The saga of Llywarch the Old / a reconstruction by Glyn Jones ; with the verse interludes translated by T.J. Morgan, D.Litt. ; and an introduction by Sir Ifor Williams, D.Litt., F.B.A.

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Jones, Glyn, 1905-1995, The saga of Llywarch the Old , 1955

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Creator:: Jones, Glyn, 1905-1995
Title(s):: The saga of Llywarch the Old / a reconstruction by Glyn Jones ; with the verse interludes translated by T.J. Morgan, D.Litt. ; and an introduction by Sir Ifor Williams, D.Litt., F.B.A.
Published/Created:: London : Printed in Great Britain with colour engravings by D. Braby at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1955.
Physical Description:: [4], 7-38 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR6060.O64 S24 1955 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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PR6060.O64 S24 1955 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12403636
Classification:: Books
Notes:: "Designed, produced and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London. Composed in Bembo type and printed on Green's hand-made paper by the Chiswick Press, London. The edition is limited to 200 numbered copies. Numbers 1-60 are specially bound."--Colophon.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is no. 31 of a limited edition of 200 copies. One of 60 specially bound in gilt-stamped natural goatskin.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is no. 171 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Bound in quarter goatskin with brown, green and gold marbled boards. In marbled slipcase.
Subject Terms:: Epic poetry, Welsh -- Adaptations.
Llywarch Hen, 496?-646?
Llywarch Hen, 496?-646? -- Translations into English.
Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Welsh poetry.
Form/Genre:: Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1955.
Translations.
Contributors:: Braby, Dorothea, engraver.
Golden Cockerel Press, publisher.
Morgan, T. J., translator.
Sandford, Christopher, book designer.
Chiswick Press, printer.
Williams, Ifor, Sir, 1881-1965, writer of introduction.
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