The Gruffyground Press


		THE GRUFFYGROUND PRESS
		Proprietor: Anthony Baker

		The Gruffyground Press has for some years commissioned fine printers in the UK to print limited editions of poetry and prints. 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 (10MB).

*Telling Tales*		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.
*Learning the Ropes*		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.
*Even the Flowers*		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. Ł28.
*Old Man*		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.
To Robert Graves in Deya		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.
*Newark Abbey*		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.
*A Fayre and Happy Milke-Mayd*		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.
*The Planet Happiness*		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 (all sold) 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.
*Four Sonnets to a Coquette*		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.
*Chez Monsieur Prieur*		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.
*Success*		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.
*The song of the Gruffyground Press*		A few copies of this tribute by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press are for sale. Please write for details.
*The Story of Sigurd*		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.
*The Trees are Down*		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.
*I Syng of a Myden*		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.
*The Phoenix and Turtle*		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. Ł12 (but see An Elegie below).
*A Clearer Light*		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. Ł40.
*Menelaus and Helen*		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. Ł6.
*An Elegie*		a poem by Ben Jonson, 2014 8pp. Printed in black in computer-set Granjon St Augustin Civilité on cream Frankfurt paper by the Bieler Press. 220 copies in a grey Curtis Flannel paper cover printed in black. Ł6. In series with Shakespeare's The Phoenix and Turtle (see above), but printed in a different Granjon Civilité. (Special price for the Shakespeare and Jonson together, Ł14.)
*The Mirror*		a poem by John Holloway, with a wood engraving by Harry Brockway, 2016 8pp. Printed in black and grey in machine-set Granjon on white Rives mould-made paper by the Old School Press. 90 copies, signed by the artist, in a grey Somerset paper cover printed in blind. Ł12.

Ordering information		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.
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