Gnomery 1983, 1983- Box 25
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Dummy book, typed poems cut out and pasted in, 20pp, 157 x 116, penciled markings throughout as to size of type. Bunch of artwork and notes including: 3 sheets A4 in handwriting: layout of the 24 pages for printing, 3 sheets A4, pasted up copy made ready for printers, first proofs of print. Typed and handwritten papers containing the Gnomery poems in various versions, in folded paper marked by SC 'Gnomery poems', comprising 61 sheets of various sorts and sizes, including the following: dummy of book on yellow stock, 84 x 184, typed, stapled, on page 2: A sequence of poems proposed for Chocolate News Books, 1982 stapled notes: Check on 'Gnomery', Chocolate Book News typescript, 10 uniform sized sheets, stapled, titled on front: gnomery, a sequence of poems for Chocolate News (Note: Gnomery was actually published in 1983 by Coracle Press) and though not strictly belonging to this book: Sheet of type size markings for page of Durov & his performing animals, Colin Sackett, White Lies, 1983. Original black + white photograph used as frontispiece
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