ALYSE GREGORY REMEMBERED

Book Description

Loughton, Essex: Privately printed at the Dud Noman Press, 1968.. Octavo. Pale green wrappers, printed in black. Faint tidemark and rippling to wrapper toward crown of spine, otherwise very good. First edition. According to the accompanying mimeographed statement by the editor/printer, dated 1981, Moore originally contributed her text in the form of a letter, to be published in an anthology of tributes to Gregory. The editor, K.A. Ward, modified the text, ostensibly with Moore's approval, but when contributions sufficient to merit the publication of the anthology were not forthcoming, he resorted to an experimental separate printing of Moore's text. His understandable dissatisfaction with the quality of printing, and Ms. Moore's death, resulted in his abandoning the project. In 1981, Ward "rediscovered" sixteen copies of the experimental printing, which he offered for sale, numbered and initialed by him, accompanied by the separate historical/bibliographical insert, including his warrant that any further "rediscovered" copies would be destroyed. This is copy #5, and the center bifolium is printed on a variant stock.

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