Hobbes's whale : poems / by John Gohorry ; with wood engravings by Simon Brett
1988, 1st edition. Marlborough : Paulinus Press. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked, dust-dulled, rubbed as with age and torn. Bumped corners. Stained covers. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #412867
Physical description; 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; "Two hundred and fifty copies ... have been printed ... Copies 51-250 are in wrappers ..."--. Colophon; "Some of the poems in Hobbes's Whale were first published in Encounter in May and June 1988" - Colophon. "Two hundred and fifty copies ... have been printed by the Boase Press, Monmouth, Gwent, in Monotype Ehrhardt on Zerkall mould-made paper with Ehrhardt and Grotesque for display, signed by author and engraver. Copies 1-50 are presented hand bound in a slip case accompained by signed proofs of the engravings. Copies 51-250 are in wrappers and an additional twenty-six copies similarly wrapped and lettered A-Z have been produced for presentation" -Colophon. Title in blue and black. Subjects; Hobbes, Thomas 1588-1679. Hobbes's Whale. John Gohorry. John Gohorry - poet.
Price: €35.00