An Arthurian Narrative Sonnet Cycle
Oak Grove, MN: Michael E. Coughlin, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #21245 .
12mo. 32pp. Frontispiece of the Glasonbury Cross.
Finely printed by Michael E. Coughlin on a Kluge platen press on Biblio paper. The typeface is Garamond, and the drop caps are Trueheart.
One of 10 special copies hand-colored, bound in full scarlet morocco with the title in gilt on the upper board and the Glastonbury Cross in blind. Marbled endpapers. Signed by the printer and the author in the Colophon. A fine copy.
Thirteen scenes covering the Age of Arthur in sonnet form. The narrative begins with the boy Merlin, King Vortigern and the dragons, then continues through Uther & Ygraine, the Swords, Lancelot & Guinevere, Mordred and finally the unearthing of Arthur's casket at Glastonbury.
Price: $400.00