Gawain libretto (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Zustand: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 88 pages ; 21 cm. Subjects; Operas ; Librettos. Drama.Legendary character. Arthurian romances. Adaptations. Knights and knighthood. 1 Kg. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Near mint.

Second edition. Softcover. Signed by the author. Original green handmade Khadi paper covered boards, with a dark green woodcut print of the Green Knight to the upper board and another of Sir Gawain with tree-like hair to the lower board. Housed in a bespoke dark green felt-lined buckram solander box, onlaid with with light brown morocco titles to the backstrip, and a sword illustration to the upper panel. Deckled top, bottom and fore- edges. Concertina bound handmade Khadi paper, with 20 colour woodcuts hand-printed with a spoon accompanied by computer-generated text printed in black on cream paper mounted to each page, with tissue-guards variously loosely laid in. A superb fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. The solander box has just a couple of light marks to the bottom edge. A beautiful production. Signed by the author, artist, and publisher Carolyn Trant in pencil on the rear pastedown. First published in a limited edition of just 20 copies in 1997, in a calf-bound and handsewn large format. It was Trant's first artists book, and featured hand-cut text. Winner of the inaugural 'Complete Book' award in the Society of Bookbinders International Binding Competition. In a 2007 blog post, Trant describes being inspired to create her striking woodcuts upon seeing the opera of the same name by Sir Harrison Birtwistle to a libretto by English poet David Harsent, "wonderful words, which inspired images which were rarely related to what was going on on stage visually; but close I hope to the spirit of both the opera as a whole and the medieval story of Gawain and the Green Knight. In fact I came to feel totally consumed by this spirit as I set myself the task of completing the book, like Gawain's task, in one year and a day" (Carolyn Trant and Parvenu Press, 2007). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…