M J T Tambimuttu: Poetry London Lyrebird Cover Designs
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Various front cover proofs for Poetry London featuring lyrebird designs by Henry Moore (1942) and one by Graham Sutherland, as follows: (1) black and white front cover proof for issue 9 (1943), lyrebird by Sutherland; (2) front cover proofs for issue 11 (1947), three in colour and one in black ...
M J T Tambimuttu: Photograph of Keith Douglas, and Illustrations by Mervyn Peake to Coleridge
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From Poetry London, 2:10 (1944): (1) illustrating Tambimuttu, 'Tenth Letter: In Memory of Keith Douglas', two black and white proofs of a photograph of Keith Douglas standing in front of an Army vehicle: 'Keith Douglas, Captain, Sherwood Rangers (Notts) Yeomanry'; (2) proofs of a set of numb...
M J T Tambimuttu: Cyanotype Proofs for John Banting, A Blue Book of Conversation
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Three page proofs from John Banting, A Blue Book of Conversation (Editions Poetry London, 1946): (1) text p. 17 (Lady Pounce and Charles Prambles), with cyanotype printed on the verso; (2) text p. 21 (Lady Crevice Raikes-Bagge), with cyanotype printed on the verso; (3) text p. 35 (Lady T, Tuckro...
M J T Tambimuttu: Jacket Designs by Ceri Richards for Spencer, Aegean Islands
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Original artwork (paint): two front cover designs, both featuring a lyre, by Ceri Richards for Bernard Spencer, Aegean Islands and Other Poems (Editions Poetry London, 1947). For related correspondence between Richards and Tambimuttu, see Add MS 88907/7/17/10.
M J T Tambimuttu: Poetry London Printing Templates (card)
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Six printing templates on white card: four items of varying sizes showing multiples of the 'PL' logo and two copies of templates for the back cover of Poetry London, 3:11 (1947) listing Editions Poetry London publications. Also, one black and white proof sheet of six 'PL' logos (multiples).
M J T Tambimuttu: Jacket Design Proofs for Books by Henry Miller and Kathleen Raine
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Two proofs: (1) black and white front cover for Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart (Editions Poetry London, 1947); (2) three-colour front cover by Julian Trevelyan for Kathleen Raine, 'A Place and a State' [this volume, promoted in Editions Poetry London trade catalogue of 1948, did not ap...