![AUDEN, Wystan Hugh (1907-1973) and Henry Spencer MOORE (1898-1986, artist). Selections from Poems. Edited by Nikos Stangos. London: J.E. Wolfensberger [text] and Curwen Prints Ltd and J.E. Wolfensberger [lithographs] for Petersburg Press Ltd, 1974.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/CKS/2005_CKS_07046_0235_000(101604).jpg?w=1)
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AUDEN, Wystan Hugh (1907-1973) and Henry Spencer MOORE (1898-1986, artist). Selections from Poems. Edited by Nikos Stangos. London: J.E. Wolfensberger [text] and Curwen Prints Ltd and J.E. Wolfensberger [lithographs] for Petersburg Press Ltd, 1974.
4° (412 x 335mm), sheets bound in French folds. Lithographic frontispiece and 21 lithographic illustrations printed in black, grey, beige and green, one printed over 5 pages, another over 4 pages with folding leaf, 8 full-page, by and after Moore [Cramer Graphic Work 245-265]. Lithographic additional title and colophon leaf by and after Moore. Retaining original tissue guards. Additional suite of 4 lithographic plates on single sheets signed by Moore and numbered. Original red cloth lettered in black on the upper board, lithographic endpapers printed in black, beige and dark green by and after Moore [Cramer Graphic Work 243-244] and original red cloth portfolio for suite, both contained in the original black cloth box, the binding, portfolio and box by Rudolf Reiser.
FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 360 COPIES, THIS NO. LVIII OF CL [EDITION A] SIGNED BY MOORE WITH A SUITE OF 4 SIGNED LITHOGRAPHS. The suite of lithographs printed on single sheets contains: 'Garsdale', 'Cavern', 'Lullaby Sleeping Head', and 'Split Stone' [Cramer Graphic Work 246, 248, 250, and 259].
4° (412 x 335mm), sheets bound in French folds. Lithographic frontispiece and 21 lithographic illustrations printed in black, grey, beige and green, one printed over 5 pages, another over 4 pages with folding leaf, 8 full-page, by and after Moore [Cramer Graphic Work 245-265]. Lithographic additional title and colophon leaf by and after Moore. Retaining original tissue guards. Additional suite of 4 lithographic plates on single sheets signed by Moore and numbered. Original red cloth lettered in black on the upper board, lithographic endpapers printed in black, beige and dark green by and after Moore [Cramer Graphic Work 243-244] and original red cloth portfolio for suite, both contained in the original black cloth box, the binding, portfolio and box by Rudolf Reiser.
FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 360 COPIES, THIS NO. LVIII OF CL [EDITION A] SIGNED BY MOORE WITH A SUITE OF 4 SIGNED LITHOGRAPHS. The suite of lithographs printed on single sheets contains: 'Garsdale', 'Cavern', 'Lullaby Sleeping Head', and 'Split Stone' [Cramer Graphic Work 246, 248, 250, and 259].
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