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Books and Engravings (Prints) on Spirituality

Inspirational books and engravings hold a special place in the hearts of many. They allow us time to reflect, observe life in a light we might not have before, and teach us new lessons. The selection of spirituality books and individual prints offered here at Primrose Hill Press applies to a wide variety of these inspirational themes. From poetry books accompanied by vivid engravings to religious books enhanced by beautiful, poetic verse, there are a number of literary works (including fine press books) available that explore our world with vivid images of life in other times, other places, and other lives.
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cover of So Loved by Sister Margaret Tournour, a contemplative book with twenty-three inspirational wood engravings by Sister Margaret accompanied by biblical texts. Photo of The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde with wood engravings by Garrick Palmer.
So Loved
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By Sister Margaret Tournour. London: Primrose Hill Press, 2001. A contemplative book with twenty-three inspirational wood engravings by Sister Margaret accompanied by biblical texts. In an article in The Times, the world renowned British engraver Simon Brett characterized her strength as “the miniature, the small and delicate, and as Samuel Palmer noted of Blake, one [glimpses] here… corners of Paradise; the [most exquisite] pitch of intense poetry”. 198 x 129, 48 pp, paperback.


By Oscar Wilde with wood engravings by Garrick Palmer. London: Primrose Hill Press, 1998. In 1895 Oscar Wilde was imprisoned for homosexuality. On his release, bankrupt and disgraced, he fled to France where he wrote his poetic masterpiece The Ballad of Reading Gaol. This poem is here illustrated by Garrick Palmer’s extraordinarily powerful engravings giving a new dimension to Wilde’s cry of pain. Oscar Wilde died in Paris at the age of 46. 198 x 129 mm, 48 pp. Hardback with dustjacket.

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photo of Watermarks by Yvonne Skargon, a book containing passages from HD Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and others describing the beauty of waterways brought to life by stunning engravings by Skargon Engraving by Hilary Paynter printed from the block from a limited edition poem by Maryann Gashi-Butler, signed by author and artist, bound in wrappers, describing early morning runs through the English countryside
Watermarks
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The Race
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By Yvonne Skargon. Primrose Hill Press, 2003, Bicester. Skargon is one of the finest contemporary engravers with an enchanting talent for creating images of plants, nature generally and animals in particular (especially cats) with such vividness that we find ourselves transported by her books to a magical world of indescribably beautiful plants, rivers, lakes and streams and audacious and charming animals. In this book, we find passages consecrating the beauty of rivers, other inland waters and sea waters borrowing from John Clare, HD Lawrence, Edward Thomas, Virginia Woolf and others and brought to life by stunning wood engravings by Skargon. 245 x 170 mm, 48pp. Paperback.

By Maryann Gashi-Butler. The Primrose Academy, 2009. A limited
edition by Maryann Gashi-Butler with two specially commissioned wood
engravings by Hilary Paynter printed from the block signed by author and
artist, bound in wrappers. The author describes in poetic verse early morning runs through
the English countryside in Oxfordshire,
A Casebook of Old Testament History by G.F. Maclear. Macmillan and Co., 1866. xi, [1] 508 pp. With maps. Third Edition. Signed wood engraving by Frank Martin
By G.F. Maclear. Macmillan and Co., 1866. xi, [1] 508 pp. With maps. Third Edition. Publisher's green cloth. Top of spine pulled. Fair condition. Signed original wood engraving by Frank Martin. Based on the novel by Thorton Wilder. 24 numbered copies this printing signed by the artist. This engraving is also sold on our website as part of a beautifully bound edition of original engravings in the signed limited edition book The Engraver's Cut.
Signed wood engraving by Frank Martin Signed wood engraving by Frank Martin
Signed original wood engraving by Frank Martin.From the Costume of Mallorca (1956). 24 numbered copies, second edition, this printing signed by the artist. This engraving is also sold on our website as part of a beautifully bound edition of original engravings in the signed limited edition book The Engraver's Cut.
Signed original wood engraving by Frank Martin. 24 numbered copies signed by the artist. This engraving is also sold on our website as part of a beautifully bound edition of original engravings in the signed limited edition book The Engraver's Cut.