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Unsought Intimacies, Poems of 1991

Thom Gunn; illustrated by Theophilus Brown.
Berkeley, California: Peter Koch, Printer, 1993

Unsought Intimacies includes a small collection of very touching poems of love and friendship and a suite of 3 etchings. The entire edition was printed on paper made especially by Robert Serpa. The etchings were printed by Brian Shure at Smalltree Press in San Francisco. The text type, hand-set at the press, is 16 point Monotype Van Dijck roman and italic. The edition is bound in boards covered with Timothy Barrett’s blue-grey paper-case paper by Priscilla Spitler at BookLab, in Austin, Texas and is enclosed in a cloth covered slipcase. Signed by the author, artist and printer.

Book; 40 pp.    8.5 x 12.5 inches    126 copies.       $750.00

Cover of <i>Unsought Intimacies</i>. Etching for the poem <i>Ghost Neighbors</i>. Spread from <i>Unsought Intimacies</i>.