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The looking book : a pocket history of Circle Press, 1967-96
- Title
- The looking book : a pocket history of Circle Press, 1967-96 / Cathy Courtney.
- Author
- Courtney, Cathy.
- Publication
- London : Circle Press, [1996]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Circle Press, publisher.
- Description
- 179 pages : illustrations (some color); 16 cm
- Summary
- "In 1996 Circle Press was 30 years old and to mark the occasion a double retrospective exhibition was organized in the Lyttelton Foyer at the Royal National Theatre and in the Poetry Library at the Festival Hall. Cathy Courtney wrote a lively history of the Press." [Publisher's description].
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – England – London – 1996.
- Note
- "This book has been written as part of the London Institute's Research Project "The Art of the Book 1960 to the Present Day," which is based at Camberwell College of Arts and run in collaboration with Chelsea College of Art and Design, and for which Cathy Courtney is the Research Assistant, 1996-7 ..."
- Provenance (note)
- Inscribed in ink, on lower flap, "RK."
- Contents
- Introduction -- Thirty years of Circle Press -- Selected books and prints. Scenes from the alphabet ; The prologue ; Sightings I-IX & Red easy a color ; A line that may be cut ; The song of Solomon ; Chimes ; Circle Press poetry posters and pamphlets ; Macbeth ; Bluebeard's castle ; Landscapes and figures ; Listen ; Neighbours we'll not part tonight ; The flea ; Sovereign arts book program ; The alphabet series ; The left-handed punch ; The British Library series ; The London series ; Anansi Company.
- Call Number
- Rare Books 20-580
- ISBN
- 0901380717
- 9780901380715
- OCLC
- 36687810
- Author
- Courtney, Cathy.
- Title
- The looking book : a pocket history of Circle Press, 1967-96 / Cathy Courtney.
- Imprint
- London : Circle Press, [1996]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Provenance
- Inscribed in ink, on lower flap, "RK." NN
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Circle Press, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Rare Books 20-580