Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Graves, Ida. Hughes-Stanton, Blair. Epithalamion. A poem by Ida Graves.

With 23 associate wood-engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. (32) leaves. Folio. Orig. green paper boards, spine label (somewhat rubbed) . – Higham, Colchester, The Gemini Press, 1934.

„The first book from The Gemini Press“. One of 280 num. copies on Basingwerk Parchment (of which 30 were not for sale) of a total of 330 copies. Designed, hand-set in 24 pt Blado italic and handprinted by Blair Hughes-Stanton. This is the original edition, bound in the 1930s. – Hughes-Stanton, Penelope. The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton (1991), no. 25. – Best.-Nr. 9291