Wood engraving prints for published works, 1961-1967, 1970-1971, 1985
Original housing labelled by Richard Shirley Smith as:
'A45, Rochester proofs, Shelley and Chesterfield proofs, very good proofs' (folder 3)
'10b, RSS Ephemera, Non duplicates, 1st Set, Bodleian, Box II, A10' (folders 4-6)
'A100, W/E Prints, Wood engraving prints, V: good proofs and line drawn bookplates, untrimmed' (throughout, in acid-free paper labelled 'fine proofs')
Comprises:
Folder 1: Prints for Prospect (Bain: number 32), Vines (Bain: number 257) and A Newman Companion to the Gospels (not listed in Bain)
Folder 2: Prints for Enchanting Paths to Paradise (Bain: numbers 285-288)
Folder 3: Page proofs and prints for The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Bain: numbers 167- 175, 178-180, 182-183, 187-188, 190-199, 201-202, 204-207 and 209-210)
Folder 4: Prints for Messer Pietro Mio (Bain: numbers 266, 268, 270, 273-274 and 278-280)
Folder 5: Dust jacket and cover designs for Metamorphoses, The English Church 1000 to 1066, Helmet and Wasps, Memoirs of a London Doll, Margaret Clitherow, When April Came and The Gourmet's Garden, with a review of The Gourmet's Garden in 'Wine and Food' magazine (Bain: numbers 10, 41, 45, 47, 48, 68, 75, 77, 84, 121, 123, 124, 126, 130 and 131)
Folder 6: Prints for The Periodical, Oxford University Press (Bain: numbers 161-164)
Dates
- Creation: 1961-1967, 1970-1971, 1985
Extent
1 box (6 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 21920/64
Bibliography
- Burtch, M. When April Came (Novello, 1962)
- Bannister, R. Prospect (Hutchinson, 1962)
- Barlow, F. The English Church 1000 to 1066 (Longmans, 1963)
- Burnett, D. Vines (Rocket Press, 1984)
- Vaughan Williams, U. Metamorphoses (Duckworth, 1965)
- Claridge, M. Margaret Clitherow (Burns and Oates, 1965)
- Newman, J. H. A Newman Companion to the Gospels (Burns and Oates, 1966)
- Shelley, P. B. The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Limited Editions Club, 1971)
- Borgia, L. and Bembo, P. Messer Pietro Mio (Libanus Press, 1985)
Subject
- Oxford University Press, publishers (Organisation)
Creator
- From the Collection: Shirley Smith | Richard | b 1935 | artist (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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