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the continuing saga...
On November 30, 2023 our first grandchild, Michael Daniel, entered the world. In typical Barbarian style, we are celebrating his arrival with a new book to be published in late Autumn, 2024. It is a selection of odes, lyrics, and sonnets by William Wordsworth devoted largely to childhood experiences and the natural world. By the end of this year, we also expect to launch a new series of short story chapbooks and continue our ‘Loose Canons’ pamphlets featuring neglected poets.
Pastoral Elegies, our edition of Thomas Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ and Oliver Goldsmith’s ‘The Deserted Village’ illustrated by renowned English wood engraver Christopher Wormell, came into print this summer and has received a warm reception from our subscribers. Copies are still available for sale.
Meanwhile, Bordering on the Sublime: Ornamental Typography at the Curwen Press continues to move inexorably and gracefully forward. As of August 2024, nearly 200 pages have so far been printed, with a further 50 or so of the main text to complete, along with the appendices consisting of a bibliography, a facsimile of Sarah Clutton’s 1960 essay on type ornament, and a catalogue of type flowers used in the book. We now project publication by late 2025.
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Utile Dulci
Pastoral Elegies
An Avian Alphabet
Wayzgoose Pamphlet Number Two
Wayzgoose Pamphlet Number One