Counterpoint, volumes 1 & 2 (all published)
Oxford: Counterpoint Publications, [1944-1945]. Complete set. Volume 1 is undated, but OCLC assigns a date of 1944. Vivid cover by Gerald Wilde. Many illustrations, including two plates in color. Unpaginated [60 pp.] 28.4 x 22.1 cm. Includes contributions by George Barker, Paul Nash, Lawrence Durrell, Walter de la Mare, Roy Campbell, Edmund Nicholson, Ruthven Todd, Franz Kafka, and others. Art by Paul Nash, Cecil Collins, Bryan Wynter, and Eileen Agar. The covers on lightweight coated paper are detached, with a nick on the upper front and wear and marginal tears on the rear. Volume 2 also is undated, but two internal captions supply an earliest date of 1945. 57 pp. 28.2 x 22.1 cm. Striking design by Cecil Collins on matte cover stock. Many plates and illustrations (four in color). Contributions by Bernard Denvir, Alain Verney, Robin Ironside, John Anthony Thwaites, Leonard Greaves, Anthony Sylvestre, W.H. Mellers, Nigel Townshend, Nigel Vansittart, Peter Vansittart, Thomas Good, and Gregory Grigson. Art by Gerald WIlde, Paul Nash, Mervyn Peake, Michael Ayrton, Ceri Richards, Lucien Freud, José Clemente Orozco, Leonard Greaves, Jacques Villon, and many others. Small repaired tear at top edge of front cover. **Free domestic or international shipping with direct order. Item #70502
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