Catalogue
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Red Bird
Ten initialled screen prints for love poems by Logue, based on verse of Pablo Neruda with text printed letter-press in 18 pt Baskerville. 45 proofs – eleven unbound 4 pp sections – 40×32 cm on...£600.00
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Roller - Hardback
The first computer-generated book made at Circle Press, designed for a text written in 1979, printed in Centaur on an Epson Stylus in three colours by Karen Bleitz. Signed and in a concertina format –...£90.00
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Roller - Paperback
The first computer-generated book made at Circle Press, designed for a text written in 1979, printed in Centaur on an Epson Stylus in three colours by Karen Bleitz. In a concertina format – 22 pp...£39.00
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Second Nature - London Series
Poem by Paul Eluard for which the translation by Samuel Beckett first appeared in ‘This Quarter’ in 1932. Paper-cut design by Ian Tyson. Printed letter-press in Baskerville – 16 pp on toned paper and sewn...£48.00
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Tabernacle
A seven-drawer cabinet designed to celebrate seven generations of printing in the King family, with historical text gleamed from family archives and specially written poetry for each generation written by Roy Fisher. All contained in...£2,400.00
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Texts & Prints I – XX
A limited edition of 50 portfolios with a complete set of prints by Ronald King and poems by four poets (Roy Fisher, Andrew Crozier, Kevin Power & Keith Please) to accompany the second edition of...£500.00
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The Camera Never Lies
Written and designed by the artist in his concern for the photographic myth and the frailty of photographic fact, with eight colour photographs tipped into the pages and hand-written text in off-set lithography. Signed copies,...£240.00
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The Elastic Membrane
A production in three parts by this ‘system artist’, contained in a wooden box with perspex cover. The first part, a ‘Practical’, is an example of a home-made computer used to generate the images which...£1,500.00
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The Gnat and the Lion
Two blind-intaglio designs carved from lino for a pamphlet with the text rewritten by the artist and printed letter-press in 14 pt Optima. Signed copies – 8 pp – 29×19 cm on mould-made paper sewn...£30.00
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The Half-Year Letters
Poetry by Roy Fisher in a book produced on the same principle as Alphabeta Concertina. A rare and highly original text in a special limited edition book designed by Ronald King and printed in Gill...£75.00
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The Left-handed Punch
The fifth collaboration of artist and poet in a modern version of the Punch & Judy drama. Entirely screen printed with the exception of the introduction, titles and colophon, which were printed letter-press in 14...£1,200.00
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The Looking Book
In 1996 Circle Press was 30 years old and to mark the occasion a double retrospective exhibition was organized in the Lyttelton Foyer at the Royal National Theatre and in the Poetry Library at the...£18.00
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The Muse in August
A pamphlet dedicated to Guillaume Apollinaire on the 100th anniversary of his birth with a specially written poem by Kenneth White, printed both in English and French, and a screen-print by John Christie. The edition...£30.00
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The Prologue (1st edition)
From Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ – Originally produced for Editions Alecto, London; published by Circle Press with frontispiece and fourteen mask images titled and initialed in pencil – printed silk screen and letter-press in 24 pt...£500.00
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The Song of Solomon
A half-size reproduction version of Ron King’s 1968 book, with a commentary by George Szirtes and an 8 page leaflet by art historian Pat Gilmour, ‘Artist’s books in the 20th Century’. 76pp 23×17.5 cms bound...£18.00
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The Song of Solomon (1st edition)
Over 30 screen printed images, including 8 double spreads – text printed letter-press in 30 pt Fry’s Baskerville, interwoven with the designs. Signed copies, 15 proofs – 72 pp unbound on J. Green mould-made paper...£900.00
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The Tao of Water
Eight lithographed and etched images with poems printed letter-press in 18 pt Optima. Text taken from one section of a longer poem ‘Seven Meditations on the Teaching of Lao Tzu’. Signed copies, 35 proofs –...£600.00
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The White Alphabet
A double-sided concertina alphabet book, without text and made on the same principle as Alphabeta Concertina, 1983, cut onto RWS hand-made paper and bound between inlaid wood boards. Signed copies with colophon letter-pressed in 14...£1,200.00
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Turn Over Darling
A series of six double-sided blind embossed images printed in wire, which, when folded and juxtaposed in sequence, make eleven reclining nudes which change position from front to back view. Six 4 pp sections –...£60.00
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Turn Over Darling - Signed
A series of six double-sided blind embossed images printed in wire, which, when folded and juxtaposed in sequence, make eleven reclining nudes which change position from front to back view. Signed By Ron King. Six...£90.00