Ellor-Gast.
(Llanhamlach: Red Hen Press, 1986). 13 x 14 1/2. (2) leaves, (16) pages, 8 aquatints with tissue guards. There are 2 additional etchings on the title page and postscript.Quarter green morocco & canvas with a large illustration in green, cloth slipcase. Eight passages from Beowulf are printed in double columns with the Old English in red and Shirley Jones' translation in black. Fine. Item #18780
Jones writes "Literally, ellor-gast means a spirit from elsewhere, and it was the 'otherness' that held terror for Beowulf's audience. It finds its modern equation in science fiction's preoccupation with the unknown and unquatifiable 'alien.' The passages I have translated and the images I have made are an attempt to capture the ellor-gast in Beowulf." Printed on paper specially made for this book at Moulin du Verger, France. No. 13 of 30 copies signed by Jones and by the binder, Jen Lindsay (plus 10 . Accompanied by a copy of "The Making of Ellor-Gast" (one of 200 signed copies with a signed etching from Ellor-gast tipped in).
Price: $2,300.00