Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Askam, Mark

Title:

Gruffyground Press : a bibliography, 1972-2007 / written by Mark Askam.

Published / Created:

[Hitchin, Hertfordshire] : Chesnut Press, 2007.

Physical Description:

84 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
MSS 17 Moss no. 36
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss

Copyright Status:

Related Content:

View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0017

Classification:

Books

Notes:

"Richard Shirley Smith engravings illustrated three books for Anthony Baker's Gruffyground Press: James Reeves, The Closed Door (1976-77) nos. 5a and 5b; Six Hampshire Epitaphs (1978) nos. 6a and 6b; and John Heath-Stubbs, Buzz Buzz (1981) nos. 12a and 12b. Shirley Smith's engravings for Reeves and Heath-Stubbs are reproduced on pp. 41 & 42. Several limited editions of Shirley Smith's engravings were also produced by Gruffyground Press: two editions of the engraving used for The Closed Door [Bain no. 239] (sixty strikes in all); two editions of the engraving used for Six Hampshire Epitaphs [Bain no.240] (one hundred strikes in all); and one edition of the engraving used for Buzz Buzz [Bain no. 251] (one hundred strikes in all). There was also a special run of The Closed Door engraving which Anthony Baker sent out as a Christmas greeting and a postcard version of the same engraving run by Michael Mitchell at the Libanus Press. Mitchell also printed the Buzz Buzz engraving as a Christmas greeting."--Moss.

Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 36

Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 239, 240, 251

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's printed wrappers. Inscribed by Mark Askam on the half title: 'To Richard [Shirley Smith] Love the engravings! Mark / 2nd proof edition (1 of 4 copies) This is an early reading proof--produced digitally of an as-yet-unfinished bibliography. It is not likely to get published in a hard-copy form, but is available as an internet resource.'"

BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.

Contents:

The Gruffyground Press : a brief history -- Gruffyground Press publications -- An illustrative selection of items from the Gruffyground Press -- Prospectuses -- Greeting cards -- Limited edition prints -- Other prints -- All other ephemenra -- Unpublished items -- The 'terrible rules' of the Gruffyground Press -- A Gruffyground tribute -- Checklist.

Subject Terms:

Gruffyground Press -- Bibliography. | Private presses -- England -- Catalogs. | Chestnut Press -- Publisher. | Askam, Mark -- Pres. insc. to Richard Shirley Smith. | Shirley Smith, Richard -- Pres. insc. from Mark Askam.

Form/Genre:

Wood engravings -- 2007.

Contributors:

Chestnut Press. | Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner. | Shirley Smith, Richard, engraver.