Anthony Healy — Satin City Sunlight

Oxford, Printed at Oxford Printmaker's Co-operative, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce and lovely volume containing various poems regarding life in the city by Anthony Healy, and illustrated with charming coloured screenprints by Brendan McGrath. The first limited edition, signed by both author and illustrator. An extremely charming collection of poems, the first edition of 1985, limited to fifty copies hand set and printed 12 pt. Plantin on Zerkal paper no. 8888, of which this is number thirty seven. A very scarce volume, held by three institutional libraries only.Signed by both Anthony Healy and Brendan McGrath to the front free endpaper.A collection of poems regarding the city life and describing mundane scenes. With titles such as 'By the Bus Shelter,' 'On the Production Line,' 'At the Cash Dispenser,' or 'At the Disco Dancing (and Listening to Breath).' Each poem is accompanied by a lovely coloured full page screenprint. Text is by Anthony Healing and embellishments by Brendan McGrath. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only and a minor bumping to the extremities. Signed by both the author and the artist to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with numerous lovely coloured full page screenprints. Fine . Ill.: Brendan McGrath. Fine .