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MS. Tom Phillips 138

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MS. Tom Phillips 138

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Proof prints from the Talfourd Press edition, volumes I-III, including an 'archive set' of prints with handmade labels, plus 'spoilt prints':

Canto 20, image 4; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, labelled 'Canto XX/IV final proof'

Canto 20, image 1; colour print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 20, image 1; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, labelled 'Canto XX/I final proof'

Canto 31, image 4; colour print for Talfourd Press edition, labelled 'Canto XXXI/IV final proof'

Canto 32, image 1; black and white print for Talfourd Press edition

Schedule of images for Talfourd Press edition as written by Tom Phillips, titled 'archive set 2'

Four black and white prints of Canto 17, image 2; for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 6, image 2; titled Splats; incomplete colour print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 9, image 3; titled Shroud of Turin; black and white print for Talfourd Press edition

Two prints of Canto 9, image 3; titled Shroud of Turin; incomplete print for Talfourd Press edition

Black and white print of cracked ice, reference image for Canto 32, image 1

Canto 32, image 1; titled Heads and Ice; black and white print for the Talfourd Press edition

Canto 16, image 2; titled Gaudy Fleur de Lis; black and white line print for the Talfourd Press edition

Two black and white prints of cracked ice; background image for Canto 32, image 2; titled Stop Cocks, for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 18, image 2; titled Malbolges; black and white incomplete print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 5, image 2; titled Skull; incomplete colour print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 5, image 2; titled Skull; incomplete black and white print for Talfourd Press edition

Print of page 367 of Tom Phillips' book A Human Document

Two prints of page 367 of A Human Document, with design overlain

Two prints of sections of text

Three colour prints, reference for Canto 8, image 1

Colour print, variation of Canto 8, image 1

Canto 7, image 2; titled Why Save; embossed print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 21, image 2; titled Devils; incomplete black and white print for the Talfourd Press edition (tea stain on bottom left corner)

Canto 26, image 4; titled Spiral Mountain; colour print for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Two colour prints of Canto 26, image 2; titled Fireflies; for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Canto 29, image 4; titled Bank Statement; colour print for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Page marking "Spoilt Prints from Inferno + few stage proofs"

Canto 17, image 4; titled Aeroplane; colour print for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Two colour prints of Canto 30, image 4; titled Vulgar Words; for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Canto 25, image 3; titled Ovid; colour print for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Canto 17, image 4; titled Aeroplane; colour print for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Canto 9, image 4; titled Lions on Stone; black and white print for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page) labelled 'too pale'

Two colour prints of Canto 31, image 2; titled Microchip Monster; for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Five black and white prints of Canto 9, image 4; titled Lions on Stone; for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Four colour prints of Canto 14, image 2; titled Benches Fleurs; for Talfourd Press edition

Four colour prints of Canto 17, image 4; titled Aeroplane; for Talfourd Press edition (large pencil X across page)

Canto 30, image 1; titled Broken Aristotle; colour print for Talfourd Press edition

Print of section of text

Five black and white prints of Canto 33, image 3; titled Eve; incomplete prints for Talfourd Press edition

Three black and white prints of Canto 22, image 3; titled Barrator; incomplete prints for Talfourd Press edition

Three black and white prints of Canto 21, image 2; titled Even More Devils; incomplete prints for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 29, image 1; titled Vendetta; incomplete black and white print for Talfourd Press edition

Two black and white prints of Canto 27, image 3; titled Pope and Keys; black and white print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 18, image 2; titled Wolves; incomplete print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 19, image 3; titled Three Crosses; print for Talfourd Press edition

Three black and white prints of Canto 27, image 1; titled Machine Time; print for Talfourd Press edition

Two colour prints of Canto 20, image 1; titled Tarot Death; print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 5, image 4; titled Adam and Eve; incomplete colour print for Talfourd Press edition, annotated 'registered on this corner, in litho drawer'

Canto 5, image 4; titled Adam and Eve; incomplete colour print for Talfourd Press edition

Four black and white prints of Canto 34, image 3; titled Hell's Anatomy; incomplete print for Talfourd press edition

Three colour prints of Canto 6, image 2; titled Splats; incomplete print for Talfourd Press edition

Variation of Canto 1, image 2; titled Three Beasts; colour print for Talfourd Press edition

Variation of Canto 30, image 3; titled Coins; colour print for Talfourd Press edition

Canto 17, image 3; titled Chapel; colour print for Talfourd Press edition

Fourteen colour prints of Canto 1, image3; titled Virgil; for Talfourd Press edition

Two colour prints of Canto 31, image 1; titled Microchip Monster; for Talfourd Press edition

Date

c. 1983-1985

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box

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Tom Phillips archive

Artistic and literary works

Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno (book)

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