THE GRUFFYGROUND PRESS
Proprietor: Anthony Baker
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The Gruffyground Press has for some years commissioned fine printers in the UK to print limited editions of poetry and prints, so, whilst not printing books itself, as a publisher of books printed by UK fine presses it makes an appropriate appearance on the site. To give a pattern to its publications, each printer is associated with a different make of cover paper, albeit a different colour on each publication. This page lists all the items still in print. Unless otherwise stated, they consist of sheets sewn into a wrapper. Where the press concerned is also featured on this site a link is provided. For ordering see the details you need.
Mark Askam has prepared an exhaustive bibliography of the output of the Gruffyground Press and it is available in PDF format by clicking here - but please note that it is 2MB in size.
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poems by Anthony Thwaite, with a wood engraving by Simon Brett, 1983
16pp. Printed in black and brown in machine-set Lutetia type and handset Egmont Inline on white Zerkall paper by the Florin Press. 250 copies, signed by the author and the artist, in a brown Kozo paper wrapper with a grey Kozo paper label printed in black. £18.
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poems by John Mole, with a wood engraving by Colin Paynton, 1985
16pp. Printed in black and red in handset Perpetua on white Wookey Hole paper by the Libanus Press. 205 copies, numbered and signed by the author and signed by the artist, in a vermilion Mingei paper wrapper printed in red. £16.
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poems by Freda Downie, with a wood engraving by Claire Dalby, 1989
16pp. Printed in black and olive in machine-set Fournier and handset Fournier and Fry's Ornamented on ivory Amatruda paper by the Libanus Press. 125 copies, numbered and signed by the author and signed by the artist, in an olive Mingei paper wrapper printed in black. £28.
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a poem by Edward Thomas, with a wood engraving by Colin Paynton, 1990
8pp. Printed in black and violet in handset Baskerville and Old Face Open on ivory Zerkall Alice paper by the Rocket Press. 240 copies, numbered and signed by the artist, in a violet Hahnemühle Bugra paper wrapper printed in black. £12.
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a poem by James Reeves, 1992
4pp. Printed in black in machine-set Walbaum on buff Zerkall Silurian paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 350 copies in a yellow Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £4.
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a poem by Thomas Love Peacock, 1995
8pp. Printed in black and plum in handset Bell and Thorne Shaded on white Barcham Green Chilham paper by the Libanus press. 200 copies in a plum Mingei paper wrapper printed in black. £8.
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a character by John Webster, 1995
8pp. Printed in black and cachou in handset Octavian and Golden Cockerel types on white Hahnemühle paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 205 copies in a cachou Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £6.
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poems by David Sutton, with a wood engraving by Christopher Daunt, 1996
16pp. Printed in black and red in machine-set Plantin and handset Sistina and Hunt Roman on white Hahnemühle Bugra paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 185 copies, numbered and signed by the author and signed by the artist, in a red Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £28. Five specials were bound by Anton Henley in Yate in full crimson Oasis lettered in gold with an orange silk headband and tailband and red Canson endpapers; two remain at £122.
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poems by Alfred, Baron Tennyson, 1997
8pp. Printed in black in handset Arrighi Vicenza and Thorowgood on cream Zerkall paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 200 copies in a buttercup Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £6.
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a poem by Paul Dehn, with a wood engraving by Simon Brett, 1997
10pp. Printed in black and violet in handset Haarlemmer on ivory Lana paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 175 copies, signed by the artist, in a violet Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £12.
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a poem by David Sutton, 1997
4pp. Printed in black in machine-set Plantin and handset Hunt Roman on white Hodgkinson paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 60 copies in an azure Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £4.
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A few copies of this tribute by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press are for sale. Please write for details.
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poems by Alison Brackenbury, with a wood engraving by Jane Lydbury, 2002
16pp. Printed in black and turquoise in machine-set Bulmer and handset Dartmouth on white Saunders Waterford paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 130 copies, signed by the author and artist, in a turquoise Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £32.
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a poem by Charlotte Mew, with a wood engraving by Linda Holmes, 2002
8pp. Printed in black and maroon in machine-set Romulus and handset Open Roman Capitals on white Zerkall paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 125 copies, signed by the artist, in a maroon Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £12.
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an anonymous medieval carol, 2003
4pp. Printed in red in handset Samson on cream Vélin d'Arches paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 100 copies in a Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Tientes paper cover printed in red. £2.
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a poem by William Shakespeare, 2003
12pp. Printed in black in computer-set Granjon Lettre Françoise Civilité on cream Frankfurt Cream paper by the Bieler Press. 220 copies in a grey Curtis Flannel paper cover printed in black. £16.
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poems by John Levett, with a wood engraving by Barry Woodcock, 2004
16pp. Printed in black and blue in machine-set Imprint and computer-set Cristal on white Inveresk Somerset paper by the Rampant Lions Press. 130 copies, signed by the author and artist, in a blue Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £40.
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a poem by Philip Larkin, with a wood-engraving by Christopher Wormell, 2004
8pp. Printed in black in machine-set Garamond and handset Optima on ivory Fabriano Ingres paper at the Rampant Lions Press. 125 copies, signed by the artist, in a brown Canson et Montgolfier Mi-Teintes paper cover printed in black. £4.
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a poem by Rupert Brooke, 2006
8pp. Printed in black in handset Goudy Old Style on ivory Fabriano Tiziano paper by the Celtic Cross Press. 80 copies in a red Fabriano Tiziano paper cover printed in black. £6.
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a poem by Alfred Edward Housman, 2007
8pp. Printed in black in handset Van Dijck on white Losin handmade paper by The Old School Press. 55 copies in a black Somerset mould-made paper cover printed in Trump Gravur in blind. £6.
Please send orders and enquiries to The Gruffyground Press, Ladram, Sidcot, Winscombe, Somerset BS25 1PW, UK. Prices include postage and packing to the UK. Payment should be made in sterling drawn on London, international money order, or Eurocheque, made out to 'Anthony Baker' please. Foreign orders will have postage and packing added to the invoice. Phone +44 (0)1934 843685.
Copyright © Anthony Baker 2008.