Lot #204 - The Caxton Club Press
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Auction House:Webb's
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Sale Name:Bethunes Rare Books
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Sale Date:12 Dec 2013 ~ 12noon
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Lot #:204
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Lot Description:The Caxton Club Press
Sirocco -
Notes:1st ed. [Christchurch] : The Caxton Club at their own press, [1933], 8vo. 1 v., illus. Soft card covers, stapled. Small owners inscription to front cover. Mild wear to contents. 'Following the suppression of 'Oriflamme', membership dwindled at The Caxton Club Press. The remaining members had to agree to a number of conditions outlined by the College Council, in order to have the suppression lifted. One of those conditions meant that the title 'Oriflamme' could not be used for any future publications. Ian Milner suggested the name 'Sirocco', meaning a hot wind, suggesting that Glover and Milner were not entirely repentant. Produced in only a single issue like its predecessor, Sirocco included poems by Glover, Allen Curnow (as 'Philo'), A R D Fairburn and others. The linocut illustration on the frontispiece is by Canterbury artist Florence Akins. This volume also includes a linocut by the artist Rita Cook, perhaps better known by her maiden name Rita Angus'. ('Caxton Press: the art of ordered plainess', Dunedin : Reed Gallery). An appealing copy of this scarce work. G.
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Estimate:NZ$200 - 200
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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