GEORGE MACKAY BROWN, SEAMUS HEANEY, R. S. THOMAS et al

Dove-Marks on Stone

Dove-Marks on Stone is an anthology of new poems for George Mackay Brown (1921-1996) by authors to whom his work means a lot - on what would have been his 75th birthday. The collection contains unpublished poems by George Mackay Brown, Catherine Fisher, Seamus Heaney, Christopher Jenkin-Jones, K. A. Perryman, Sheenagh Pugh, Deborah Randall, and R. S. Thomas.

The book (24.5 x 16.6 cm; 20 pp.) was set in Monotype Bodoni and printed (the title page in two colours, black and brown) by letterpress on off-white deckle-edged Magnani mould-made acid-free rag paper at the Stamperia Valdonega (the title page and the initials having been set by hand) in an edition of 225 copies, hand-sewn into printed brown Fabriano Ingres wrappers. 25 copies contain an original black-and-white photograph of George Mackay Brown by Gunnie Moberg, and are signed by Catherine Fisher, Seamus Heaney, Christopher Jenkin-Jones, Gunnie Moberg, K. A. Perryman, Sheenagh Pugh, Deborah Randall and R. S. Thomas.

various authors, DOVE-MARKS ON STONE (English only)  ISBN 3-931798-08-9   £ 25

DOVE-MARKS ON STONE special: signed and with an original b/w portrait photo    £ 285

published 1996 by
Babel Verlag, Postfach 1, 86920 Denklingen, Germany
info@babel-verlag.de

Reviews

"this lovingly produced anthology achieves its aim admirably" (Chapman)

"A collector's item ... It is fitting that loss, grief and tribute run through the collection." (The Orcadian)