Winter
Subtitle: a collection of 19 Great War poems from the hands of 14 Irish poets
By: compiled & introduced by Lisa Griffith ; illustrated by David Rooney
Contributors: Rooney, David, 1962- illustrator; Murphy, Jamie (Printer), printer, book designer; Duffy, Tom (Binder), binder; Salvage Press; Distillers Press
Publisher: The Salvage Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Poetry; English War poetry; Irish authors; World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746
Other titles: Winter broadsides
Description: Prospectus includes the poem 'An Irish airman forsees his death' by W.B. Yeats, and an excerpt from 'To the memory of some I knew who are dead and who loved Ireland' by George Russell, as well as printing details of the full publication.
Notes: Case contains 1 volume (unpaged) and box of folded leaves of 10 broadsides.

The call to Ireland / Francis Ledwidge -- The call to arms in our street / Winifred M. Letts -- Nocturne / Thomas MacGreevy -- Soldiering / Monk Gibbon -- The church, Zillebeke / Willian Orpen -- It's a far, far cry / Patrick MacGill -- To my daughter Betty, the gift of God / Thomas Kettle -- October 1915 / Dora Sigerson Shorter -- Messines, 17th June, 1917 / Thomas Carnduff -- His mate / G.A. Studdert Kennedy -- An Irish airman forsees his death / W.B. Yeats -- A soldier's grave / Francis Ledwidge -- Before the charge / Patrick MacGill -- The widow / Katherine Tynan -- The ending of the day / G.A. Studdert Kennedy -- Death in battle / C.S. Lewis -- The deserter / Winifred M. Letts -- The gardener / Katherine Tynan -- To the memory of some I knew who are dead and who loved Ireland / George Russell.

"Winter has been designed, typeset by hand and letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy ... The bindings have been executed by Tom Duffy and his team in Dublin's Five Lamps area ... Presented in a protective slipcase, copies 1-40 form the standard edition. These have been quarter bound in cloth with printed Hahnemuhle paper sides, accompanied by a cloth bound portfolio containing experimental settings of ten of the featured poems in folded broadside format. Similiarly bound, books marked i-vi are intended as artist proof copies. Housed in a solander box, copies A-Z form the De Luxe edition. These are quarter bound in Pentland goat with printed Hahnemuhle paper sides, accompanied by a cloth bound portfolio containing experimental settings of each of the poems in a folded broadside format"--Colophon.

Rare Book copy: No. 14; signed by the compiler, the artist, and the designer/printer.