Number 155 from an edition of 350 copies. Text by Thomas illustrated with ten drawings by John Piper engraved on the wood by Reynolds Stone and with a descriptive note by John Piper as well. A very near fine copy with slightly splayed boards. No dust jacket and lacking the slipcase. A beautifully printed book.

From a numbered edition of 350. Illutrated boards in fine condition, clean and unmarked in a good slipcase

Chilmark Press, New York, 1968. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. The Mountains, number 26 from a total edition of 350 copies, ten drawings by John Piper engraved on wood by Reynolds Stone, original quarter cloth with printed boards, original card slipcase with some splitting to joints. Signed by Author

New York: Chilmark Press, 1968. 10 wood engravings by Reynolds Stone from drawings by John Piper. One of 350 copies, this one out of series. First edition. 4to., original black cloth spine with pictorial boards which are large scale details of one of the engravings, Cwm Graianog, a very copy in the original slipcase, with a slight bump to one corner. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, bound at Cambridge University Press.||10 line poem and 15 page prose piece accomapnied by Piper’s wonderful images, perfectly engraved by Stone.|

New York: Chilmark Press, Inc, 1968. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. PIPER John 1903-1992. STONE Reynolds 1909-1979.. The best RS Thomas Private Press Title? In quarter green morocco over blue cloth, some gilt tooling. Spine, gilt titles. Internally, printed endpapers, half title, frontis, tp in black & gold inks, [4], 5-42 pp, [4], [1], [1], 20 pls, t.e.g., remainder uncut. This is the third of the Clover Hill Editions of the Chilmark Press. The edition consists of 350 copies as follows: 110 copies numbered I-CX, signed by the author, artist and engraver, and with an extra set of the ten engravings - such as this. Housed in its custom made slip case. Designed & Printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, bound at the Cambridge University Press. 10 Wood engravings by Reynolds Stone + the extra 10 tipped in, book label to fpd (Pamela Lister), faint remains of bookplate to fpd. (304*228 mm). Title continues: Illustrated… Read More

Chilmark Press, New York., 1968. First edition. Quarto. pp 48 + extra set of engravings. Ten line poem and fifteen-page prose piece by R.S. Thomas. Three page Descriptive Note by John Piper, who also provides two pages of notes on the engravings. Ten wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone from drawings by John Piper. The endpapers appear to be a blow-up of one of the engravings, ''Cwm Graianog''. Designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, on Wookey Hole Mill mould-made paper. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in quarter dark blue morocco with cloth sides; top edge gilt.One of 110 numbered copies signed by the author, artist and engraver, and with an extra set of the ten engravings.''Just after the Second World War, John Piper and Reynolds Stone, both enthusiasts of nineteenth century topographical guidebooks, decided to produce a modern equivalent, to illustrate the mountains of Snowdonia. They used wood-engravings, both as a… Read More

New York: Chilmark Press 1968. 4to, (ii), 42, (6) pages. Original quarter cloth, morocco backstrip with title in gilt, paper-covered boards illustrated with a wood engraving, top edge gilt, slipcase. As new. § Limited to 110 special copies in a total edition of 350, signed by the author, artist and engraver, with an extra set of the 10 engravings tipped in and bound thus. (Carter, The Rampant Lions Press: 34). Handset in 18pt Zapf Palatino on mould made paper from Wookey Hole Mill. The third Clover Hill Edition. The collaboration of three remarkably talented artists, Thomas (poet), Piper (artist) and Stone (engraver and calligrapher), designed and printed by two of England's finest printers, Will and Sebastian Carter.“Just after the second world war, John Piper and Reynolds Stone, both enthusiasts of nineteenth-century topographical guide-books, decided to produce a modern equivalent, to illustrate the mountains of Snowdonia. They used wood-engraving both as a reproductive process, so that the… Read More