SELECTIONS FROM POEMS BY AUDEN. LITHOGRAPHS BY HENRY MOORE

First edition. Limited edition. One of 10 hors commerce copies in Edition 'B' for the Americas. Signed by Henry Moore. Two volumes. Publisher's black cloth stamped in gloss black to the upper board. Black cloth portfolio. Both housed in the original black cloth solander case stamped in red to the lower corner of the upper cover. The book, designed by Eric Ayers, is illustrated with twenty-three lithographs by Henry Moore. The portfolio house four further loose lithographs, each numbered and signed (10/10) by Moore. Printed on Hodgkinson paper (made by St Cuthbert's Mill, Wells). The text selections were made by Nikos Stangos with the consent of the poet and his publisher, Faber & Faber, London. Text set in Times Roman by Vivian Ridler, University Press, Oxford, and printed by J.E. Wolfensberger, Zurich. The lithographs were proofed by Stanley Jones at Curwen Prints Ltd, London, and Bud Shark at the Petersburg Press, London; those in the book were printed by J.E. Wolfensberger and Curwen Prints Ltd, those in the portfolio were printed by Curwen Prints Ltd and Petersburg Press. A fine copy.

A beautifully produced collaboration, the total edition of which runs to 360 copies, each signed in pencil by the Henry Moore and numbered on p.[50]. Divided into 'Edition A' for Europe (numbered in roman numerals) and 'Edition B' for the Americas (numbered in arabic) they comprise: 300 copies numbered I/CL to CL/CL and 1/150 to 150/150; 20 copies marked AP I/X to AP X/X and AP 1/10 to AP 10/10; 20 copies marked HC I/X to HC X/X and HC 1/10 to HC 10/10; 20 copies marked PP I/X to PP X/X and PP 1/10 to PP 10/10. The present example is 'Edition B' copy number 10 of 10 HC (hors commerce).