[Rarebooks] FS: 2 Circle Press titles

[Isabel's Books]

I have two Circle Press titles for sale:

Kirkup, James and Birgit Skiöld. THE TAO OF WATER. Guildford, Surrey: Circle Press, 1979. 
 
10 loose signatures inserted into a silk-covered solander box (10 inches high by 9.5 inches wide). 32 pages. Lithographs and etchings designed and hand-printed by Skiöld. Includes a signed/numbered lithograph. Text set in 18 pt. Optima and printed by Ron King on 250 gsm. Velin Arches Blanc. One of 235 copies (200 thus), numbered and signed by author and artist. Some faint and small stains under title on front of box. Tissue guard over signed lithograph has some folds. 'The Tao of Water' was first published as part of 'Zen Contemplations' by Kirkup in 1978 (Kyoto Editions, Japan). Kirkup's Zen-like meditation on the nature of water, accompanied by Skiöld's spare illustrations. Near Fine. $500.00
 
Tyson, Ian and Kevin Power.  DE MORANDI. [Guildford, Surrey]: Circle Press, 1979.
 
Four 8-page loose signatures of the poem by Power and 8 original blind-embosse d aquatint prints, initialed and dated by Tyson, housed in black stiff paper folders, inside a black cloth-covered chemise and slipcase (15 ¾ inches high by 11 ¾ inches wide). Unpaginated. The text has been hand set in 14 and 18 pt. Optima and printed letterpress on 300 gsm. Somerset mould made paper. One of 355 copies (300 thus) numbered and signed by author and artist. Fine. $400.00
 
$800 for the lot.
 
Shipping at cost.
 
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Michael 


Michael Levine-Clark
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