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Call Number:
MSS 17
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Title(s):
Six Hampshire Epitaphs. Sidcot: Gruffyground Press, 1977.
Date:
1977
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Publications Designed or Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith
Part of Collection:
volume Moss no. 100
Provenance:
Gift of Roger W. Moss, 2011
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Designed and printed in Bell type on an Albion press by George Tee at the Cernel Press, Cerne Abbas, Dorset. Published by Anthony Baker at the Gruffyground Press, Ladram, Sidcot, Winscombe, Somerset. The wood engraving on the title page is by Richard Shirley Smith ['Churchyard,' 1977; Bain no. 240]. 110 un-numbered copies printed on Portals mould-made paper and 20 un-numbered copies on Hosho handmade paper. Sewn with blue thread, into overlapping French-folded blue Mingei paper covers. According to Mark Askam, Gruffyground Press: A Bibliography, 1972-2007 (see item no. 36 above), there were two issues of this item, neither of which met Anthony Baker's exacting standards of printing. Only a few copies were distributed. A record for this item is also available in the <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:actuate="onRequest" xlink:show="new" xlink:href="http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10434224">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
Physical Description:
Pp. [8] ; 160 x 237 mm
Finding Aid Title:
Roger W. Moss Collection of Manuscript, Original Art and Printed Material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5884.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396050
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396050?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1