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[Green Escape Press]. Small archive,
containing correspondence with Guillaume van der Graft, Rudolf Engelberts and Toon Bastiaensen mainly concerning the publication Guillaume van der Graft's poem "In het kerkje van George Herbert te Bemerton" and the Latin translation of the latter poem by Rudolf Engelberts and Toon Bastiaensen and the English translation by Fred Kaan. Also including Van der Graft's poem Tussen het zingende kerkvolk in AUTOGRAPH, with the original AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED in which Van der Graft expresses his gratitude to Van Otterloo for sending him a poem by Annie Salomons as printed by his Green Escape Press in the Domino series and states that he would like to see to see his own poem "Tussen het zingende kerkvolk" printed in that manner too. Both poems were published by the Green Escape Press in its Domino-series (In het kerkje van George Herbert te Bemerton as no.5 of the series (printed in 50 copies, signed by the author) and Tussen het zingende kerkvolk as no.23 (printed in 30 copies)). A copy of both publications is included in the lot (the latter w. some traces of silverfish activity).
ADDED: the 2 orig. woodblocks used for the woodcut ex libris of Henk van Otterloo, 1 cliché used for the logo of his Green Escape Press, 2 cliché's for the ex libris of Th.C.P. Elzenaar-Bartels and M. Lanten.
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