An Elegy for XAnthony Burgess with introduction by Graham Moss
Oldham England, Incline Press, 2018, No. 182 of 250 24.4 x 17 x 0.8 cm Pamphlet containing a pome originally published in 1991 as part of an alphabet book commissioned by David Hockney and Stephen Spender to raise money for Aids Crisis Trust, Burgess's Elegy for X combines his vast knowledge of languages and culture, his amusement in unusual vocabulary, and his playful wit. Semi limp binding in suede calf leather with incisions. Paper doublures are collagraph printed by the binder, leather end bands, painted edges. Bound 2021. |