The splendour of a morning
Subtitle: early poems of C.P. Cavafy = Hē ena prōi tēs pheggero : proima poiēmata tou K.P. Kavaphē
By: C.P. Cavafy ; translated from the Greek by David Smulders ; Greek text edited by Anthony Hirst ; with five wood engravings by Peter Lazarov
Contributors: Cavafy, Constantine, 1863-1933; Smulders, David, translator; Hirst, Anthony, 1945- editor; Lazarov, Peter Petkov, 1958- engraver; Elsted, Crispin, 1947- compositor, book designer; Elsted, Jan, printer; Simenson, Alanna, binder; Mad Hatter Bookbinding Co; Barbarian Press
Edition: Regular [edition].
Publisher: Barbarian Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Mission, British Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9780920971482
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Fine books; Specimens
Other titles: Ena prōi tēs pheggero :; Cavafy
Notes: Rare Book copy: One of the regular copies.

"Greek text reprinted ... from The Collected Poems with parallel Greek text ... edited by Anthony Hirst (Oxford University Press, 2007)"--Title page verso.

"Published by Jan and Crispin Elsted at Barbarian Press in the summer of 2016 in an edition of 100 copies. Of these, 50 Regular copies are bound in split boards with a labelled silk spin, and 50 Deluxe copies, also in split boards, have a labelled morocco spine and are slipcased with a folder containing strikes of Peter Lazarov's five engravings. The books were bound by Alanna Simenson at Mad Hatter Bookbinding Company in Sooke, B.C. The types are Antigone and Van Dijck with Open Kapitalen for display, all designed by Jan van Krimpen, and are hand-set by Crispin Elsted. The text paper is Zerkall Smooth White Wove. Crispin Elsted designed the book, and it was printed by Jan Elsted. Peter Lazarov's engravings are printed from the wood. ... This is the 45th book from the press"--Colophon.

Errata slip tipped in at end.

Greek text with English translation on facing pages.