The Mountains by R.S. Thomas, signed by author, artist & engraver.

$3,000.00

124. (Rampant Lions Press) The Mountains. By R.S. Thomas. Illustrated with ten drawings by John Piper, engraved on the wood by Reynolds Stone, with a descriptive note by John Piper. Chilmark Press. New York. 1968. 42p. 12″ x 9.25″. Handset in 18pt Zapf Palatino on mould made paper from Wookey Hole Mill. Bound by Cambridge University Press with green morocco spine, gilt title; blue cloth boards with Ingres endpapers printed with an enlargement of one of the engravings. Slipcase. One of 110 special copies in a total edition of 350, signed by the author, artist and engraver, with an extra set of the 10 engravings tipped in. [The Rampant Lions Press: 34]. Fine.

“The third Clover Hill Edition. Just after the second world war, John Piper and Reynolds Stone, both enthusiasts of nineteenth-century topographical guide-books, decided to produce a modern equivalent, to illustrate the mountains of Snowdonia. They used wood-engraving both as a reproductive process, so that the pictures could be printed together with the text, and as creative interpretations of the drawings, which in several cases Piper did directly on the blocks. We were eager to print these magnificent engravings, and as the Carters and the Stones are close cousins, negotiations were simplified. Douglas Cleverdon persuaded the Welsh poet R.S. Thomas to write some rich poetic prose to accompany them.” - Rampant Lions Press..This Special copy of a fine book is a collaboration of three great talents, Thomas (poet), Piper (artist) and Stone (engraver and calligrapher), designed and printed by two of England’s finest printers, Will and Sebastian Carter. Very scarce.