Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, April 1991. Loosely inserted is a one-page note initialled by the publisher R.E. (Bob) Summers to Michael Treloar (on a discarded sectional-title leaf from the book), pointing out that the grey cover material 'is light-sensitive! So don't leave the book in the sun, because it..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, April 1991. Number 80 of 220 copies designed, hand-set and signed by R.E. Summers (and printed by Bob and his son Nick). The fifth book from the Escutcheon Press. More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, 1993. Geoffrey Farmer, Norah's only son, discovered the letter, written to her in 1917, after her death in 1992. It told of the death at Gallipoli in June 1915 of a penfriend, 1874 Private Geoffrey Flemming, 2nd Battalion, who was killed by sniper fire three..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, January 1992. A 'new setting of poet Ralph Hodgson's lyrical paean to nature and the goodness of mankind' (from the original prospectus - we think - although this book has been 'in storage' since we purchased it new 28 years ago!). Number 34 of 55..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, Christmas 1996. 'This book originally appeared as Chapter Ten of "Conducted Tour", by Bernard Levin ... 1981' (page 40). Number 23 of 100 copies initialled by the printer, Bob Summers. 'This is the first Christmas Book from the Escutcheon Press and it marks the tenth..... More
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Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, June 2003. The poem by Kate Llewellyn was first published in 1999. Number 22 of 30 copies designed, type-set, printed and initialled by R.E. Summers. The twenty-eighth book from the Escutcheon Press (a corrigendum slip to this effect is tipped in on the colophon of..... More
Pearl Beach, NSW, Escutcheon Press, November 1996. 'This book originally appeared, in slightly altered version, in "IPA Review" and the "Weekend Australian".' Number 20 of 75 copies initialled by the designer, printer and publisher, R.E. Summers. More
The prospectus for 'A Letter to Norah' is relatively straightforward: large octavo, [4] pages, sewn with blue thread in lettered card. 'A Private Pursuit' is far more involved: mounted in a two-colour card cover with a french flap at the rear, are one endpaper, two sample leaves (pages 9-10 and..... More