Illustrated by Neil Bousfield
Introduced by Owen Sheers
Limited to 1,250 hand-numbered copies each signed by Neil Bousfield
A new limited edition published to commemorate the poet’s death in November 1918 and designed to emulate the fine press editions of the early 20th century. In series with Selected Poems Rupert Brooke and Selected Poems Edward Thomas.
Wilfred Owen is the ultimate soldier-poet, a writer whose verses have irrevocably shaped our understanding of the horrors of the First World War. One hundred years after his death in combat at the age of just twenty-five, his war poems have achieved canonical status.
For this new limited edition, Owen Sheers has written a specially commissioned introduction and Neil Bousfield has created engravings and vignettes to accompany the poetry. The design honours the craft techniques employed at the beginning of the 20th century, with letterpress printing on mould-made paper, a goatskin leather quarter-binding and hand-made paste-paper sides by Victoria Hall.
Limited to 1,250 hand-numbered copies
Quarter-bound in goatskin with paste-paper sides
Set in Plantin
84 pages
9 engravings and 8 letterpress vignettes
Paper-covered slipcase blocked in gold on one side and inset with a printed label
Coloured top edge
Signed by the artist, Neil Bousfield
9¾˝ x 7˝
I got this Limited Edition the moment it was offered at half-price. While you hold the leather binding in your hand, read the poems aloud to yourself for their subject ("The pity of war") and subtle poetic structure.
Review by Dr Steven Carr on 24th February 2024
A beautiful edition
Review by Adam Harland on 6th February 2024
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Review by David Barter on 29th January 2024
The Summer Sale enabled me to consider 2 volumes of the War Poets - and I am so pleased with both. Beautifully produced, with attention to both detail and presentation.
Review by Catherine Stewart on 13th October 2023
Beautiful book
Review by Julie on 12th August 2023
A hauntingly illustrated edition of Under Fire, Henri Barbusse’s uniquely devastating anti-war masterpiece published at the height of the First World War.
In an exclusive Folio anthology illustrated by Jonathan Lloyd and Neil Gower, former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion gathers together the greatest war poetry, from antiquity to the Cold War and beyond.
A limited edition published to commemorate the poet’s death in April 1915 and designed to emulate the fine press editions of the early 20th century. In series with Selected Poems Edward Thomas and Selected Poems Wilfred Owen.
A limited edition published to commemorate the poet’s death in April 1917 and designed to emulate the fine press editions of the early 20th century. In series with Selected Poems Rupert Brooke and Selected Poems Wilfred Owen.
