Intimidations of Mortality: Poems on Victorian Themes With Psychological Implications
London: The Gogmagog Private Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing.
SIGNED by Morris Cox on the colophon, one of 90 numbered and signed copies printed on Hodgkinson's and Japanese Mingei handmade papers.
The book features four original intaglio prints interspersed with the 11 poems, which deal with death. Cox (1903-1998) explains the meaning of each poem in a "Notes" section at the end of the book. The poems' subjects "are drawn from religious tracts, magazines and other Victorian ephemera," he writes.
As usual, a beautiful production from Morris Cox's Gogmagog Press. Chambers 29 (David Chambers, Colin Franklin, and Alan Tucker, Gogmagog: Morris Cox and the Gogmagog Press, 1991).
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9.125 x 5.375 inches; 236 x 140 mm), 30 leave joined at the fore edges, in red-brown Mingei paper boards with title and designs by Morris Cox, in a clear acetate dust jacket (hard cover).
CONDITION: Slightly musty spell. Near Fine. Item #3007
Price: $300.00