A Shropshire Lad LIMITED LEATHER EDITION
The enduring appeal of A. E. Housman’s lyrical English poem, A Shropshire Lad, first published in 1896, lies perhaps in its gentle accessibility and in its universal theme of loss, of love and the passage of time. Certainly its popularity today appears undiminished as it continues to console and delight.
The timeless quality of the Shropshire countryside, from the bucolic Clun valley to the bleak hills of Caer Caradoc, is captured by one of Shropshire’s finest wildlife and landscape photographers, Gareth Thomas.
Christopher Ricks, Professor of Poetry at Oxford University and President of the Housman Society, has written a thought-provoking introduction to this edition, touching on some of the reasons for the poem’s lasting popularity, including its unusual combination of classical fortitude and romantic yearning.
The biographical sketch of Housman by Ludlow historian David Lloyd sets the poem in context. SPECIFICATION:
Full leather edition, hand-bound in elegant mid-green goatskin leather, by the finest English craftsmen in Ludlow, Shropshire. All the elements of beautifully bound books have been incorporated, including:
• Hand-marbled endpapers by Ann Muir
• Mid-green silk ribbon marker
• Green/gold head & tail bands
• Raised bands on spine
• Set head and tails
• Gilt heads
• Gold blocked on spine and front
• Rounded and backed
• Protected in top quality gold slipcase
• Bound-in limited edition flyleaf * LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES *
These books are individually crafted and the materials are hand-made to order – nevertheless, we aim to deliver books within, on average, six weeks of receipt of payment.
Author: A. E. Housman
Photographer: Gareth B Thomas
ISBN: 978 1 906122 06 5
Published: March 2009
Format: 260 X 214 mm
Binding: Hardback
100 colour photographs
Price: £150.00
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