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Call Number:
MSS 17
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Heath-Stubbs, John, 1918–2006
Title(s):
Buzz Buzz--Ten Insect Poems with a wood engraving by Richard Shirley Smith. The Gruffyground Press, Sidcot,1981.
Date:
1981
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Publications Designed or Illustrated by Richard Shirley Smith
Part of Collection:
volume Moss no. 105
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, handset in Bodoni italic, and printed on Vélin d'Arches mould-made paper by Michael Mitchell at the Libanus Press, Marlborough, Wiltshire, for Anthony Baker of the Gruffyground Press, Ladram, Sidcot, Winscombe, Somerset. Shirley Smith pearwood engraving [Rhinoceros Beetle on title page; Bain no. 251] printed from the original block. The Libanus Press logo by Shirley Smith also appears on the colophon page [1975; Bain no. 235]. The edition is limited to two hundred copies; one hundred copies are signed by Shirley Smith and John Heath-Stubbs. The cover is ochre Mingei handmade paper wrapper printed in black. Sewn soft binding. According to Mark Askam, Gruffyground Press: A Bibliography, 1972-2007 (see item 36 above), John Heath-Stubbs wrote two slightly different versions of the poem 'Silverfish'. He could not decide which version to use, so it was decided that one half of the publication would be printed with one version of the poem and the other half with the other. In this copy, the end of line four in the first stanza of 'Silverfish' ends with 'Secondary Epoch'. Being completely blind, John Heath-Stubbs had to have his hand placed in the correct position on each colophon page in order to sign the copies. This accounts for the huge variation in his signatures and their most interesting, if rather illegible, nature. 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/10431816">Yale University Library Catalog.</extref>
Physical Description:
Pp. [1-16] ; 241 x 163 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/2396057
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2396057?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1