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(Stuart Brockman – Bookbinder) The Abstract Garden. Poems by Philip Gross. Engravings by Peter Reddick. The Old Stile Press. Monmouthshire. 2006. n.p. 10.75” x 7.75”. Black and white wood engravings throughout printed from the original blocks. Designed and printed by Nicolas McDowall on Zerkall Halbmatter in Spectrum. Unique binding by Stuart Brockman in 2007. Bound in full brown Levant with double sewn endbands. A rose design tooled in two shades of gold (lemon and red) on both boards. Gold lettered title on spine. Endpapers of brown patterned pastepaper. Binder’s label at top of first free endpapers. Black buckram dropback box lined with beige felt. Black title label on spine. Binder’s label at inside base of box. No. 165 in an edition of 200 copies, numbered and signed in pencil by the poet and engraver. Fine.

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