Turret Press
Collection

Turret Press was a small press located in London, England. Founded in 1965, it specialized in publishing a limited edition series of booklets of contemporary poets. Turret Press also participated in sponsoring various festivals and exhibitions. The following served as directors of the small publishing: Edward Lucie-Smith, Bernard Stone, and George Rapp. Turret Press went out of business in 1975 as a result of financial difficulties.

The Turret Press Collection covers the period from 1965 to 1975.

Authors in the Turret Collection include Lawrence Durrel, Dylan Thomas, Henry Miller, Alfred Perles, and George MacBeth.

Items in the Turret Press Collection are non-circulating. Researchers may view the collection in the Maryland Room on the first floor of Hornbake Library, Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For Saturday usage of this collection, all materials must be reserved by 3:00 p.m. on Friday.

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Table of Contents

• Booklets - listed alphabetically by author
• Books - listed alphabetically by author

Booklets

• Bold, Alan. He Will be Greatly Missed: A Poem (1971), illustrated by author, printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 8.

• Butler, Bill. A Cheyenne Legend (1972), printed for Turret Books by Richard Mosely at Graphic Workshop/ Righton, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author [14 pt Century printed on Glastonbury Antique Laid paper (melon colored)] , Tall Turret No. 2.

• Beresford, Anne. Walking Without Moving (1971), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 16.

• Black, D. M. A Dozen Short Poems (1968), printed by Villiers Publications, Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 17.

• Black, D. M. Theory of Diet (1966), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 9 of 50 numbered and signed by author.

• Causley, Charles. Timothy Winters (1970), music by Wallace Southam, cover illustration by Ralph Steadman, designed and printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 7 in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, unnumbered of 100 signed by the poet, the composer, and the illustrator.

• Clark, Leonard. Fields and Territories (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 15.

• Cohen, Marvin. Dialogues (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 11.

• Cole, Barry. Blood Ties (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 8.

• Cole, Barry. Ulysses in the Town of Coloured Glass: poems by Barry Cole (1968), printed from original linocut blocks by Stanislaw Gliwa, printed at Oficyna Stanislawa Gliwy on Fabriano Ingres paper in 12 shades, no. 11 of 250 signed by author.

• Creeley, Robert. Robert Creeley Reads (1967), published by Turret Books and Calder & Boyars, printed at Villiers Publications Ltd, London, one of 350 copies of booklet and accompanying phono disc (45rpm).

• Crossley-Holland,Kevin. Alderney/The Nunnery (1968), illustrated by Caroline Crossley-Holland, printed and designed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 9 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Crossley-Holland, Kevin. My Son (1966), illustrated by Margaret Gordon, printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 7.

• Claudel, Paul. The Muses (1967), translated from French by Edward Lucie-Smith, printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, includes reproduction of engraving of the sarcophagus described in poem, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by translator.

• Davie, Donald. Poems (1969), printed and designed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 3.

• Deverson, Jane. Last Year, This Year, Now (1972), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 9 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 12.

• Durrell, Lawrence. In Arcadia (1968), music by Wallace Southam, designed and printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 4 in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, no. 8 of 100, numbered and signed by the poet and the composer.

• Durrell, Lawrence. Nothing Is Lost, Sweet Self (1967), music by Wallace Southam, painting by Pip Benveniste, designed and printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 1 in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by the poet and the composer.

• Durrell, Lawrence. On the Suchness of the Old Boy (1972), illustrated by Sappho Durrell, printed and designed at Trigram Press London, no. 11 of 200 numbered and signed by author and artist.

• Ellis, Royston. The Cherry Boy: a sequence of poems by Royston Ellis (1967), frontispiece photo by Karen Roozen, printed and designed at Trigram Press London, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Fedden, Robin. Personal Landscape (1966), printed and designed at the Goliard press London, includes photograph of Lawrence Durrell by John Waller, 1 of 50 cloth bound copies numbered and signed by author.

• Fedden, Robin. Personal Landscape (1966), printed and designed at the Goliard press London, includes photograph of Lawrence Durrell by John Waller, one of 1000 copies.

• Fedden, Robin. The White Country (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 9 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 21.

• Fainlight, Harry. Sussicran (1965), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd London, no. 9 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 3.

• Fainlight, Ruth. 18 Poems from 1966 (1697) [sic], printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 13.

• Fuller, John. The Wreck (1970), printed and designed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 5.

• Fuller, John. The Wreck (1970), printed and designed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 5.

• Fried, Erich. Last Honours (1968), translated by Georg Rapp, printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author and translator, Turret Booklet no. 20.

• Gordon, Giles. Two Elegies (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 18.

• Harrison, Keith. Two Variations on a Ground (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 9 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 14.

• Henri, Adrian. Talking After Christmas Blues (1969), music by Wallace Southam, designed and printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 6 in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, no. 13 of 100 numbered and signed by the poet and the composer.

• Hollander, John. Philomel (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 12 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 1.

• Howell, Anthony. Sergei De Diaghileff (1929) (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 9 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 19.

• Jandl, Ernst. No Music Please (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 9.

• Jupiter and Turret at the Wigmore (February 15, 1968), [programme of jazz and poetry performance], printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London. no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by poets: Edward Lucie-Smith, Erich Fried, George Macbeth, Christopher Logue, Georg Rapp.

• Levine, Philip. Thistles (1970), printed and designed at Daedalus Press Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklets Second Series no. 6.

• Lewis, Pamela. One Mile from the Centre (1971), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 11 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 11.

• Logue, Christopher. Gone Ladies (1968), music by Wallace Southam, arrangement by Patrick Gower, photograph by David Cripps, designed by Derek Boshier, printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 3 in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, no. 9 of 100 numbered and signed by the writer and the composer.

• Logue, Christopher. Gone Ladies (1968), music by Wallace Southam, arrangement by Patrick Gower, photograph by David Cripps, designed by Derek Boshier, printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 3 in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music. Photograph is missing. One of 100 copies; unnumbered, unsigned.

• British Drawing Today (1967), catalogue for exhibition at the Corporation of Brighton Art Gallery, April 15-May 6, 1967, to coincide with the Brighton Art Festival. Organized, with an introduction and poem, by Edward Lucie-Smith. Cover drawing by John Furnival, cover photograph by George Coral. Catalogue designed by Sheila Waters, printed by Carey and Claridge, produced for the Institute of Contemporary Arts. No. 8 signed and numbered by Edward Lucie-Smith. Published by Turret Books.

• Lucie-Smith, Edward. A Game of French and English (1965), printed and designed at the Goliard Press, London by Barry Hall and Tom Raworth, poem commissioned by the BBC and broadcast June 23, 1965 and printed in the brochure issued in connection with the series, no. 9 of 100 numbered and signed by the author,

• Lucie Smith, Edward. Jazz for the N.U.F. (1965), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, cover design by author, poems written for performance to jazz accompaniment at the New Universities Festival held at University of Sussex on May 29-30, 1965, no. 9 of 75 numbered and signed by author.

• Lucie-Smith, Edward. Mystery in the Universe: notes on an interview with Allen Ginsberg (1965), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, interview commissioned by The Sunday Times, no. 9 of 200 numbered and signed by author.

• Lucie-Smith, Edward. Silence (1967), music by Wallace Southam, designed and printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 2 in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by the poet and the composer.

• MacBeth, George. The Hummingbirds (1965), designed by Brian J. Boyle, no. 9 of 100 copies, the first fifty of which were numbered and signed by the author. Reprinted from the journal ARK 38 Summer 1965. Contents: Prologue; Act 1 Quest's Introduction; Act 2 The Book of Air; Act 3 The Book of Fire; Act 4 The Book of Water; Act 5 The Book of Earth; Epilogue. Contains numerous photographs and illustrations.

• MacBeth, George. Missile Commander (1965), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 9 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 1.

• MacBeth, George. The Twelve Hotels (1965), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 9 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• MacBeth, George. The Screens (1967), designed and printed by Goliard Press, London, no. 9 of 200, of which the first 100 are numbered and signed by the author. Contains six "screens" or folded pages.

• Mills, Stuart. Estuary (1971), illustrated by Gilbert Mason, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 9.

• Mottram, Eric. Shelter Island and the Remaining World (1971), designed and produced by Richard Moseley at Graphic Workshop, Brighton, no. 10 of 300, of which the first 100 were numbered and signed by the author.

• Moraes, Dom. Beldam Etcetera (1966), printed and designed at the Goliard Press London, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Nuttall, Jeff. Poems I Want to Forget (1965), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 12 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 4.

• Ogen, Mart. Underground Poems (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 2.

• Patten, Brian. Atomic Adam (1967), designed, printed, and published by Fulham Gallery Ltd., 361 New Kings Road SW6, no. 8 of 150 numbered and signed by the author. Contains one folded sheet.

• Patten, Brian. The Home Coming (1969), printed and designed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 4.

• Redgrove, The God-Trap (1966), jacket design by Barbara Redgrove, printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, first published in New Worlds Science Fiction, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 6.

• Robson, Jeremy. Poems Out of Israel (1970), printed and designed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 7.

• Stallworthy, Jon. The Almond Tree (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 9 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 12.

• Straub, Peter. Ishmael (1972), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 14.

• Tessier, Thomas. In Sight of Chaos (1971), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 11 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 10.

• Thwaite, Anthony. Points (1972), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 11 of 100 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet Second Series no. 13.

• Ulewicz, Laura. The Inheritance (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no. 8 of 50 numbered and signed by author, Turret Booklet no. 10.

• Zukovsky, Celia and Zukovsky, Louis. Catullus Fragmenta (1969), translation, music by Paul Zukovsky, designed and printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 5 in the series Contemporary Poetry Set to Music, no. 8 of 100 copies numbered and signed by the composer and the translators.

• Zukofsky, Louis. IYYOB (1965), printed and designed at the Goliard Press London by Barry Hall and Tom Raworth, no. 15 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

Books

• Alvarez, A. Lost (1968), printed by Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk for Turret Books, no. 9 of 250, numbered and signed by author.

• Fainlight, Ruth. Twenty One Poems (1973), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, no 13 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Fuller, Roy. Off Course (1969), designed and printed by Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 20 of 250 numbered and signed by author.

• Griffiths, Bryn. Beasthoods (1972), photographs by Pip Benveniste, designed by Trigram Press, London, no. 8 of 300 specially bound in buckram, numbered and signed by author and photographer.

• Hamburger, Michael. Feeding the Chickadees (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 8 of 200 numbered and signed by author.

• Heath-Stubbs, John. Satires and Epigrams (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 9 of 200 numbered and signed by author.

• Henri, Adrian. America: A confidential report to Dr. Bertolt Brecht on the present condition of the United States of America (1972), printed by Trigram Press, England, no. 9 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Hollo, Anselm. The Man in the Treetop Hat (1968), illustrations by Barry Hall, designed and printed by Barry Hall & Chris Breyer at Cape Goliard Press Ltd, London, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by illustrator and author.

• Hollo, Anselm. The Man in the Treetop Hat (1968), illustrations by Barry Hall, designed and printed by Barry Hall & Chris Breyer at Cape Goliard Press Ltd, London [copy 2] not signed or numbered.

• Knowlson, James. Samuel Beckett: an exhibition [catalogue of exhibition] (1971), held at The Institute of Contemporary Arts and The National Book League, August to September 1971 The University of East Anglia, October to December 1971, printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 13 of 100 numbered and signed by Samuel Beckett.

• Knowlson, James. Light and Darkness in the Theatre of Samuel Beckett 1972, [text of a public lecture delivered at Trinity College Dublin on February 7th, 1972,], frontispiece photograph by David Sim, designed and printed by Trigram Press Ltd, England.

• Lewis, Jenny. Poetry in the Making: Catalogue of an exhibition of poetry manuscripts in the British Museum (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by contributing authors: C.D. Lewis, Philip Larkin, T.C. Skeat, and Jenny Lewis.

• Lucie-Smith, Edward. Borrowed Emblems (1967), designed and printed at Trigram Press, London, no. 8 of 250 numbered and signed by author. These "emblems" were borrowed from the second part of Les Vrais Portraits des Hommes Illustres of 1581.

• Lucie-Smith, Edward. Towards Silence (1968), (first published by Oxford University Press (1968), no. 11 of 500 numbered and signed by author. This book is comprised of four parts (I. Adam and Tristan, II. The Invaders, III. Borrowed Emblems, IV. Towards Silence).

• Lucie-Smith, Edward [introd.]. The little Press Movement in England and America (1968),[an exhibition held at the American Embassy, April 24-May 24, 1968], printed by Tillotson's Ltd, England and designed by Gordon House. [2 copies]

• Logue, Christopher. Pax: from Book XIX of the Iliad (1967). printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 9 of 50 numbered and signed by author.

• Miller, Henry and Alfred Perles. What are you Going to do About Alf (1971), cover painting and frontispiece by Henry Miller printed and designed by Trigram Press, London, no. 30 0f 350 numbered and signed by authors.

• Miller, Henry and Alfred Perles. What are you Going to do About Alf (1971), cover painting and frontispiece by Henry Miller printed and designed by Trigram Press, London [copy 2 is unsigned]

• Nuttall, Jeff. The Case of Isabel and the Bleeding Foetus (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, no. 8 numbered and signed by author.

• Patten, Brian. When You Wake Tomorrow (1971), with twelve screen prints by Pip Benveniste, designed and printed by Trigram Press, England, each poem is bound with print and numbered with consecutive numbers, no. 9 of 125 numbered and signed by author and artist, boxed.

• Perles, Alfred. Scenes from a Floating Life (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 10 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Perles, Alfred. Scenes from a Floating Life (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 99 of 100 numbered and signed by author with an inscription "To Edward from Fred".

• Sillitoe, Alan. Shaman and Other Poems (1968), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Sillitoe, Alan. Barbarians and Other Poems (1973), jacket illustration by David N. Sillitoe, printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 13 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Thomas, Dylan. Twelve More Letters (1969), designed and printed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, one of 26 copies designated with a letter--this one is "D."

• Thomas, Dylan. Twelve More Letters (1969), designed and printed at Daedalus Press, Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, no. 9 of 174 numbered copies.

• Wantling, William. The Awakening (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 8 of 200 numbered and signed by author.

• Williams, Jonathan. The Lucidites (1967), drawings by John Furnival, designed and printed by Trigram Press, London, no. 8 of 100 numbered and signed by author.

• Zukovsky, Louis. "A" -14 (1967), printed by Villiers Publications Ltd, London, no. 8 of 250 numbered and signed by author.
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