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Azrael. Sylvia Townsend Warner. 1978

 

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Townsend Warner, Sylvia. Azrael. Berkshire. Newbury: Libanus Press., 1978. 1st and Limited Edition, no. 155 of 200 copies. Large 8vo, pp18 with title in blue and black, colophon, sewn as issued. This collection of poems was first circulated in typescript by Sir Peter Pears at the Aldburgh Festival in 1977. The author was approached for permission to print them in the present form and this was granted shortly before her death in May 1978. This volume is dedicated to her memory. The book was made at the Libanus Press, Hermitage, Newbury Berkshire; is hand-set in Perpetua Italic, and limited to 200 copies, on half printed on T. H. Saunders paper and the other on Velin Arches. A fine book in fine condition.
Cat. No. 92364                                            £75

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